‘One Piece’ teaser: Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates hit the seas in Netflix’s live-action adaptation
The Hindu
The live-action series adaptation of the hit Japanese manga premieres on Netflix on August 31
As known earlier, Netflix has been developing a live-action series adaptation of the hit Japanese manga One Piece and earlier today, at the TUDUM event, the streamer unveiled the first teaser trailer of the series. Based on the manga written and drawn by Eiichiro Oda, the series is developed by Steve Maeda and Matt Owens and is set to release on Netflix on August 31.
The teaser shows Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) realise his lifelong dream to become the King of the Pirates. And to do the same, he hires Roronoa Zoro (Mackenyu), a swordsman, Nami (Emily Rudd), a navigator, Sanji (Taz Skylar), a chef, and Usopp (Jacob Romero Gibson), a slingshot wielder. Together, they are the Straw Hat Pirates. Unfortunately, Tony Tony Chopper and Nico Robin will not be seen in the series adaptation.
Also starring in the series are Peter Gadiot, Morgan Davies, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Aidan Scott, Langley Kirkwood, Jeff Ward, Celeste Loots, Alexander Maniatis, Craig Fairbrass, Steven Ward, McKinley Belcher III, Chioma Umeala, Vincent Regan, Bianca Oosthuizen, Chanté Grainger, and Grant Ross.
Chronicling the stunning coming-of-age adventures of Luffy, the world’s bestselling manga series has already been adapted into an anime TV series with over 900 episodes. There are also 13 animated movies, One Piece video games and merchandise galore.
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