Netflix has apparently greenlit the live action One Piece and I just miss The Punisher

[Jman]

https://m.ign.com/articles/2019/03/08/one-piece-live-action-series-seemingly-coming-to-netflix

Who’s playing Nami?

[Chapinator_X]

In this adaptation, Luffy will refuse to become King of the Pirates because a young girl will join the Straw Hat Crew to tell him that piracy was wrong.

[Jman]

It gets better.

The rumored budget is $9 million an episode - the same as Game of Thrones.

[StarPanda]

I hope we get that 4kids intro live action 

[mochi]

On 3/11/2019 at 12:17 PM, Jman said:

https://m.ign.com/articles/2019/03/08/one-piece-live-action-series-seemingly-coming-to-netflix

Who’s playing Nami?

if they do the casting based on that SBS round where Oda confirmed the straw hat's races we at least know what the casting call will be looking for

Luffy = Latino

Usopp = "African" (so black)

Zoro = Japanese

Nami  = swedish (aka White)

Robin = Russian (white)

Sanji = French (white)

Franky = American (white)

 

if I had to guess Brook and Chopper would be CG

[CAC]

Luffy stretching is just going to look horrible.

[Jman]

http://animeavenue.co/index.php/2019/07/19/luke-cage-screenwriter-matt-owens-confirmed-as-main-screenwriter-for-one-piece-live-action-tv-series/

We now have someone to blame for the scripts! Luke Cage screenwriter Matt Owens!

[blueraven1999]

I hope it's good.  My hopes aren't very high though.

[Jman]

In a fun example of how crazy Twitter can get, a fake rumor made the rounds of black actress Letitia Wright playing Nami.  Everyone lost their shit till it was proven false and people still are cursing her out.

When the cast gets announced this will be such a shitshow...

Edited October 18, 2019 by Jman

[Moose2019]

I hope everyone doesn’t want all Japanese actors because the SHs aren’t supposed to be Japanese. This ain’t Japan.

Edited October 18, 2019 by Moose2019

[The1gairon]

Personally I would love if they cast actors whose ethnicity matches Oda's preferable list he once provided.

[Distinct Lunatic]

3 minutes ago, elfie said:

Personally I would love if they cast actors whose ethnicity matches Oda's preferable list he once provided.

this, except no blacks, latinos, or anyone that's not a member of the Caucasian master race.

[The1gairon]

Just now, Dread Pirate Roberts said:

this, except no blacks, latinos, or anyone that's not a member of the Caucasian master race.

Yer no fun.

[Jman]

Just as a reminder that Oda has a list of ethnicities for the crew - 
 

But no one wants an ugly Nami.

[Distinct Lunatic]

17 minutes ago, Jman said:

Just as a reminder that Oda has a list of ethnicities for the crew - 
 

But no one wants an ugly Nami.

All I see is 7 white people, a reindeer, and The artist formerly known as prince

Edited October 19, 2019 by Dread Pirate Roberts

[The1gairon]

9 hours ago, Jman said:

Just as a reminder that Oda has a list of ethnicities for the crew - 
 

But no one wants an ugly Nami.

That is what I just mentioned.

[Jman]

2 hours ago, elfie said:

That is what I just mentioned.

Yeah but visual aids always help.

Let’s be blunt for a second.  Nami gets a ton of fan art because she’s a pretty redhead with ginormous tits (and the fact she‘s one of the more moderate designs in One Piece speaks volumes) and well, her interactions with the crew run the gambit from hilarious to adorable.  To cast her with Letitia Wright would have everyone saying the meanest thing they could without sounding racist because she would be beyond miscast.

Edited October 19, 2019 by Jman

[DragonSinger]

On 10/18/2019 at 1:47 PM, Jman said:

In a fun example of how crazy Twitter can get, a fake rumor made the rounds of black actress Letitia Wright playing Nami.  Everyone lost their shit till it was proven false and people still are cursing her out.

When the cast gets announced this will be such a shitshow...

Shit like this is why most anime fans I talk to are female.

[mochi]

1 hour ago, Jman said:

Yeah but visual aids always help.

Let’s be blunt for a second.  Nami gets a ton of fan art because she’s a pretty redhead with ginormous tits (and the fact she‘s one of the more moderate designs in One Piece speaks volumes) and well, her interactions with the crew run the gambit from hilarious to adorable.  To cast her with Letitia Wright would have everyone saying the meanest thing they could without sounding racist because she would be beyond miscast.

are you implying they wouldn't just abandon all pretense and just be racist about it?

[Jman]

6 minutes ago, mochi said:

are you implying they wouldn't just abandon all pretense and just be racist about it?

Considering half the replies I saw to the rumor were essentially “I don’t want to be racist but...” they would use the bare minimum tact.  Like if you were grading tact they would pass with a D-.

Edited October 19, 2019 by Jman

[PokeNirvash]

I don't really care that much about casting for live-action anime, so of course I'd have nothing to say if there were either rumors or actual news of a black Nami being cast.

[Top Gun]

3 hours ago, Jman said:

Considering half the replies I saw to the rumor were essentially “I don’t want to be racist but...” they would use the bare minimum tact.  Like if you were grading tact they would pass with a D-.

"I don't want to be racist but" is essentially shouting from a rooftop that "I'm a massive racist."

[Distinct Lunatic]

4 hours ago, PokeNirvash said:

I don't really care that much about casting for live-action anime, so of course I'd have nothing to say if there were either rumors or actual news of a black Nami being cast.

 

1 hour ago, Top Gun said:

"I don't want to be racist but" is essentially shouting from a rooftop that "I'm a massive racist."

I don't want to be racist but I absolutely detest when longstanding white characters are portrayed by black actors in cases where it's quite literally just them pushing for diversity.

[PokeNirvash]

Is this a bucket?

[Distinct Lunatic]

1 minute ago, PokeNirvash said:

Is this a bucket?

[helpme]

8 minutes ago, PokeNirvash said:

Is this a bucket?

No it's the guy from the vic thread that wished death on top gun doas and me then got perma twiced

[PokeNirvash]

1 minute ago, helpme said:

No it's the guy from the vic thread that wished death on top gun doas and me then got perma twiced

Yep, that sounds like Bucket, all right.

[Top Gun]

It's not bucket, just someone in his extended family. Note how he downvotes things that factually happened.

[Jman]

Well this took a turn.

Watch as this is the only news till February.

Edited October 20, 2019 by Jman

[PokeNirvash]

Well, he makes a lot of bold/brash/belongs in the trash statements that you take the liberty of downvoting ASAP, so naturally I assumed he was Bucket.

[helpme]

4 minutes ago, PokeNirvash said:

Well, he makes a lot of bold/brash/belongs in the trash statements that you take the liberty of downvoting ASAP, so naturally I assumed he was Bucket.

Nah he's just scared because moose returned

[Jman]

And he’ll be banned within the day. 
 

With Bebop’s production on hold after John Cho’s unfortunate injury, odds are 50/50 whether this stays on further hold, or they work on this in the interim including casting it.

Also, Bebop had enough trouble casting Ed (they still haven’t revealed who’s playing her).  Casting Luffy is going to be a complete nightmare.

[Chapinator_X]

Imagine manufacturing a controversy so that you can make a black actress the target of a fake casting rumor and brigade her Twitter with racist memes.

[PokeNirvash]

That's next level racism right there.

[mochi]

23 hours ago, PokeNirvash said:

Is this a bucket?

turns out it's Moose

[helpme]

1 hour ago, mochi said:

turns out it's Moose

No it's the guy from the formal bleach folder remember interception69?

[mochi]

2 minutes ago, helpme said:

No it's the guy from the formal bleach folder remember interception69?

oh....well....according to someone Moose is also back now

[helpme]

10 hours ago, mochi said:

oh....well....according to someone Moose is also back now

Yes in the toonami folder 

[The1gairon]

Unless Interception and Moose are the same person.

[Jman]

Oda has confirmed a 10 episode season for Netflix.  No word on a cast yet.

Be very afraid.

[CAC]

I just don't see how they are going to do this without it just looking goofy.

[The1gairon]

5 hours ago, Jman said:

Oda has confirmed a 10 episode season for Netflix.  No word on a cast yet.

Be very afraid.

It's weird that Shonen JUMP AND Oda are in support of this project.

[PokeNirvash]

6 hours ago, Jman said:

No word on a cast yet.

I hope it's this cast.

[Jman]

Just don’t cast Anna Diop or anyone like that as Nami.  That’s Step 1.

[Top Gun]

I mean Oda literally married Nami, sooo...

[Chapinator_X]

18 hours ago, PokeNirvash said:

I hope it's this cast.

With how these outfits look, I wouldn’t be surprised if Goro was in the next scene wearing a Zoro outfit talking to an actress dressed as Nico Robin in an empty bedroom. 

[blueraven1999]

On 10/19/2019 at 12:49 PM, DragonSinger said:

Shit like this is why most anime fans I talk to are female.

I honestly could care less about the drama going on with the cast.  I just hope the show is good and that the guy playing Usopp is a great actor.

[Jman]

Filming will begin by year’s end.
 

https://deadline.com/2020/05/tomorrow-studios-interview-snowpiercer-persuaders-manga-steve-coogan-hart-hanson-1202935404/

[MasqueradeOverture]

I've never wanted to see a project fail harder.

[Jman]

On 5/21/2020 at 7:41 PM, MasqueradeOverture said:

I've never wanted to see a project fail harder.

Come on, you don’t want to see people discuss One Piece at work like The Witcher?  
 

Also that article claims we should know the cast around June.  We should have known earlier but COVID-19.  They used the time to do more pre-production and set construction.

Edited May 23, 2020 by Jman