The Japanese trailer for Netflix‘s upcoming live-action One Piece series has been revealed, featuring the voices of the long-running anime’s original cast including Mayumi Tanaka as Luffy, Kazuya Nakai as Roronoa Zoro, Akemi Okamura as Nami, Kappei Yamaguchi as Usopp, and Hiroaki Hirata as Sanji.
In a previously released promo video, lead star Iñaki Godoy was able to personally meet Tanaka in Japan, where the legendary voice actor formally gave her blessing to Godoy by giving him a Straw Hat. The 8-episode adventure series will be available for streaming on August 31 on Netflix.
Check out the One Piece Japanese trailer below (watch more trailers):
What to expect in the live-action One Piece series?
Based on Eiichiro Oda’s iconic manga of the same name, the series follows Monkey D. Luffy, a pirate who gains the powers to turn his body to rubber after eating a “Devil Fruit.” He ventures around a fantastical world of exotic islands and vast oceans in search of the legendary treasure known as “One Piece.”
The live-action One Piece will be led by Iñaki Godoy as Luffy, Mackenyu as Rorona Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, and Taz Skylar as Sanji. Joining them are Peter Gadiot as Shanks, Morgan Davies as Koby, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Alvida, Aidan Scott as Helmeppo, Jeff Ward as Buggy, McKinley Belcher III as Arlong, Craig Fairbrass as Chef Zeff, Vincent Regan as Garp, Steven Ward as Mihawk, Langley Kirkwood as Captain Morgan, and more.
The One Piece live-action series is written and executive produced by Steven Maeda (The X-Files) and Matt Owens (Agents of SHIELD), with Maeda set as the showrunner. Executive producers are Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements of Tomorrow Studios along with original manga author Eiichiro Oda.
