In recently dropped video footage, Netflix and WIT Studio gave viewers very deep insight into what they should expect from their much-anticipated remake of One Piece. This already included dazzling concept art and ambitious plans on how much to animate out of the legendary series. This remake will be focused on one of the most significant faults of the original anime adaptation: its notoriously poor pace. The fillers, for the most part, especially within the original series’ weekly release, would substantially detract from its flow, leaving fans wanting more of a digestible way to experience their favorite story.
Concept Art Reveals a Whole New World
Image credit : Netflix and Wit Studios
An impressive reveal of the concept art is what fans grasp a hint of what the remake might possibly look like. It shows a somehow familiar, but for sure, a newly done world: Oda’s signature with a touch of WIT Studio. Such verdant landscapes, detailed character designs, and dynamic action scenes certainly augur well for the universe of One Piece, capturing it in a manner that should entice both old and new viewers.
Is the remake necessary
While very dear to the hearts of many, the original One Piece anime has a lot of pacing issues, considering how long the latter it became. By the time it was nearing the 1,000 episode count, the original adaptation delved into races for efficiency just a little too often. It had moments of downright glacial crawl with the plot or was even filled with filler content. Pacing has been a barrier for a lot of people to pick up the series.
The remake, though, is being premised as a resolution to this particular issue. Netflix and WIT Studio will attempt to figure out a way to craft an adaptation of One Piece that maintains the bare minimum of the story, streamlining it so more people may watch and enjoy it. This treatment does not only serve as the conservation of Oda’s story but also introduces it to the new fans who were very well skeptical of diving into the original on account of its length.
How much will Wit adapt?
WIT Studio and Director Masashi Koizuka will have none of it—completely determined to animate as much of One Piece as they possibly can. The size of the project is important because it’s planned to be a definitive adaptation that can stand the long passage of time. Passion for the series and a desire to honor Oda’s work are pretty clear from top to bottom.
This remake, at the hands of Netflix and WIT Studio, is something different both in the way that it freshens up the series and in addressing its pacing issues. With the way it freshens up the series and addresses the pacing issues, Netflix and WIT Studio are setting it up to break a new age of One Piece fandom. This remake will bring a ton of new fans, letting the long-time followers of this epic view it with a completely new perspective.
The more excited, as time goes by, about what could now be the definitive version of one of the most celebrated anime series of all time. About all that, the concept art had already brought a renewal of feelings of anticipation, if the rest of the series that the remake has up its sleeve can match this early glimpse then The One Piece will indeed be a journey worth embarking on.
