Fans Cautiously Optimistic As One Piece Live Action Cast Announced

The One Piece live-action series, which has been a near-constant rumor, finally has its live-action cast revealed. As part of the media hype surrounding One Piece's 1000th episode, which is rumored to include a new animated movie as well, the live-action cast for the series has finally been revealed by Netflix.

The characters and their live-action counterparts include Inaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, Emily Rudd as Nami, Mackenyu as Zoro, Taz Skylar as Sanji and Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp. While at first fans were skeptical of another Netflix adaptation, many agreed that the casting choices at least looked like a good fit on paper. Fans were also happy to see that Luffy appears to be taking his part seriously and that Eichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece, is at the core of this series, so it should be more faithful than previous Netflix adaptations.

Iñaki Godoy (Live Action Luffy): "I’ve been doing my research on one piece and I know how much this means to all of you. I wanna let you know I will do my best and I appreciate all the kindness you’ve showed me. THANK YOU FOR THE TRUST." pic.twitter.com/u4b54T0M76

— ONE PIECE NETFLIX FAN (@OP_Netflix_Fan) November 10, 2021

A special message from Eiichiro Oda, ONE PIECE creator:

"We’ve been working with Netflix and Tomorrow Studios on the massive project that is the Hollywood live action series adaptation of ONE PIECE! How many years has it been since it was announced, right? I know, I know!" (1/5) pic.twitter.com/Fihyy7iaiF

— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) November 9, 2021

if you don't know mackenyu arata, who will play zoro in the upcoming one piece live action, please watch rurouni kenshin: the final on netflix first before judging if he's fit for the role or not. ☺️ pic.twitter.com/muCvLxBwNX

— Yuki is excited for Blue Lock & SD Movie in 2022 (@yukikun216) November 10, 2021

Dawg the one piece cast for zoro and usopp actually look perfect, there might hope for this Netflix live action after all 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/cxVPpeYbbD

— Whitebeard 🏴‍☠️ (@Shirohige4PF) November 9, 2021

The fact that Emily Rudd (Live action Nami) has been an anime fan since 2016 gives me hope#onepiece pic.twitter.com/qndzzpUH6a

— Roronoa || Karan 🌿 (@db_gmng) November 12, 2021

While there were plenty of fans giving the series a chance, there were plenty who wanted to make memes about the casting as well. Common memes were poking fun at Taz Sklyar, who honestly does look like Eminem did when One Piece first got published, or just trying to announce other characters within One Piece and who could play them.

YO THEY GOT EMINEM IN THE LIVE ACTION ONE PIECE
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/tqwxGZOxi9

— GamesCage – Hype Guy (@OnTheDownLoTho) November 10, 2021

Quién más podría ser XD pic.twitter.com/V4RGZYJBd6

— Daniel Martinez (@Martz6Daniel) November 10, 2021

One Piece fans when the casting for luffy in the live action isn't a walking condom pic.twitter.com/rCkIzYInYR

— Jason Klum (@PokemanZ0N6) November 10, 2021

Donald J. Trump has been cast to play as "(Saint Charlos)" for the Netflix Live action adaptation for One Piece

Source: Netflix pic.twitter.com/QXSqRoc217

— Speed (@SpeedDGoat) November 10, 2021

Lee Jung-jae as Shanks in #ONEPIECE live action pic.twitter.com/wTca6xKXgS

— Koishi (@Koishi_D_Sama) November 9, 2021