One Piece Season 2 Live-Action Video Teases Chopper’s Character Appearance
Netflix Debuts New Video for Live-Action One Piece Season 2
Netflix has debuted a new video for the second live-action season of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece manga, featuring the cast performing a script table read and ending with a rear shot of the character Chopper.
Series creator Oda has stated that the second season will cover the story up to the Drum Island arc, including Loguetown, Reverse Mountain and Twin Cape, Whiskey Peak, Little Garden, and Drum Island.
The streamer previously announced new cast members for season 2, including:
The live-action series debuted exclusively on Netflix in August 2023. The first season had eight episodes, as opposed to 10 episodes as originally reported.
The second season adds Joe Tracz (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) as a writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner, joining the first season’s writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner Matt Owens. Season 1 co-showrunner Steve Maeda serves as executive producer. The season has begun production.
Deadline reports an expected 2025 release date.
Tomorrow Studios, a partnership between producer Marty Adelstein (Prison Break, Teen Wolf) and ITV Studios, produced the first live-action season. Becky Clements served as an executive producer with Maeda.
Source: Netflix Japan YouTube channel, Mantan Web