{"id":331584,"date":"2026-03-10T11:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/331584\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:39:11","slug":"netflix-have-found-their-next-big-ip-with-one-piece-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/331584\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Have Found Their Next Big IP with \u2018One Piece\u2019 Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

This review contains spoilers for\u00a0One Piece Season 2.<\/p>\n

\"EmilyEmily Rudd as Nami, I\u00f1aki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy and Jacob Romero as Usopp in One Piece Season 2 \u00a9 Netflix<\/p>\n

When it comes to anime, it has been known that a curse has been lingering surrounding live-action adaptations. It wasn\u2019t just exclusive to anime; video games also suffered the same curse, but video game adaptations have gotten better over the years. When Netflix originally announced they were doing a live-action adaptation of One Piece, there was so much worry, considering how the Death Note movie turned out for them.<\/p>\n

Well, we were all wrong! Despite One Piece being an anime that\u2019s so wacky and colourful and has the most insane character designs and powersets, Netflix and Tomorrow Studios proved that working closely with Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece, can make for the first good western live-action adaptation of an anime.<\/p>\n

One Piece is one of the longest-running manga series in Shonen Jump, and there\u2019s always the question of how far the live action can go before they\u2019re forced to stop due to either budget restraints or casting issues. That\u2019s something we shouldn\u2019t think about now because Netflix\u2019s One Piece is thriving and is currently doing well with the pacing. The first season covered the entirety of the East Blue saga aside from the Loguetown arc, which finds itself at the start of Season 2, while the rest of Season 2 adapts a good chunk of the Alabasta saga, leaving fans with a little something to be excited for with the upcoming season.<\/p>\n

One Piece Season 2 sees the Straw Hats finally venturing \u201cInto the Grand Line\u201d, where danger and wonder await them at every turn. They\u2019ll discover new islands, new enemies, allies and devil fruits, which will give Monkey D. Luffy (I\u00f1aki Godoy) and his crew a challenge.<\/p>\n

The first three episodes of One Piece Season 2 are easily some of the show\u2019s best work for various reasons. It\u2019s still a show that allows newcomers to be introduced to the vast and epic world of One Piece, but showrunners Matt Owens and Joe Tracz ensure that there\u2019s also something there for the hardcore fans who have been following the show for years. The first season highlighted how the show will have improvements from the manga series by having Koby (Morgan Davies) get bumped up to a supporting character when usually we only got updates about his Marine adventures through chapter covers of the manga.<\/p>\n

Season 2 continues this but goes full force with how they continue to expand the world of One Piece by rearranging certain events and when they take place. It will lead some fans to be confused about why we are learning some things earlier, but I think it works massively in favour of the show and provides greater context to the story that\u2019s taking place now rather than saving it for seasons down the line.<\/p>\n

\"Luffy,Taz Skylar as Sanji, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero as Usopp, Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro, In\u0303aki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece Season 2. \u00a9 Netflix<\/p>\n

The early appearance of characters like Bartolomeo (Nahum Hughes), Sabo and Brook (Martial Batchamen) is a One Piece fan\u2019s dream come to life. They\u2019re not only the teases for the great future that\u2019s ahead but also specifically the introduction of Bartolomeo and Brook works so well, as readers of the manga are already aware that although Bartolomeo appears post-timeskip for the first time, it\u2019s known that he was present in Loguetown. To see the interaction between him and Luffy and to see for ourselves where his love and obsession for Luffy came from made for a delightful watch.<\/p>\n

With Brook, we get a flashback that\u2019s usually found later down the line where he\u2019s officially introduced, but as it involves Crocus, Reverse Mountain and Laboon, it just made sense to include the bulk of the backstory here, as it connected better with the story being told. These changes and additions don\u2019t only help set the live action apart from the manga and anime, but they truly make the world seem alive and a lot more grand.<\/p>\n

The early mention of God Valley by Gold Roger (Michael Dorman) is also something that will go past viewers\u2019 heads but surprise fans of the manga, but it\u2019s Easter eggs like this which show that everyone working on the show is doing their absolute best to create the best One Piece viewing experience in live action that we could possibly have.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just a show being made by people who want to make money for the sake of it; One Piece is a show made by hardcore and dedicated fans with the close help of Eiichiro Oda, and that\u2019s why it\u2019s proving to be the success that it is, with Season 2 being a massive improvement over the first season.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s to be expected with the Straw Hats finally travelling to the Grand Line that One Piece Season 2 takes us on grander adventures with unbelievable fight sequences and some impressive visuals. We get the introduction of Baroque Works, who are a dangerous secret society of bounty hunters who work for the elusive Mr. 0 (Joe Manganiello). Their introduction brings along a new line of Devil Fruits that the Straw Hats have to deal with, from Miss Valentine (Jazzara Jaslyn) being able to change what she weighs to Mr. 5 (Camrus Johnson) turning any part of his body into an explosive. It finally provides a challenge for the Straw Hats but also puts the visuals to the test.<\/p>\n

\"MissLera Abova as Miss All Sunday in One Piece Season 2. \u00a9 Netflix<\/p>\n

The two most important characters from Baroque Works that we\u2019re introduced to this season are Miss Wednesday (Charithra Chandran) and Miss All Sunday (Lera Abova). With Miss Wednesday, we get to see how Luffy has a great eye for good-intentioned people that he can trust despite them not showcasing it at first. Charithra Chandran does a magnificent job as Miss Wednesday, packing in an emotional and powerful performance as we begin to learn more about her character\u2019s background. It might be I\u00f1aki Godoy\u2019s gift as an actor, but they also have wonderful chemistry together, making you cheer them on as they take down their enemies.<\/p>\n

The main highlight of One Piece is that Eiichiro Oda works closely with the production and approves every casting that takes place. It\u2019s because of this that One Piece might have what might be one of the most accurate castings when it comes from comic book to live action. Lera Abova plays the mysterious but dangerous Miss All Sunday, and despite me already knowing everything there is to know about the character, it still feels like I\u2019m left in the dark with how Abova portrays her.<\/p>\n

The production design and costume design remain at a high-level standard. There\u2019s detail in almost every aspect and area of One Piece, and the most important part is every location we get to visit feels real despite how fantastical it\u2019s all made out to be. The costumes are impressive, and we even get some original designs which I wish were available for sale. Miss All Sunday has three outfits throughout the season, but their accuracy is almost scary with not only how good they look but also how they bring these characters to life, creating literal spitting images of their manga counterparts.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s not a moment where fight sequences looked bad, no matter how chaotic it got with the display of devil fruit abilities, but admittedly, there are a few areas where the visuals aren\u2019t their best, and that\u2019s with Laboon during the Reverse Mountain arc with any of the wide shots, which just made the whale look unfinished, and Dorry (Werner Coetser) and Brogy (Sean Murray), the two giants that they come across in Little Garden who look odd when onscreen with the Straw Hats. There\u2019s another instance where the VFX isn\u2019t up to scratch, but firstly, we must introduce the Straw Hats\u2019 latest crew member.<\/p>\n

\"TonyMikaela Hoover as Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece Season 2. \u00a9 Netflix<\/p>\n

One Piece Season 2 ends on the Drum Island arc, where we finally get to meet their newest addition to the team, Tony Tony Chopper (Mikaela Hoover), a reindeer-boy hybrid who ate the Human-Human fruit and has been studying to become a doctor. There was some initial worry about how this series was going to handle this character that\u2019s an animal and also a very present part of the show, but without fail, they do a magnificent job in bringing Chopper into this world. He\u2019s cute, has immense strength and is just someone you want to protect with your life.<\/p>\n

The struggles arrive when Chopper transforms into his Heavy Point, which gives him more of a humanoid form. It\u2019s horrifying, and unfortunately not in a positive light. While I think it\u2019s intriguing that they\u2019ve got Gavin Gomes to portray Heavy Point Chopper, it\u2019s a distracting look from his other forms, which have a more cartoonish look to them, and the overall execution fails despite the initial idea being there.<\/p>\n

With Chopper now a part of the crew, we got a quick glimpse of them interacting as a team, and it\u2019s one of the strongest highlights of this show. Throughout the season, the crew have these fun interactions that highlight the relationships between the various crew members. It\u2019s like watching a real family who fight over silly things, such as who killed a dinosaur, and also seeing them help each other when in need. The chemistry between everyone makes One Piece a show that just fills you with euphoria and makes you wish that it could continue forever.<\/p>\n

One Piece Season 2 is a vast improvement from the first season that takes you further into the world, introducing you to new characters and enemies while also providing great teases for what\u2019s to come in Season 3. There was some slight disappointment not getting to see certain scenes adapted or the absence of Miss Wednesday\u2019s Karoo, but the dedication and overall love that gets put into this show completely makes up for the changes that are made to help make this show work in live-action. I got to witness Zoro take down 100 bounty hunters on screen; what more could I ask for as a fan of the series?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear that with each season, we\u2019re going to see massive jumps in improvements, and for that alone, I can\u2019t wait for Season 3 and to see characters like Miss All Sunday, Mr 0 and Miss Wednesday get a bigger spotlight, with some more iconic moments from the Straw Hat crew come to life. Netflix has provided One Piece with its own unique indent and has put the first two episodes in theatres. If that\u2019s not enough to say that they believe in the IP and that it\u2019s here to stay for a long time, then I don\u2019t know what is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This review contains spoilers for\u00a0One Piece Season 2. Emily Rudd as Nami, I\u00f1aki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-331584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}