Thursday, August 31, 2023
‘One Piece’ Production Designer on the Question That Stumped Eiichiro Oda
collider.co: There are some things you can only become aware of when the time comes to make it look as real as possible. When it comes to One Piece, both the anime and manga series benefited from the liberties that the pages and the 2-D animation provide.
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As someone who comes from a background of mostly acting and live theatre, I learned a lot from this article. It focused on a live-action adaptation of a Japanese manga called One Piece, things that I do not have much experience or prior knowledge in. I had never really thought about how this sort of adaptation would work or how many small details are needed in order to put it together. While the production designer was working on the show, he had to ask the creator of the manga Eiichior Oda if the world had electricity. It seems like it could be an insignificant aspect of the manga, but it would really create a world of difference in the live-action version. I can imagine that there is a lot of pressure when recreating an already loved piece of media into another form. Keeping the integrity of the piece while also adding a new/ creative seems like a daunting task, but I really admire that the production designer did go to the original author himself to ask for his opinion and that they were able to come up with an idea to make the adaptation unique.
I am always hesitant when I hear about live action adaptations of anime series, especially Western adaptations. Especially for something like One Piece where one of the main draws to it (as far as I am aware) is the absurdity of it, I feel like it's a tall task to try and replicate it in a live action setting. The screencap at the beginning of the article proves this point to me. To me, it looks like everything is just superimposed on top of each other and doesn't look natural. I haven't watched the show so maybe it looks better in motion and not in a singular frame. I am glad that the original author was involved in the making of this show, that makes me feel better about the adaptation as a whole. I have friends who are big One Piece fans, so I am sure I will hear soon about whether or not they feel this show is true to the source content.
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