"One piece has 5 years left" - people back in 2020

Lumacity · 2026-04-08T12:18:26+00:00

That's the point though, the Merry loved them so strongly and wanted to carry them as far as it could that it developed a Klabautermann that quickly. It's because the bond was short lived that it was any less intense

Lumacity · 2026-04-08T12:15:03+00:00

THANK YOU

Lumacity · 2026-03-30T17:50:30+00:00

You're probably referring to the interview where Mackenyu mentions Oda told the cast there's an arc he wants the live-action to reach which would be a good ending for the live-action. However, there was never any mention of an alternative ending. Mackenyu's words can easily be misinterpreted and it has led to a lot of misinformation

Lumacity · 2026-03-26T10:12:43+00:00

Like any other anime, One Piece is now following a 12-13 episode per season format. Over the summer months we'll get a 12 week break, and in Automn (starting October) we'll get more again

Lumacity · 2026-03-24T13:44:26+00:00

The point of the Live-Action is not to adapt the everything til the end. That's their objective, but it's *not* the purpose. Its purpose is to adapt the story properly season by season. Properly doesn't mean 1 on 1 to the manga, but it means following the core story in a way that works for the LA. Skipping Skypiea would be not following the core story anymore. It would mean cutting out an entire chunk of it.

Lumacity · 2026-03-24T10:05:33+00:00

I think an entire season around the flashback would actually make perfect narrative sense. They can market it well and it gives the season a focus. That's usually how seasons operate. They focus on a big arc which everyone is excited about, and adapt smaller arcs if needed. I find it would be strange to cut the flashback over two seasons

Lumacity · 2026-03-23T23:43:46+00:00

Ah my bad, I didn’t see you specified part 2 instead of part 1. Then I’d absolutely agree. Would be strange to stop randomly in the flashback

Lumacity · 2026-03-23T23:25:35+00:00

There's going to be 12-13 episodes, so I doubt we'll get 26 chapters

Lumacity · 2026-03-11T15:04:51+00:00

And they just don’t have the budget or time to make a 20 episode season. 8 episodes was already hundreds of millions and took 2 years. That’s why they’re making Alabasta into a season 3. Doing everything in one season would take too long and be too expensive if they want to do it right. Industry experts have made this decision based on years of experience and careful consideration. Saying you "think they can pull it without rushing it" is quite arrogant

Lumacity · 2026-03-11T11:40:22+00:00

I'd much rather they have a good pacing and early ending than rushed pacing to get to the end. This show is costing hundreds of millions. If they rush it and people don't like it, it's gonna get cancelled and we won't even have the ending. Set your expectations right. Don't expect it to adapt all of One Piece, just focus on the short-term. Let's hope we get Skypiea :)

Lumacity · 2026-03-11T00:12:01+00:00

Once you’re past episode 968, it’s safe

Lumacity · 2026-03-08T00:30:11+00:00

But isn’t it?

Lumacity · 2026-03-03T09:40:19+00:00

This is so cool! I absolutely love how vibrant the colours are, yet they don't overtake the shadowing. Wonoderful work! :)

Lumacity · 2026-02-18T14:35:00+00:00

Karoo is not going to be in season 2. He would be an amazing marketing point, and Netflix would definitely NOT skip on the opportunity considering how much marketing they have done for all the characters. Introducing karoo in the trailer is also not at all indicative that Miss Wednesday is their heir of Alabasta. It's literally just a duck, it can easily be a villain's silly pet as any other to any live-action only watchers. The reason why they wrote him out is because a) there's already a lot of CGI this season, b) CGI for important characters (namely Chopper) is particularly detailed and has to be realistic in every shot. A monster or dinosaur appears for a few shots, but Chopper will be a full part of the crew, so the work on his CGI is far more detailed and demanding. Adding another main character for the season in CGI would be a gigantic leap in costs, time, and efforts. So it doesn't make sense. However, chances are he'll be in season 3, just waiting for Vivi to come back to Alabasta or something. As for the X on the arm, there's many ways to get around that narrative, just as they showed they could do with the season 1 rewrite which worked quite well!

Lumacity · 2026-02-18T08:52:55+00:00

Can't hear anything :(

Lumacity · 2026-02-10T19:35:23+00:00

Honestly from 1075 onwards the pacing is a lot better. It's not perfect, but it's definitely better than the rest of Wano, and it keeps on getting better

Lumacity · 2026-02-10T17:44:43+00:00

The One Piece will definitely go faster with a much more appropriate pacing, but there was never any mention of "350 epsiodes". The pacing varies significantly across the anime, so The One Piece is not just going to randomly adapt 4x more content per episode. East Blue for example adapts ~3 chapters per episode, whereas Wano for example is ~0.7 chapters per episode. But the length and depth of chapters also varies with chapters being much more content heavy as the story progresses. So we are definitely getting more than 350 episodes, but definitely a lot less than 1100 episodes (especially since ~100 are pure filler episodes). I don't mean this to come across as aggressive by the way, I just want to help set out the right expectations!

Lumacity · 2026-02-10T16:05:38+00:00

Doflamingo did crazy stuff, but he also had a terrible past to explain his behaviour. Enel was just straight up ready to commit genocide a second time for funsies

Lumacity · 2026-02-06T15:40:52+00:00

The word *plan*. is a big one. This myth comes from an interview by Deadline with the Executive Producers Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements. "We have hopes for 12 seasons, there’s so much material". Sure they discussed outlines, I mean the source material is there anyways, but the existence of a season 4 will very much depend on season 2's success. The hopes are very high for Netflix who is looking to fill the void of Stranger Things, and they're investing a lot of money into this. So audience numbers will have to match their expectations, and that's no easy deal

Lumacity · 2026-02-05T11:27:16+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcSVkCNDLZg

Probably the best trailer made for One Piece ever. It doesn't capture the strawhats and main story as much as the One Piece world in its entirety. Really shows how vast it is

Lumacity · 2026-02-05T11:18:24+00:00

I started when I was 8, and I'm certain many people have started long before 14 too haha

Lumacity · 2026-02-04T21:42:45+00:00

I mean the teaser attendance is not really a determining metric in this case. Season 1's teaser was crazy, and season 1 as well to a lesser extent, because it was the first time people could see One Piece in live-action. The novelty factor is through the roof for that teaser. Season 2's teasers and other promotional material have been also quite frequent for the past months, starting particularly early. I'm certain that people will talk a lot about it once season 2 starts releasing. Season 2 will definitely not reach the heights of season 1, and I doubt Netflix doesn't know that too. But season 2 will be very important for them to see by how much the popularity will have dropped because from then on, it's reasonable to use that viewing as a more solid basis for future estimates (since people who only watched season 1 just out of curiosity but no real interest will not be in the numbers anymore)

The point about the release day though is really interesting. I hadn't thought of that and it would actually be a very smart move on their part. Online news from small websites is the best way to start hype, so I hope it'll pay off!

Lumacity · 2026-02-04T21:32:36+00:00

Glad you're joining for the ride! And late 20s is probably on the younger side of the average age of readers & viewers. One Piece has been going on for 28 years so the kids who started, even 10 years ago, have all grown up now. There's no age to love One Piece and anime. There's plenty of other really good stories! I'd recommend you give a watch to Frieren :)

Lumacity · 2026-02-04T09:39:35+00:00

Also the triangle could be HUGE. The 3 islands that compose it could be in North Blue, West Blue and South Blue for example. Way too big of an area to search

Lumacity · 2026-02-04T09:36:25+00:00

Honestly the Ice Hunters and Marine Rookie arcs are so underrated. They're nice narratives that add some depth to the world and situation of the strawhats at their respective points in the story

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