One Piece anime remake by Wit Studio
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Here's the trailer.
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I fucking can't sleep right now man....
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Interesting news! Wit Studio is great! I don't want to sub to Netflix though -_- I already gave them a month for live action. Stop itttt
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Dreams do really come true, huh.
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Ok, I admit I don't know WIT studio by name, but I did a quick wiki check and it's actually an impressive list. I might want to catch up with them with this new series in mind.
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smart move. I'm sure OP will have a legacy that warrants a Kai/Dragonball level of influence after it finishes. However that is if you want continue and milk the legacy long after its ending. This, however, is still a smart move because of the live-action that will bring people in. The old series animation/pacing might shy people away but this, with enough promotion, can bring over viewers from OPLA. OP is also at its prime of popularity right now so capitalizing on it is still a great move. You can also do something else with the franchise after its ending but striking when the iron is hot is never a wrong move.
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Huh I wonder if this is why Crunchyroll has slowed down a little on the One Piece dub. This has "simuldub" written all over it.
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I go to sleep and wake up to this...
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I have a hard time imagining that this protect is going to boil down to anything other than an expanded version of those "Episode of" specials we got in years past, because otherwise trying to start a full adaptation of an incredibly dense, 1100+ chapter story from the very beginning, from scratch, especially on the Netflix model, is madness unless they cut out massive swathes of it (though let it never be said that the anime industry is full of smart decision-making, especially these days).
Why is there a random windmill next to Luffy on a cliff?
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Well damn. I never thought they'd actually do this just do the sheer length and commitment that would be needed. Even cutting out all the filler and running at a nice brisk 2.5-3 chapters per episode, that's still setting up to be ~400 episodes.
I always assumed they'd just Dragonball Kai it and edit it down, but I guess there's very little filler up through Alabasta so no one would be able to tell the difference for the first 80 episodes.
Unless of course they just hyper abridge it and cut stuff out, obviously and its just an adaptation like the recap movies and not a full retelling.
I have to assume they're keeping the regular cast but that's a 8-9 year project before it catches up to where we are now, and that's if they do 50 episodes a year so it might be the ideal time to cast younger. 2 different VA groups would be a good way to differentiate them but I know Japan has huge respect for its VA actors and tries to keep them consistent.
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Am I the only one who is not moved at all by this news?
I think the original anime is perfect, it doesn't need a remake...
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I know people that are interested in One Piece but don’t feel like getting into a 2 decades old series with over 1000 episodes, this is good.
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I, for one, actually think they really are aiming for a full remake of the whole manga.
The manga is nearing it's end, and Toei's anime might end with it. Having a live action and a brand new anime is the perfect way for One Piece to keep going and attract new fans.
With a new seasonal anime, they have 10-15 more years of One Piece hype that will sell merch and games and attracts more and more people to the series. It's a long-term investment to keep One Piece relevant after the manga ends.
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I'm intrigued by the way the Luffy "I" looks in the logo. Maybe the artstyle will be very original which would helps justify a remake.
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@Robby said in One Piece anime remake by Wit Studio:
Well damn. I never thought they'd actually do this just do the sheer length and commitment that would be needed. Even cutting out all the filler and running at a nice brisk 2.5-3 chapters per episode, that's still setting up to be ~400 episodes.
I always assumed they'd just Dragonball Kai it and edit it down, but I guess there's very little filler up through Alabasta so no one would be able to tell the difference for the first 80 episodes.
Unless of course they just hyper abridge it and cut stuff out, obviously and its just an adaptation like the recap movies and not a full retelling.
I have to assume they're keeping the regular cast but that's a 8-9 year project before it catches up to where we are now, and that's if they do 50 episodes a year so it might be the ideal time to cast younger. 2 different VA groups would be a good way to differentiate them but I know Japan has huge respect for its VA actors and tries to keep them consistent.
I always wanted some sort of director's cut, because a simple Kai version would be a bit.. low effort?
But this opens up so many questions:
Will there be changes from the story? Some controversial arcs like Wano and some beloved filler like G8 spring to mind...
How heavily is Oda involved?
Will they keep the same voice actors, score and openings/endings?
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@Kfunk said in One Piece anime remake by Wit Studio:
I know people that are interested in One Piece but don’t feel like getting into a 2 decades old series with over 1000 episodes, this is good.
Agreed, I'm hoping that it's not like... a Chopper movie "what-if" or a FF7R re-imagining. My first thought of seeing that initial art was "uh oh, Luffy's hometown was actually a single windmill the whole time"
Some time ago, I showed a friend Episode of East Blue as a kind of "sell" (it didn't help that friend is always so limited on time) and since then we were filling in the gaps with the regular episodes until the crew started the adventure in Alabasta. I had been evaluating the "Episodes of" in the same vein, and Episode of Nami was great, but I felt that ones like the Alabasta movie, Chopper what-if movie, and the Episode of Skypiea went through the material too fast or changed too much for a first-time viewer. We honestly hadn't moved an inch since the first episode of Alabasta so... if the stars lined up again this remake would be awesome to show.
So it's okay to express if this announcement isn't for you, or you're not the type to enjoy this sort of thing. It may be an unpopular opinion, it may not be. Same whole shtick with why live action and video games remakes and remasters happen.
With how little we know, I still welcome this kind of project while we still have the people on this earth.
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I think a remake was inevitable, but it's still a surprise that we'll see two adaptions of the same ongoing Manga running at the same time. I mean, pragmatically the stories won't overlap and there's no risk of The One Piece catching up to One Piece, but still. The reception to this is all going to be about the minutia, particularly for the earlier stuff that had reasonable pacing from the Toei series, so WIT have their work cut out for them. And I wish they'd given it a subtitle, because identifying each series concisely is going to be a nightmare.
I don't think that "One Piece Kai" would have ever been on the table, for a few reasons:
- Dragon Ball (Z) Kai's solid ratings didn't translate to merchandise sales, making the show a bit of a failure.
- The first 206 episodes of One Piece were made in digital SD, which is unmistakably dated in 2023. for Kai, Toei had 16mm film reels that they could scan in genuine HD (during the early days of the format), helping justify the series as a double-dip.
- Episode 1 of One Piece is is now older than Dragon Ball Z was when Kai aired!
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@LostTimeLord said in One Piece anime remake by Wit Studio:
And I wish they'd given it a subtitle, because identifying each series concisely is going to be a nightmare.
In my head, the production committee was in glee when they realized they could abbreviate it to "TOP"
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@Robby Regarding the VA's, as impossible as it is for me to imagine anyone else voicing Luffy in particular, I think Digimon Adventure 2020 used a different voice cast from the original series, so there might be some precedent.
That said, isn't Luffy's voice in the trailer the same?
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It's a smart move but I'm not sure if it'll be something for me.
My biggest worry is that it'll condense the story too much. But if they don't and remain faithful to the manga this is exactly what the anime needs. Much as I love the original anime I can't in good conscience recommend it to new people. Maybe up until Impel Down but the stuff after that is an awful slog.That said, I'm not interested for now. The OG anime is ingrained in my memory, watching the first arcs in any other version would feel like something's missing. Once they get to Impel Down I'd be interested. That's a chance to salvage arcs that had problems in both the manga and anime. Maybe a couple years later when I wanna catch up on OP in a timely manner this'll be an option.
But it all depends on how it turns out.
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Man, this has just been the year of One Piece.
Really looking forward to this, but I'm guessing we probably won't get it until 2025 or something.
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My dream would be something like Pluto or Hellsing Ultimate with 40 - 60 minute episodes covering a full volume at a time. But even with normal anime episodes you'd want it to hit a fairly streamlined pace, maybe 3 episodes to the volume at most. With 25 years of hindsight it's much easier to do that kind of trimming knowing what is and isn't going to be important for the future.
Having a new anime that needs to be translated, subbed and dubbed from the ground up could be a good excuse to clarify foreshadowing dialogue that was missed due to a lack of context when existing translations were made, run with Laugh Tale instead of Raftel from the start, and revisit things like how the okama characters are spoken about as well.
I really hope they get the time/budget/direction/marketing they need to succeed and make the ideal adaptation of the whole series.
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I have lots of thoughts.
First off, Im hyped for this. A retelling with better pacing and animation would be great. Can also serve as an entry point for new fans
We need new VA's for this. Mayumi Tanaka is my GOAT VA and will forever be lufyy but the woman is nearing 70. Let the poor woman rest
I dont want it to be super condensed to the point of breakneck pacing, I want them to take their time. For eg, stuff like walk to Arlong Park, In the manga it was just a single panel or so but the anime elevated it by extending the scene. I want them to do that
Make it fucking seasonal
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@Captain-M said in One Piece anime remake by Wit Studio:
My dream would be something like Pluto or Hellsing Ultimate with 40 - 60 minute episodes covering a full volume at a time. But even with normal anime episodes you'd want it to hit a fairly streamlined pace, maybe 3 episodes to the volume at most. With 25 years of hindsight it's much easier to do that kind of trimming knowing what is and isn't going to be important for the future.
Having a new anime that needs to be translated, subbed and dubbed from the ground up could be a good excuse to clarify foreshadowing dialogue that was missed due to a lack of context when existing translations were made, run with Laugh Tale instead of Raftel from the start, and revisit things like how the okama characters are spoken about as well.
I really hope they get the time/budget/direction/marketing they need to succeed and make the ideal adaptation of the whole series.
I have to wonder if they'll literally just pull a PLUTO and release each episode as a 60 minute episode that covers an entire volume, so they could cover East Blue in 10-11 episodes for a single bingeable season.
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@Nobodyman said in One Piece anime remake by Wit Studio:
Really looking forward to this, but I'm guessing we probably won't get it until 2025 or something.
Yeah. As a comparison, the first teaser for Dragon Ball Daima was released about a full year before the Series is supposed to start, and that used completed animation. The teaser for The One Piece merely has concept art.
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I imagine a lot of people have moments like this, but you known what I look forward to with this? A Reverse Mountain scene that's not interrupted by stupid filler. Now that I'm thinking back, that's something that's bothered me for the longest time.
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I think with a project like this, we won't be looking at 2-3 chapter episode pacing, but possibly 4 5 or even 6 chapters per episode.
That could mean some stuff getting shafted potentially, but it's hard to speculate on that without seeing the vision.
The East Blue as a 25 episode season of television though could very easily work.
And then each saga thereafter being 25 episodes long give or take would be nice. Or just do 12 episodes for Thriller Bark and Sabaody idk
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I think this is a perfect followup to all the buzz generated by the live action and also a lasting kind of thing for the series once it ends. At the worst it'll just a retread of the Episode Of stuff but i've seen a lot of positive buzz from this studio.
Wonder if they'll show more manga specific actions (ex. implying Zeff eat his foot outright instead of censoring it that he lost it in the rubble)
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Is there any hope for 1 hour long episodes? Maybe some might think that it would clash a bit with the LA's format but if they're going for a reimagining, I'd rather have some things reeeeally condensed.
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I'm not that worried about them rushing; it's not really to their benefit. There's already an ongoing anime series which is caught up to the manga. They want to make this last.
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Very cool! That said, for me the second half the series needs redoing more than the first half. The early stuff holds up well for me, and you still had a nice 1.5 ch per episode up through Water 7 etc. East Blue is pretty terrific as is to me.
So this is cool if they pull it off, and it's fun they're giving it a try. Just for me I'll need them to get to way later stuff to personally get a big kick out of it, and the original version of the anime (especially the early stuff) will always have some extra nostalgia and connection for me I think.
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I really love East Blue including the fillers.
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I'm shocked, Wit is actually my favorite studio thanks to those sublime first AoT seasons
I heard it's a full remake but that sound too good to be true
Just remain faithful to the manga. no more DBZ effects or any life threatening visual garbage.
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For me I don't know how to feel about this. Especially with the original anime is still ongoing. I'm also curious if the Funimation/Crunchyroll dub cast are going to be involved with the new series or not.
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I know pacing issues are one thing that would justify this adaptation's existence, and while East Blue doesn't have that problem nearly as much as any other saga, I think another thing that justifies it is better animation. Not to completely wail on Toei Piece -- it's 48 episodes a year nonstop for 24 years, but a 25 episode WIT production backed by Netflix money has to look better than THIS as a baseline:
Not to mention all the "running shots" that are just panning over still images, goofy walk animations, goofy proportions and contortions, etc.
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Wow if this is what I'm thinking it is then it is HUGE for me personally. It took me years to muster up the courage to jump back into the Anime after the first or second Punk Hazard episode but this year I did and it has been mostly enjoyable watching with my family. All the while though I've been thinking one day we will get a One Piece Kai. I never truly knew what that meant though until reading this thread. I thought it was a remake of the anime, I didn't know it was condensed. My mind had always assumed a One Piece Kai would be a complete remake and holy smokes if this is it I hope I don't die before it's completed.
I wonder what the current anime team thinks? What about the actors and Oda himself?
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I've seen two or three tweets from a couple staff members being pretty leery of the whole thing. They're obviously not going anywhere, of course.
And TBH, given the reputations of both Netflix and Studio WIT among industry observers (WIT's head George Wada is cut from the same cloth as MAPPA's infamous Manabu Otsuka and has been on the record basically bragging about sweatshop conditions at the studio) this announcement strikes me as an executive vanity project and emblemic of how the anime industry is getting more and more creatively bankrupt each year.
WIT doesn't have the robust production pipeline or business culture that you need to properly sustain long-running adaptations and have already bailed on three ongoing manga adaptations they started (Attack on Titan, Vinland Saga, and The Ancient Magus's Bride). With how dense One Piece is as I said earlier and the studio's/Netflix's own precedent I don't think anyone should expect this to be a "One Piece Brotherhood" versus something like the super-condensed "Episode of" specials expanded to mini-series length. I'll be bold and predict that this thing won't cover more than the SD era and no more than up to the time skip at the absolute most if all the stars align. And a lot of them will have to align.
Maybe I'll be wrong, but the more I sleep on this announcement the more cynical it feels to me IMO.
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@Sano said in One Piece anime remake by Wit Studio:
For me I don't know how to feel about this. Especially with the original anime is still ongoing. I'm also curious if the Funimation/Crunchyroll dub cast are going to be involved with the new series or not.
Netflix still used the dub cast for the Black Clover movie they distributed.
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Playing the bad guy: As a Manga fan I hate it - Oda will have involvement to some extent and be it that the anime production is on his mind- just look at his jump festa message. Come to think of itI didnt like the TV specials e.g. Arlong Park very much when they were released.
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@Captain-M
Make it sound similar to Laughtale, so that the actual reveal hits, maybe name it Raughtale so you can play on the R/L spelling.
But I do hope the foreshadowing and foremost the cover stories get adapted either as eye-catchers or as endings to an arc.
Netflix is investing in One Piece, which shows how much they belief in the story and what a success it was to grow their market share across the globe. -
I feel like the plan for this is to try and cover the whole series and make a filler-less, more manga accurate, adaptation one season at a time, using netflix as the host so each season can be however many episodes they need. I do wonder if they'll be able to use the Funimation dub cast for this though, or if Netflix will push to have the live action actors voice the cahracters (kind of like what the Scott Polgrim anime just did).
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@The-Light-of-Shandora It's tough when you can't make it ambiguous the same way in English without having it be outright a name change. The fact that every reference to the place becomes Laugh Tale following the reveal, as if the whole cast has figured out the true name at the exact same moment the audience sees it, just feels wrong to me.
I could see a completely phonetic Laftel type thing working, rolling it off the tongue like it's one word and having only Roger enunciate it fully, but they'd have to stick with the wider world, barring maybe former Roger pirates, doing it the normal way. Or just use the correct name consistently from the start and have the reveal in Oden's flashback be where the name came from and exactly how literal it is.
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I know the dub reached the "he laughed" moment but what happened with the name? Because in English there's an unintentional pun to it, like "here's the actual name, and it will make you LAUGH". Even though in Japanese there's no difference phonetically.
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I'll probably change my mind once a trailer full of snazzy animation drops, but at the moment I'm not too interested in this.
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Might be unpopular opinion - but I really want a completely new voice cast, sub and dub. No offense to current voice actors, I love all of them, especially the dub. But for the REMAKE, I want completely new interpretations. If we have the same voices, the line reads will inherently be similar. I really want them to completely go all in on this being new new. Secondly, they are all getting old, and this series won't progress too quickly. And also, the original anime is still running!! So they still keep their jobs and will likely complete the series in the original form, sub and dub. This new version is an opportunity for new talent, let the veterans ride the wave of the old series and move on. (I mean this with all the respect and love for the original cast, just trying to be realistic)
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@Elektrik-Dynomite said in One Piece anime remake by Wit Studio:
Might be unpopular opinion - but I really want a completely new voice cast, sub and dub. No offense to current voice actors, I love all of them, especially the dub. But for the REMAKE, I want completely new interpretations. If we have the same voices, the line reads will inherently be similar. I really want them to completely go all in on this being new new.
Some good points. I feel like I never see the odd outrage when it comes to One Piece (I guess it’s been mostly video games where an entire cast gets changed) but I have a feeling this would be the thing that breaks the camel’s back.
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This might sound lame, but why can't they just use the old audio? If the lines are the same in the manga then they could just use that instead of recasting everyone, then maybe have the original cast add in a few lines where it fits. It'd be awkward, but I can't imagine recasting the Strawhats now.