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One Piece live action discussion
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this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
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Only watched one episode but...
Very incredibly obviously low budget, which begs the question "Why do we need to keep making live action versions of high fantasy anime?" Captain Morgan's face prophetic and axe hand look like something Spirit Halloween produced on a rush order. Evil Dead was doing better than this on a college theater club budget 40 years ago.
But that's fine. Whatever. I'll keep eating this crap.
I'm more disappointed by the acting. Its... not great. I know I'm basically watching Power Rangers, but I was really hoping for more from Luffy ffs. The girl they got for Nami so clearly runs laps around everyone else on set. Shanks is solid. Zoro is good enough. But everyone else... Jesus Christ, you're professionals. Act like it.
I really wanted to like this show because I've been flirting with One Piece since forever. But God damn do these live action adaptations disappointment me every time.
If you're wanting to give One Piece a shot, the manga is far and away better than any adaptation, but if that's not your thing you can check out the "One Pace" fan edit which has the goal of trying to make the anime more accurate and cuts out filler stuff.
I think Inaki does a good job of capturing Luffy's energy, it's really difficult to portray a character who's personality is cheerful and carefree without making it super cheesy, although I think it went over the line a few times when combined with the dialogue and line reads they used.
I'll give "One Pace" a shot. I've heard so much good stuff about this anime and I'd hate to miss it entirely.
I can't really blame Inaki on this. It just feels like they didn't do many cuts or spend much time in production.
Mostly why I don't like these adaptations. They always seem rushed.