It is now certain that the first official shot of One Piece Live action , the awaited Netflix series will be shown during the Tudum , which can be followed live on youtube.com/netflixitalia on June 17th from 10.30pm .
It is speculated that it could be a teaser trailer that should offer the first look at the performers in costume, so far only seen from behind in the posters.
But that is not all.
One Piece Day 2023
As we know , One Piece Day 2023 will take place on July 21 and 22 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo .
The official website reports that Road to Gear 5 Exhibition will be held on the first day , dedicated to Luffy’s battles before arriving at the Gear 5. The anime keyframes, character studies, storyboards, videos and much more will be shown
Il 22 luglio in occasione dell’One Piece Day 2023 si terrà il Live Action Special Exhibition.#ONEPIECE pic.twitter.com/H0tWzWnmEo
— Screenweek (@Screenweek) June 12, 2023
On the second day the One Piece Live Action Special Exhibition will be held , at the moment we don’t know what will be shown, but given the previous ones it could be the same shot of the Tudum , subtitled in Japanese.
4 years in development?
In the commentary published this week, on Weekly Shonen Jump, Eiichiro Oda revealed:
“The live action version is something we’re working on behind the scenes as we’re making Red and Stampede as well”
Oda’s author comment this week pic.twitter.com/Hq1o1yitnl
— The One Piece Podcast 1️⃣4️⃣ (@OnePiecePodcast) June 11, 2023
Cast and staff:
The Straw Hat crew consists of: Iñaki Godoy (Monkey D. Luffy), Mackenyu (Roronoa Zoro), Emily Rudd (Nami), Jacob Romero Gibson (Usopp) and Taz Skylar (Sanji).
They are joined by: Morgan Davies (Koby), Aidan Scott (Helmeppo), Ilia Isorelýs Paulino (Alvida), Jeff Ward (Buggy), McKinley Belcher III (Arlong), Vincent Regan (Monkey D. Garp), Lindsay Reardon (Boodle ) and Amber Hossack (Moodie, Fullbody’s girlfriend).
Langley Kirkwood (Captain Morgan), Celeste Loots (Kaya), Craig Fairbrass (Chef Zeff), Steven John Ward (Mihawk), Alexander Maniatis (Krahador/Kuro) and Chioma Antoinette Umeala (Nojiko).
Peter Gadiot plays Shanks, the captain of the Red Pirates, who lost his left arm saving Luffy from a Sea King. Colton Osorio as Monkey D. Luffy, as a child.
Steven Maeda (Lost, The X-Files) covers the role of showrunner, writer and executive producer. The script also Matt Owens (Agents of SHIELD, Luke Cage) who also covers the role of executive producer.
Tomorrow Studios ‘ Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements (Cowboy Bebop, Snowpiercer, Hanna) are executive producers alongside Eiichiro Oda .
ROMANCE DAWN
The title of the first episode of the live action series is Romance Dawn .
Oda wrote two separate stories with this title that appeared in the 1996 Weekly Shonen Jump summer special and in the magazine’s 1996 issue 41.
They were later included in One Piece Red and the short story volume WANTED!, respectively. both published by Star Comics . The third version of Romance Dawn is the first chapter of the One Piece manga published exactly one year after the first version.
The protagonist of both the first two versions is a pirate named Monkey D. Luffy, but the story and the characters are very different from each other.