More cast members have been announced for the upcoming Netflix live-action One Piece series. The main cast was announced back in November 2021.
The series was first teased during the Jump Festa 2017 event, and Eiichiro Oda will serve as a producer for the series. The first season is reported to have ten episodes.
One Piece is about an aspiring pirate named Monkey D. Luffy who hopes to find the "One Piece", a legendary treasure. To find it, he assembles a ship and crew and sets out on a voyage down the Grand Line filled with adventure and rivalries along the way.
The new cast members include;
- Morgan Davies as Koby
- Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Alvida
- Aidan Scott as Helmeppo
- Jeff Ward as Buggy
- McKinley Belcher III as Arlong
- Vincent Regan as Garp
Ward is best known for his role as Charles Manson in Manson's Lost Girls and Deke Shaw in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Belcher's work includes playing Samuel Diggs in Mercy Street, Anthony Carter in The Passag e, and Agent Trevor Evans in Ozark. Reagan is best known for his work in Clash of the Titans, Troy and Unleashed. Iñaki Godoy, best known for his role in the Mexican crime drama Who Killed Sara? Will play Monkey D. Luffy , while Mackenyu will play Roronoa Zoro. Emily Rudd (Fear Street) will play Nami, with Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, and Taz Skylar as Sanji.
Oda will work alongside Steven Maeda (whose notable works include X-Files and CSI: Miami) and Becky Clements (who produced Netflix's Cowboy Bebop) as executive producer. Matt Owens, best known for Luke Cage and Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, will serve as a writer.
Marty Adelstein, a producer on hit series such as Teen Wolf and Prison Break, and ITV Studios have partnered to create Tomorrow Studios, which will produce the live-action One Piece. Tomorrow Studios also produced the 2021 Netflix live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop. Season one is set to have ten episodes, exclusively streamed on Netflix.
The series will begin with the East Blue arc of the manga and continue from there. Adelstein has promised fans that the live adaptation of the manga will stay true to the One Piece universe. He added that he has conversed with Oda personally in an attempt to create a genuine experience for the viewers.
Source: Anime News Network