{"id":395277,"date":"2026-04-12T21:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/395277\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:12:09","slug":"the-live-action-one-piece-team-wants-to-go-the-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/395277\/","title":{"rendered":"The Live-Action ‘One Piece’ Team Wants to Go the Distance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix prepares its first One Piece<\/a>\u00a0adaptation for season three<\/a>, its creators think there\u2019s plenty of gas in the tank.<\/p>\n

In a recent IGN<\/a> interview, co-showrunner Joe Tracz, writer Ian Stokes, and Tomorrow Studios head Becky Chambers discussed the show\u2019s future. Before season two, the cast told The Movie Podcast about a specific arc that manga creator Eiichiro Oda hopes the series can get to. \u201cNot \u2018end,’\u201d said Mackenyu at the time, \u201cbut where he wants us to take the live-action to.\u201d No one spilled any beans, but fans have their theories about where that could be.<\/p>\n

Clements told IGN she, Tracz, and Stokes are aware of the same desired goal post, but admitted Oda\u2019s more \u201coptimistic\u201d than them about reaching it. Netflix likes to cancel things, so she hopes the show can have a pretty long run when all\u2019s said and done. In fact, they\u2019re already gearing up for that run: the team\u2019s already broke the story through season eight, and her realistic hope is for the show to hit ten seasons. Getting higher than that would basically be extra, but not unwanted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re building these characters and this world,\u201d added Tracz. \u201cI think none of us want to say goodbye before we\u2019ve had a chance to continue paying off the things we\u2019ve set up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Digging further into their relationship with Oda, Stokes reiterated that everything in One Piece\u00a0gets his approval, from outlines and scripts to casting and edits. The relationship\u2019s been a pretty good one so far\u2014in Stokes\u2019 recollection, pushing back on Oda\u2019s asks ends with him being right. According to Tracz, not taking advantage of Oda\u2019s involvement and insight would be \u201cfoolish. [\u2026] He has veto power, but it\u2019s also a case of like, well, why would we ever want to do something that wasn\u2019t what he intended<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n

You can read the full interview here<\/a>, which also digs into when they change things, casting ahead for future characters, and treating this as a manga adaptation first and foremost. One Piece\u00a0will return with new episodes in 2027.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix prepares its first One Piece\u00a0adaptation for season three, its creators think there\u2019s plenty of gas in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,1868,58711,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-395277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-netflix","12":"tag-one-piece","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}