Isn’t the “original” still ongoing? How do you remake something that’s still being made?
Yeah, I know they’re just gonna start from the beginning because there’s like literally a thousand episodes, but still.
a thousand episodes, 1% of which actually advance the story. If this new series compresses all the bullshit out and retains the good parts, I wont be mad. I watched about 250 of them during the pandemic before I gave up. I love the characters and enjoy the story, but I don’t have all day to skip through filler content.
Look up One Pace. It’s a fan edit of the principle series that cuts out all recaps, flashbacks, and dead air.
One Pace was how I got my husband into it. I read the manga, although I stopped around 800 (maybe?) and need to get back at it. We tried to do it without One Pace and dear lord.
Couldn’t imagine for my first time watching missing the ‘fillers’, the lore in the series is what makes it stand out. I definitely understand wanting to see the story unfold quicker, but I’d still watch every episode on my first watch. I haven’t read the manga though, for context.
Oh, I get it. I’ve been watching unfiltered One Piece for over 20 years so WHY STOP NOW?!? maniacal laugh
This is like when BluRays of Avatar contained free tickets go see Avatar because Avatar was still playing in the theaters.
It’s not that unusual, it’s been over 25 years since it started. The current anime will closely follow the manga for the veteran fans, the new one is meant for people who want to get into it but don’t want to watch hundreds of episodes of filler in an old animation style.
Reminds me of that time Fullmetal Alchemist did a complete remake of the anime just 5 years after it ended.
FMA and FMA:B are a little bit different, Fullmetal Alchemist was made while the manga was still being written. It ended up being a completely different story than Brotherhood. So it’s not really a “remake,” FMA:B is the manga accurate story, and FMA is kinda like fanfiction, or an alternate universe.
If their cutting out filler, that reminds me of the DBZ remake with filler cut out.
They are not going to animate all the story so far. They’ll just focus in the classic era of One Piece, till like, Jaya or Enies Lobby. There are people who says that only the “4:3 era” is going to be animated.
Game of Thrones tried but I don’t think netflix will run into the same problems of books not getting finished.
Realistically, One Piece should be wrapping up sometime in the next decade, hopefully in the next five years. By the time Wit catches up to the first big arc Alabasta, it’s likely that the actual anime will be wrapping up.
One Piece also recently switched to seasonal instead of releasing episodes weekly. I’m not sure how much Toei and Wit are working together on this, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Wit’s releases will be coming when One Piece would otherwise be off-air.
Also, Oda is kinda a hack writer. He loves the JJ Abrams style of mystery boxes with no plan for how to pay them off. Going back through and adding setup for some of the later story beats that weren’t foreshadowed properly is something that the live-action show has been doing, and it wouldn’t surprise me if this remake is going to take some of those notes.
“in the next decade” as if this isn’t The Simpsons of anime (mostly due to the fact that it’s been airing for 30+ years)
I mean, it is going to end lol. Oda’s said that the current saga is the last one, and judging by what all’s happened in Elbaph so far I do believe him. The issue is that even if it’s only going to go for three more arcs, One Piece arcs are insanely long, mostly for no reason.
For as much as it gets memed, idk if Oda actually has any interest in a 2 Piece or w/e. I think instead of just making endless episodes, they’re gonna milk it with endless remakes.
No I get you, it was more a joke on how long the show has been running
The original anime could stand for a LOT of editing. There are flashbacks that are unnecessary given modern viewing habits, side stories that are cute, but don’t belong in the main arc, and episodes where VERY little happens. That being said, just do the editing. Unless this looks completely different, I don’t understand the point of redoing something that is still in motion. Having two separate versions of the same thing, airing at the same time just sounds confusing for new fans and like it’ll lead to brand dilution.
Most of the Anime is frankly filler. And I’m not only talking about the obvious non-canon filler arcs and endless flashbacks. Some episodes contain minutes of slow or still environment shots that aren‘t in the Manga and manage to adapt as little as 5 pages in over 20 minutes. The show currently sits at well above 1000 episodes for something you could probably be adapted in 300 or less. Which is still A LOT and that‘s the other problem with the show (and manga).
Even if you trim the fat you‘re left with a lot of repetitive themes, namely the straw hats landing on an island where they either unravel a mystery that is told frustratingly non-chronological to keep you guessing or they have to help a royal family (that always comes with a beautiful damsel in distress with varying degrees of agency) to get rid of pesky pirates. They save the princess and move in to the next obstacle. Sometimes it‘s a mix of these two type of stories but it gets seriously repetitive in the second half so far.
you know I started watching the new fist of the north star and it feels exactly like the original. Ill admit I have not watched the original in a long time.
Honestly the guy at Netflix who came up with the idea of just making a one piece anime even though there is currently an ongoing one piece anime is splitting some serious gordian knots over there. It’s pure genius.
