One Piece Manga Gets Live-Action Hollywood TV Show?!

[Dervell]

https://mantan-web.jp/article/20170721dog00m200001000c.html

 

「週刊少年ジャンプ」（集英社）で連載中の尾田栄一郎さんの人気マンガ「ONE PIECE（ワンピース）」がハリウッドで、実写ドラマ化されることが21日、分かった。大ヒットドラマ「プリズン・ブレイク」などを手がけたトゥモロー・スタジオが手がける。同日、東京都内で行われた同作の連載20周年を記念した会見で発表された。

　会見では、「ワンピース」が「週刊少年ジャンプ」に初めて掲載された7月22日を「ONE PIECEの日」として日本記念日協会に申請し登録が認定されたことや、同作がファッション誌「Seventeen」「non-no（ノンノ）」や文芸誌「小説すばる」など集英社の28誌の表紙をジャックすることなども発表された。

　「ワンピース」は、手足などがゴムのように伸びる麦わら帽子の青年・ルフィが、海賊王を目指して仲間とともに大海原を冒険する姿を描いたマンガ。1997年に「週刊少年ジャンプ」で連載がスタートし、99年からテレビアニメが放送されている。国内のコミックスの累計発行部数は3億5000万部以上を誇る。

google translate-

Eiichiro Oda's popular manga "ONE PIECE (One Piece)" which is serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) is Hollywood and it is understood that it will be made into live action drama on 21st. Tomorrow studio which handles big hit drama "Prison Break" etc. On the same day, it was announced at a press conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the same work in Tokyo.

At the press conference, "July 22" was published for the first time on "Weekly Shonen Jump" as "ONE PIECE Day" and applied to the Japan Anniversary Association for registration and registration was confirmed by the fashion magazine " Seventeen "," non-no "and literary magazine" Novel Subaru "were also announced to jack the cover of 28 magazines of Shueisha.

"One Piece" is manga that depicts the adolescent of Luffy, a straw hat young man whose legs and feet elongate like a rubber, adventures the Ocean with his friends aiming for the Pirate King. The series began with "Weekly Shonen Jump" in 1997, and TV animation has been on air since 1999. The cumulative issue of domestic comics boasts over 350 million copies.

 

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-21/one-piece-manga-gets-live-action-hollywood-tv-show/.119132

UPDATE- Nakano read out Oda's prepared hand-written statement.

Oda's comment reads:

In the last 20 years the conversation about a live-action adaptation has come up many times. I decided to go forward with the adaptation about three years ago. There were many twists and turns. I met a good partner. Today is the just about the 20th anniversary. The announcement of the new work is actually just a coincidence. I am very happy. Firstly, "I will never betray the fans who have supported me for 20 years." This is my condition. There may be many who are uneasy, but please, give me your voices of hope. Please be excited for the follow up reports. Please look forward to it!!

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-07-21/one-piece-reveals-one-piece-day-kyoto-collaboration-oda-comment-on-live-action-tv-series/.119151

Edited July 21, 2017 by Dervell
Added ANN link

[Predaking-117]

This can only end very terribly.

[Dervell]

Producer Marty Adelstein (Prison Break, Teen Wolf), the producer for both the live-action Cowboy Bebop and One Piece projects, commented in Japanese regarding the One Piece adaptation on Friday:

 

I have been a fan of One Piece for 20 years. It is an honor to be entrusted with such an important work by Shueisha and Mr. Oda. I am enthusiastic to give my all to make One Piece succeed. I think this project could set a new record for the highest production cost in television drama history. The work's worldwide fame merits this scale of production.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Adelstein

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-24/marty-adelstein-one-piece-live-action-series-could-set-new-record-for-tv-production-costs/.119233

 

[Ivoyko]

this its serious?

[tomnook123]

 

[olympustenay]

Looks awesome

[thedoctor2014]

I'm iffy on this, on one hand this could be a really good thing but with a series like this it would be hard to do it justice on a television series's budget.