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Glordit
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Toei: 1 chapter 1 episode.
Wit: 7 chapters 1 episode. At least it's around ~40 minutes an episode. |
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malvarez1
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I still don’t think WIT plans to adapt the whole manga, seven episodes every few years will take way too long.
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Sheenoobuu
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At "300 minuted" saying that it's "7 episodes" is VERY deceptive. Ok, 7 episodes...but each has to be averaging 42ish minutes...it's just 14 episodes...
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Iritscen
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If they animated 50 chapters per year it would take 23 years to cover the manga thus far (no surprise since the manga has been releasing an average of 40 chapters per year since 1997). So yeah, this seems to be... Netflix wants another telling of the beginning of the story, besides the live action one, even though they know neither adaptation can get a significant fraction of the way through the story? I can actually understand making a live action series more than making a second anime that won't be finished.
Now, IF they were able to release at 4x this rate, they could make enough headway to finish the whole manga in 6-7 years (assuming the manga finishes soon). That would mean 1,200 minutes of animation per year, which actually isn't such a crazy figure -- Toei has been releasing, by my calculation, 963 minutes per year (counting each episode as 22 minutes), and that doesn't include the movies and television specials they release every couple of years. |
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tintor2
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This reminded me of the Jojo delays. Is the Jojo anime produced by a weak studio or One Piece is a collaboration?
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Araki
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Back then the pacing was much faster than 1 chapter per episode. But then again, they were simpler and had a lot less dialogue. |
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meiam
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I've been re reading the starting chapter of one piece, and honestly there's quite a lot of fluff that can be cut out here and there (Usopp introduction arc can be easily cut down quite a bit). There's also little side story here and there they can just remove (like the dude stuck in a chest, although knowing Oda, he might show back at some point).
So I'm thinking: 1: Intro + Zoro introduction 2: Baggy arc 3: Usopp intro 4: Sanji intro 5: Arlong 6: Logue town + intro to grand line That still leaves one episode if they want to pad out some stuff here and there (Maybe end Sanji arc in one and start Arlong in another). As the chapter went on, they became more dense, but I think there's still quite a lot that can be cut in there, Arabasta could be speed up significantly. |
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BrazillianCara
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I'm sure this will be a great alternative for people who have never experienced the story, but I don't know if I have it in me to watch Luffy's origin story for what might be the seventh time (without any repeats).
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Iritscen
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That's a good point: the further the story goes, the more the arcs can be trimmed down. Let's not even talk about Dressrosa and Whole Cake Island. Wano Country was great but it took 4.5 years to air (Jun. '19-Nov. '23). |
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Glordit
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Official tweet says it ends at around the start of Baratie. https://x.com/theop_official/status/2051633725159756079 Last edited by Glordit on Tue May 05, 2026 12:25 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Top Gun
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I feel like I understand even less now why this adaptation exists. If you sold it to me as a better-animated and much faster-paced version of the source material to catch new fans up to the present in a handful of years, I could see that. I don't think I'd feel any need to watch myself, since I've been immersed in the Toei adaptation for two decades straight and have seen East Blue in particular portrayed multiple times, but I'd certainly get it. But now you're telling me that in almost a year's time they're releasing a batch of episodes that gets all the way up to...Baratie. If you started watching the original anime today and only covered one episode per week, you'd still be well beyond that point by the time this releases. So...why bother then?
Last edited by Top Gun on Tue May 05, 2026 4:31 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Doubleclouder
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Interesting stopping point. Chapter 50 is in the middle of Baratie with Zoro challenging Mihawk and Nami's betrayal of the crew and leaving. A good cliffhanger to end on and if there's another set of episodes it can cover Arlong and then their entry into the Grand Line.
A lot of younger fans, at least in the west, don't want to watch old television especially if it's very long. People have become accustomed to 6-8 episode seasons of 1 hour episodes and it's how they only know how to consume television anymore. This is also useful for people who've only seen the live-action and want to experience the real story and characters who also probably have no interest in investing in a long-running anime. Us oldguard who grew up on 1000+ episode anime might find it unnecessary but a lot of modern anime fans are only used to 13 episode cours which is what 7 40 minute episodes would even out to. |
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Wyvern
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So given Netflix's usual tactic of releasing one season a year, if season one of this show stops when they meet Sanji, then it's going to take this show two years just to get to the Grand Line. That's twice as long as it took the original anime! So much for faster pacing.
And yes, if this series manages to adapt the entire manga, then it'll be much faster to watch from start to finish, but how long is that going to take? At this pace, it'll take decades just to catch up to the current manga, let alone finish it. So at this point, what's the point of this production even existing? Does the world really need a fourth interpretation of Luffy's fight with Buggy? |
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Iritscen
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Yep, as I mentioned above this production only makes sense if they quadruple the (theoretical) release schedule and release 1,200 minutes a year.
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EmeraldSaucer
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Going to throw my hat in on being increasingly confused on what this is supposed to accomplish, since ending at the start of Baratie and having that be people's experience for up to a year is an absolutely bizarre choice
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