#Netflix’s One Piece Live-Action Series 2nd Season Debuts in 2025, Adds Joe Tracz as Co-Showrunner
Deadline has confirmed that the upcoming second season of Netflix’s One Piece live-action series is set to be released sometime in 2025, with filming and production expected to begin June 2024.
Joe Tracz (Percy Jackson and the Olympians co-executive producer) has also been confirmed to be joining the second season as writer, executive producer and co-showrunner with Matt Owens (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Luke Cage writer). Steve Maeda, who developed the series with Owens and served as co-showrunner in the first season, will remain as an executive producer.
The One Piece live-action series is a co-production between Netflix and Tomorrow Studios (Cowboy Bebop live action, Snowpiercer). Season one consisted of eight total episodes and premiered on Netflix on August 31, 2023.
The main cast members for the first season include:
- • Iñaki Godoy as Luffy
- • Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro
- • Emily Rudd as Nami
- • Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp
- • Taz Skylar as Sanji
- • Morgan Davies as Koby
- • Vincent Regan as Monkey D. Garb
- • Jeff Ward as Buggy the Clown
The original One Piece manga series by Eiichiro Oda was first serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on July 22, 1997 under the Jump Comics label. A total of 108 tankobon volumes have been released as of March 2024.
The manga has inspired a 1999 OVA from Production I.G and a long-running TV anime from Toei Animation that has been airing since 1999. The latter passed the 1000th episode mark on November 21, 2021. Other media adaptations include several anime film, stage plays, video games, drama CDs, card games, art and guidebooks, and more.
Source: Deadline (Nellie Andreeva)
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