One Piece has been hugely popular for a while in the anime community, but it seems the O.G. series becoming a massive hit on Netflix alongside the equally successful live-action series has given the franchise a boost.
It's big enough that the streamer is producing a WIT Studio's animated remake, even though the original anime and manga are still in production. Fans may wonder about the value in watching a new series tackling the O.G.
material in the same way, but creator Eiichiro Oda apparently gave the new creative team some advice that has me quite excited. The One Piece is setting out to faithfully recreate the manga, which means there will be inevitable tweaks and revisions with this version that aren't in the original anime, which is currently releasing new episodes weekly for those with a Netflix subscription . A recent staff interview that took place during One Piece Day featured progress updates on the new animation, prompting creator Eiichiro Oda to offer some advice to those working on the remake(via @ Sandman_AP ): Rather than faithfully reproducing the manga of One Piece, the anime staff should digest it and remake it in their own style.
It's not often you hear a franchise creator telling anyone producing a remake to exclusively bring their own unique style to it. And whenever that happens without such a blessing, fans don't usually like the result. Why I'm excited about this situation is that we have Oda giving his blessing for the changes, and that there are som.