The animated show is such a materpiece, but it's still a kids show. There was potential to flesh out some of the more adult themes (war, romance) the show touches on in a way a kids show couldn't. But other than that, they should have stuck very, very close to the original show.

Well, maybe I wasn't "highly excited", I was pretty sure they would screw it up.

But what I couldn't have expected was just how badly they would screw it up. It took less then 5 minutes of watching to realise that the show will be bad (as they open with a prime example of "tell, don't show") and it really just went downhill from there. I think I dropped it on episode 4 and it took a lot of forcing myself to even get that far.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What's really surprising is how once piece ended up being pretty good, after all the garbage adaptations.

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oda the writer of the comic had a lot of control and forced them to make changes and do reshoots.

https://screenrant.com/one-piece-netflix-show-reshoots-creator-explained/

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

That would explain it. One person that actually gave a shit or even knew the content.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

I don't follow anime at all, but I loved the live action One Piece.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

It's pretty amazing how out of touch Netflix can be