Summary
- Netflix's live-action One Piece series covers roughly 45 One Piece anime episodes.
- The live-action series adapts only 4.1% of the total content of the One Piece anime, though, which currently consists of a staggering 1,078 episodes across 20 seasons.
- Viewers can start watching the One Piece anime on episode 48 after finishing Netflix's live-action season 1, as it aligns with the events of the live-action finale and sees the Straw Hats arriving in Loguetown.
Despite the tall order of adapting a 20-season anime, Netflix's live-action One Piece series covers a solid amount of episodes in its first season. In addition, for viewers who are looking to fill the void between now and One Piece season 2, the Netflix show makes it easy to determine where to start watching the anime. Based on Eiichiro Oda's manga of the same name, both the anime and live-action series center on Monkey D. Luffy, as he and his crew of Straw Hat Pirates sail around the globe in search of the fabled One Piece.
As the Straw Hat's captain, Luffy will become King of the Pirates if he nabs the titular treasure. Even though Luffy boasts powerful rubber-like abilities and a group of friends who are willing to fight the odds to make his dream happen, the quest is full of challenges, obstacles, and misadventures. The One Piece manga stretches across 106 tankōbon volumes, providing plenty of content to tackle. Compared to the One Piece anime, which began in 1999 and is still running, the Netflix series has a lot of stories left to tell about the Straw Hat Pirates in One Piece season 2 and beyond.
Netflix’s Live-Action One Piece Season 1 Covers 45 Anime Episodes
Netflix's One Piece season 1 covers just 45 of the franchise's anime episodes. In the One Piece season 1 finale, Nezumi puts out a wanted poster for Luffy, which aligns with what happens in the One Piece anime's episode 45. With each episode running between 49–63 minutes, Netflix's live-action One Piece can afford to skip some anime arcs. Across its whopping 20 seasons (and counting), the One Piece anime boasts a truly staggering 1,078 episodes. To put it bluntly, the Netflix show adapts only 4.1% of the anime's total content.
Netflix's One Piece Season 1 Ending Explained (In Detail)
One Piece season 1's ending may bring the first chapter of Netflix's live-action adaptation to a close, but it's only the beginning for Luffy.It's not at all surprising that the 8-episode One Piece season 1 covers just a sliver of its source material. Given that the TV show's developers, Matt Owens, and Steven Maeda, had to compress 45 episodes into an 8-episode first season, the live-action series takes some liberties. Even so, it remains surprisingly faithful within those unusual parameters. Not to mention, One Piece broke Netflix's awful anime adaptation streak, which means the team behind the series is definitely leveraging the medium's strengths to the story's advantage despite the live-action One Piece changes to the manga.
You Can Start One Piece On Episode 48 After Watching Netflix’s Live-Action
In the One Piece anime, episodes 46 and 47 centers on Buggy, who's reassembling his crew in order to pursue Luffy. With the Straw Hats not being the focus of those two episodes, it's safe to say Netflix's One Piece season 2's first episode will more closely resemble the anime's episode 48, which sees the Straw Hats arriving in Loguetown. During the episode, Luffy and his crew stock up on goods, only to be pursued by One Piece's Marine captain Smoker. As such, for those who want to pick up the anime where the live-action series left off, One Piece episode 48 serves as a solid entry point.
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