Summary
- Fans anticipate a stellar season two of Netflix's live-action One Piece, along with the promise of an even better performance by Zoro actor Mackenyu.
- Mackenyu's unintentional reveal has confirmed a third season of the show, offering tremendous excitement to eager fans.
- The show's success has increased confidence and boosted manga and merch sales, and filming for the third season is set to start this year.
Fans of Netflix’s live-action One Piece adaptation might still have a bit of a wait ahead for the show’s highly anticipated second season, but there’s even more good news to make the wait worthwhile, thanks to a prominent cast member.
While the One Piece manga had given rise to a multimedia juggernaut by the early 2000s with a successful anime adaptation and myriad games, merch items, tie-ins, and more, the collection wasn’t entirely complete until Netflix stepped in. Taking a chance on a live-action adaptation of the heavily stylized world of Eiichiro Oda’s design, the streamer was rewarded with a surprisingly well-received first season and tons of viewers. Thanks to this success and the ongoing support of the franchise creator, the show was renewed for a second season, and the streamer would confirm a release window for the next installment of the live-action One Piece show.
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There’s clearly a lot of confidence in the show’s continued success at Netflix, and this seems to be shown in the streamer’s content decisions. While recent rumors suggested that Netflix had already quietly greenlit a third season of the live-actio n One Piece show, fans now have a much more trustworthy source confirming the good news. Popverse reports that while promoting his role in the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows game, fan-favorite One Piece star Mackenyu made some comments concerning scheduled work for the year. “We do have projects lined up for this year before we shoot Season 3 of One Piece,” Mackenyu explained, “but I can’t tell you anything about that, so it’s not going to be fun for y’all.” Despite trying to keep mum on plans for One Piece, the star seems to have momentarily forgotten that the third season hasn’t been officially confirmed yet.
Mackenyu’s confirmation that the show is being renewed for a third season is obviously fantastic news, and the nature of the reveal is also incredibly hilarious. Fans did get a hint that a third season was coming via Writer’s Guild of America West's official website, which was updated with the writer’s room details for season three earlier in the month, but Mackenyu’s slip-up acts as confirmation that the show has been renewed through season three and that filming on the third season is already set to start this year. This is also great news, as it means the third season will be that much closer to hitting Netflix. As for Mackenyu, who recently expressed his desire to keep playing the show’s Zoro well into his seventies, this is a great step in the right direction for that goal. His performance was a standout even within what some consider a perfect cast for the show, thanks to the character’s impressive design, charisma, and combat prowess. The star promised fans an even more impressive performance in the upcoming second season, and there’s no reason to expect him to drop the ball on the now-confirmed third installment either.
It’s clear to see that Netflix’s One Piece has been good for business, even giving One Piece manga and merch sales a boost in some Western markets. The cast and crew certainly earned the confidence of the streamer and others involved, and if the show can maintain the first season’s stellar quality across the second and third iterations, then it will undoubtedly see even more renewals, and Mackenyu might just get to play Zoro in his seventies after all. For now, fans are going to have to take things a step at a time and wait for season two to premiere.
Netflix’s live-action One Piece is available to stream on Netflix, with season two set for a late 2025 release.
One Piece
Display card tags widget Display card community and brand rating widget Display card main info widget- Release Date
- August 31, 2023
- Network
- Netflix
- Cast
- Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Jacob Gibson, Jeff Ward, Vincent Regan, Royston Stoffels, David Muller, Nicole Fortuin, Lindsay Reardon, Milton Schorr, Aidan Scott, Danielle Bitton, Lily Fisher, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Maximilian Lee Piazza, Rendani Mufamadi, Kamdynn Gary, Morgan Davies, Taz Skylar, Ian McShane, Rory Acton Burnell, Stevel Marc, Ntlanhla Morgan Kutu, Michael Dorman
- Showrunner
- Matt Owens
- Directors
- Tim Southam, Marc Jobst, Josef Kubota Wladyka
- Writers
- Tiffany Greshler, Diego Gutierrez, Allison Weintraub, Lindsay Gelfand
- Franchise(s)
- One Piece
- Main Genre
- Adventure
- Seasons
- 2
- Producers
- Chris Symes, Matt Owens, Stephen Welke, Steven Maeda, Eiichiro Oda, Marty Adelstein, Marisa Sonemann-Turner, Becky Clements, Rudi Van As
- Story By
- Eiichiro Oda
- Streaming Service(s)
- Netflix
- Creator(s)
- Matt Owens, Steven Maeda, Eiichiro Oda
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Source: Popverse