Is the One Piece Live-Action done filming? All of the Netflix Show's Details

In 2017, Netflix announced that they would be doing a Live-Action adaptation of the legendary Anime One Piece. Back then, this news wasn't met with much excitement, as it was the same year as the failed Death Note adaptation by the streaming service. Since then, Netflix has put out another Live-Action adaptation which also didn't gather many positive reviews, the Cowboy Bepop series, and the anxiety regarding the One Piece adaptation has only grown. Would this be another failure by Netflix?

Thankfully, what has come out regarding this series so far has been well received. After a rescheduling of filming due to COVID-19 back in 2020, the series production went into hiatus until March 2021 when it finally started to roll forward. Then, in September 2022, reports came out announcing it had wrapped filming, with the release date already set for some time in 2023. Well, it's 2023, and a new update shows the series is still being filmed.

Cheff Zeff's actor, Craig Fairbrass, posted an update on Twitter announcing he had just come back home after travelling to Cape Town a third and final time to film One Piece:

This could mean some reshoots are happening for the Netflix adaptation. It wouldn't come as a surprise that this piece is facing some real challenges regarding many of its aspects. Not only this could be Netflix's final attempt at adapting Anime legends into Live-Actions, considering a failure in this case would probably seal the casket for good, but One Piece's source material is notoriously long and drawn-out (1080 chapters as of date) and requires solutions for its pacing and timing.

Instead of the 20-minute Anime episodes fans are used to watching, Netflix is putting out 10 episodes, with no reported length so far. This alone means production had to adapt much of the story and direction of the series, probably to captive a wider audience beyond fans of the original manga and Anime.

Speaking of story, much was deliberated regarding which arc of the series would be the starting point for Netflix. Among the Anime's many arcs, it was revealed the Live-Action would tackle the East Blue saga, which could be a challenge on its own considering the many villains that take part in that story. The arc spans through 61 episodes in the anime, unlike the adaptation's 10 episodes.

A good sign, however, has been the participation of the original creator, Eiichiro Oda, as executive producer for the series.

Only time will tell if all this effort and care going into the production of the One-Piece Live-Action Netflix adaptation will change the game for Anime adaptations in the future. Meanwhile, check out below all the characters casting revealed: