One Piece co-showrunner Steven Maeda recently remained coy about whether Season 1’s mid-credits scene does indeed introduce one of the original manga’s most iconic villains, Smoker.Maeda touched on the mid-credits stinger included with Episode 8, “Worst in the East,” during an interview with Variety. “I don’t want to confirm or deny [that Smoker appears in the mid-credits scene] at this point,” he said. “But it’s a good mystery, I think, and should have people guessing and wondering what’s going on.” In the same interview, Maeda also confirmed that he and co-showrunner Matt Owens have already mapped out One Piece Season 2, however, he refused to discuss where the Netflix show’s story is headed next. “I don’t want to speak on the continuation of One Piece at this point in time, just because this first season was such a bear. It was a wonderful challenge, but it took years out of our lives and I want to really let the focus be on that for the launch,” he explained.Maeda’s comments regarding the One Piece live-action adaptation’s long gestation period track with recent remarks by director Marc Jobst, who recalled how difficult the series’ casting process was. This was especially the case where One Piece protagonist Monkey D. Luffy was concerned, with Jobst declaring this the most challenging role to fill. “Luffy is the hardest character to cast, because he carries the whole show, and he is the driver of positivity,” Jobst said. “He believes in having dreams, he believes in believing in yourself, he inspires people to be themselves, to be more of themselves, he wants to help them become more of themselves.”Related: One Piece Manga Makes First 12 Volumes Free For The Netflix Series
One Piece co-showrunner Steven Maeda recently remained coy about whether Season 1’s mid-credits scene does indeed introduce one of the original manga’s most iconic villains, Smoker.
Maeda touched on the mid-credits stinger included with Episode 8, “Worst in the East,” during an interview with Variety. “I don’t want to confirm or deny [that Smoker appears in the mid-credits scene] at this point,” he said. “But it’s a good mystery, I think, and should have people guessing and wondering what’s going on.” In the same interview, Maeda also confirmed that he and co-showrunner Matt Owens have already mapped out One Piece Season 2, however, he refused to discuss where the Netflix show’s story is headed next. “I don’t want to speak on the continuation of One Piece at this point in time, just because this first season was such a bear. It was a wonderful challenge, but it took years out of our lives and I want to really let the focus be on that for the launch,” he explained.
Maeda’s comments regarding the One Piece live-action adaptation’s long gestation period track with recent remarks by director Marc Jobst, who recalled how difficult the series’ casting process was. This was especially the case where One Piece protagonist Monkey D. Luffy was concerned, with Jobst declaring this the most challenging role to fill. “Luffy is the hardest character to cast, because he carries the whole show, and he is the driver of positivity,” Jobst said. “He believes in having dreams, he believes in believing in yourself, he inspires people to be themselves, to be more of themselves, he wants to help them become more of themselves.”
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