One Piece director Emma Sullivan addressed how the live-action series of Eiichiro Oda’s beloved manga was able to avoid making the same mistakes as other remakes such as Netflix’s failed Cowboy Bebop and Death Note adaptations.For the past several years, adapting an anime into a live-action has been a hit-and-miss endeavor in Hollywood, due to important factors that didn’t meet fan expectations including casting and production quality. Speaking with Screen Rant, Sullivan explained what makes Netflix’s One Piece series different from other live-action adaptations, revealing that making actors copy their anime counterparts’ big expressions and animated actions would be “really awkward.” Through a grounded approach, the creative team were able to first prioritize perfecting the characters’ personalities and stories in order to establish connection with the audience.”I’ve watched a few of these shows and lots of different anime. I’m a big Studio Ghibli fan, but you can’t make actors do those big actions and faces that we can get in the anime, so it wouldn’t work,” Sullivan said. “And if we tried, it would be really awkward, and I think it would throw everybody out of the story. I think what we had to do is we had to find a grounded approach, and we had to find an emotionally real approach to it. We have to kind of tap into these characters, and feel what makes us relate as an audience to them. I think we can all relate to just following our dreams and the positivity of Luffy, especially now, at all times.”RELATED: One Piece Director Reveals Why Live-Action Luffy Was the ‘Hardest Character’ to Cast
One Piece director Emma Sullivan addressed how the live-action series of Eiichiro Oda’s beloved manga was able to avoid making the same mistakes as other remakes such as Netflix’s failed Cowboy Bebop and Death Note adaptations.
For the past several years, adapting an anime into a live-action has been a hit-and-miss endeavor in Hollywood, due to important factors that didn’t meet fan expectations including casting and production quality. Speaking with Screen Rant, Sullivan explained what makes Netflix’s One Piece series different from other live-action adaptations, revealing that making actors copy their anime counterparts’ big expressions and animated actions would be “really awkward.” Through a grounded approach, the creative team were able to first prioritize perfecting the characters’ personalities and stories in order to establish connection with the audience.
“I’ve watched a few of these shows and lots of different anime. I’m a big Studio Ghibli fan, but you can’t make actors do those big actions and faces that we can get in the anime, so it wouldn’t work,” Sullivan said. “And if we tried, it would be really awkward, and I think it would throw everybody out of the story. I think what we had to do is we had to find a grounded approach, and we had to find an emotionally real approach to it. We have to kind of tap into these characters, and feel what makes us relate as an audience to them. I think we can all relate to just following our dreams and the positivity of Luffy, especially now, at all times.”
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