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mdo7
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Whoa, OK, I didn't expect One Piece to get a LEGO animation adaptation and I'm aware this is because of Netflix's live-action One Piece. Will this lead to LEGO reaching out to Shueisha to adapt Shonen Jump's well-known properties to be given LEGO adaptation. So LEGO My Hero Academia anyone? LEGO Yu Yu Hakusho? LEGO Rurouni Kenshin in the future? Am I expecting something like this to be a thing in the future when it comes to LEGO and anime/manga? Is this going to lead LEGO to revive their Exo-Force line (which was created in 2006, and discontinued in 2008) which itself was inspired by anime/manga at the time it was created, am I expecting Exo-Force to be brought back if LEGO One Piece and other potential hypothetical LEGO-Shonen Jump/Shueisha collaboration were to happen if LEGO One Piece was successful?
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Silver Kirin
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I've seen the LEGO One Piece sets on a mall the other day, I know they're technically based on the live-actio version, but it seems it's the second LEGO theme based on a manga/anime work, because if I'm not wrong, there were some LEGO sets based on the live-action Speed Racer movie many years ago.
I do believe there's tons of potentital for LEGO sets based on popular manga/anime, but the main problem are the licenses. Some would argue that some anime are meant for mature audiences (at least in the West) but there's been tons of LEGO based on not so kid-friendly franchises in the past
Considering Watsuki's crimes I don't think Rurouni Kenshin will be adapted into LEGO form. |
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mdo7
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We already have LEGO Horizon Adventures (which the original game itself is rated Teen, and not kid-friendly) released on PS5 and Nintendo Switch (which makes it the first time a Sony's 1st party title has appeared on Switch). There's already a LEGO Indiana Jones which the movie and the franchise itself is not quite kid-friendly but it still got a LEGO series. We almost had a LEGO James Bond 007 (& no, I'm not making this up), and a LEGO Tomb Raider (again, not making this up. There was actually a pitch for that). So if Indiana Jones can get a LEGO franchise despite the films and the franchise aren't kid-friendly and the fact that we almost had a LEGO James Bond 007 and LEGO Tomb Raider that was a concept then got cancelled. Then maybe this shows that LEGO is not afraid of turning adult-oriented stuff into LEGO stuff. Maybe it is possible for anime/manga to get LEGO treatment, and Pokemon would worked well as a LEGO franchise. I mean I would love to see Nintendo, and the Pokemon Company to team up with LEGO to do something like that if the LEGO One Piece does so well. Maybe it could lead to Shueisha/Shonen Jump to team up with LEGO to adapt their other properties to be given LEGO treatment. So a LEGO My Hero Academia, LEGO Naruto, LEGO Detective Conan, and maybe a LEGO Yu Yu Hakusho wouldn't sound all that crazy in the near future. Too bad Sailor Moon is not owned by Shueisha, then that way we could have Sailor Moon be given a LEGO treatment.
Well it didn't stop Rurouni Kenshin from getting another anime adaptation despite Watsuki's crimes. But I wasn't serious about that title getting a LEGO treatment but who knows. My point is that when LEGO allow One Piece to get a LEGO animated special, who knows if it could lead to LEGO teaming up with Shueisha/Shonen Jump to allow other properties to be given LEGO treatment hence why I mentioned it, and who knows if it could lead to LEGO to revive Exo-Force line due to the success of LEGO One Piece and because of anime and manga in general has become more mainstream in the US compared to some 20+ years ago when that wasn't the case. |
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Scion Drake
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I once heard that Lego is unable to adapt Japanese franchise for some reason that I forgot, so this is the closest they can adapt an anime through One Piece's American adaptation.
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Wyvern
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Can't talk, I'm watching the animated One Piece based on the live-action One Piece based on the animated One Piece based on the comic One Piece.
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Nekbone
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It's rather unfortunate that the live-action version has basically taken over representing One Piece in the west. I'd have been interested in LEGO for the actual One Piece anime/manga but not the live-action version. If LEGO cartoons are only allowed to be based on the western live-action version then that's unfortunate as well.
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Tanteikingdomkey
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I can absolutely understand and sympathies with people wanting one piece legos based off the manga instead.
That said the one piece live action is one of maybe 5 manga to get an actually good live action version, and also one of if not the only that is based off a shonen battle series. I can understand lego wanting to work with an english merchandising team rather then a japanese one, if for no other reason then the time difference making it a huge pain to work together, let alone the language and cultural barriers. I think that is a pretty terrible reason for a company as big as lego but I can understand That said if it was based off of the toei anime.......Looks at sanji, usopp, and vivis treatment in the anime. While the one piece anime is generally more faithful, I would definitely not quickly describe it as respectful to oda's work and characters. especially when comparing it to the live action which can be fast and lose with the story but you can not telling me for one second isn't constantly showing the series and it's characters passion and respect also if we getting Rurouni Kenshin legos I am absolutely going to be avoiding their products for a while because i'm not giving someone money who supports pedophiles |
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Blaze_1013
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While I too would very much want Lego sets based on the manga/anime the Going Merry is perfect and I'll not hear anyone slander her. Honestly, thats all I really want, at least one or two sets that are basically the same as if they'd done the manga. Thats why I'm hopeful they can at least get to Sunny since I imagine that will also be super too. |
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Scion Drake
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Honestly with how accurate the series is to the manga/anime for the most part, I feel they can toe the line and bring in more stuff from the manga through the show's license. |
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Slop Slop no Mi
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I could go into length why saying the live-action is accurate to the manga and anime is untrue but that'd be getting off topic. I'll just say you can clearly tell that the Usopp and Chopper in the article picture is the live-action one and not the real Usopp and Chopper from the manga. It's easily recognizable with how much stuff has been changed in both aesthetic and design wise for the characters and set pieces we've seen so far. There's no squint and you can pretend it's the manga with these LEGO figures any more than you can say Justin Chatwin looks like Son Goku because he put on an orange gi. Anime/Manga fans are right to be miffed with all the resources the live-action push is taking away from the original. |
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Gem-Bug
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I don't have any interest in the live-action version, but it's worth noting that to a lot of it's audience, the live-action version is the "real" version of the characters. |
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bluebaron
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Such passionate opinions... I hope a Lego one piece game gets mad eventually.
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residentgrigo
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The Lego line being tied to the LA version will guarantee some sort of effort by Netflix to close the show off in a way. We´ll see how.
Shazam had an animated Lego feature in 2020 to advertise those films and pretend that Black Adam had IP value before his film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12093878/ These advertorials aren´t high-effort productions, to put it mildly. OP dropping 1000 eps on the BBC player at once was a more impressive show of IP value. |
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BadNewsBlues
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Unfortunate in what way? The brand is still getting exposure.
No they’re not it’s just complaining for the sake of complaining. It’s like these people have forgotten how badly the 4Kids anime hurt the series reputation in the west, 20 years ago you would’ve never got something like this because of how middling the reception to that was. One Piece gets a live action adaptation which becomes popular and people are whining about an Lego special based off of that. And whine about how it’s not based off the manga/anime instead which was never likely to happen. Also what is this taking from the original? |
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mooseV01
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I feel like due to Lego's very simple and homogeneous artstyle, whether it's based on the manga/anime or live-action is moot lmao
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