Nine times out of ten when an anime is given a live action TV series adaptation it usually ends up being pretty bad. However every once in a while there is a property that gives us all hope that this will be the one that bucks the trend and is an actually good adaptation well one such adaptation has just been released and I thought that i'd check it out and so then join me as I give my SPOILER FILLED first impressions of the shows that promises to be an actually good live action anime adaptation with the show in question being called simply just "One Piece" enjoy.
The plot of these first two episodes is young pirate gathers a crew to look for an ancient map that will lead to a mythical treasure all the while trying to escape a pirate with a grudge to bear. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad with both of the episodes plots being really enjoyable altho I will admit that episode one did have the stronger plot in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in these first two episodes is Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy , Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro and Emily Rudd as Nami. Also starring in these first two episodes is Vincent Regan as Vice Admiral Garp , Morgan Davies as Koby , Peter Gadiot as "Red-Haired" Shanks , Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Alvida , Aidan Scott as Helmeppo , Langley Kirkwood as "Axe-Hand" Morgan and Jeff Ward as Buggy The Clown.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad. While was kind of what I was expecting from this show as the acting in any anime live action adaptation is usually not that good and while the acting in these first two episodes is miles better then the acting that we got in say Dragonball Evolution for example it's also not as good as it should or even could have been
For once I have no idea who is providing the CGI for this show as there's no effects company listed anywhere online. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty alot better then what it really had any right to be with this shows CGI honestly being movie quality in alot of places as it was that good but with that said when you do get a bad looking CGI effect you really do notice it.
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The producers of this show are the exact same producers who produced that good awful Cowboy Bebop adaptation. However they openly admitted that for this adaptation that there giving the fans of the manga and anime the characters as they expect them to be and not changing them in the slightest and guess what it actually works and judging by the reviews alot of the people actually like that they did this as it shows that they respected the source material which is something that they quite clearly didn't do when they were adapting Cowboy Bebop and it also helps that One Piece's creator Eiichiro Oda was heavily involved with the production where as the creator of Cowboy Bebop was kept as far away from that production as they possibly could do and that is something that really did show in everything that came from that show from the marketing to the interviews to final show itself.
I can't be the only one that's noticed this but for me the character of Buggy The Clown is pretty much One Piece's version of The Joker. This is something that came across quite strongly in both of his episodes of this show with his first episode portraying him as a sinister villain who is o be feared with his second and so far final episode showing just how insane he is with him burning down an entire town just because he could do which is something that you could see The Joker himself doing and on top of that just like The Joker he has a connection to our main heroes past in someway shape or form which does link them to our man hero possibly forever.
What I really loved about the first two episodes is the fact that they showed that this group isn't willing to work together for the most part. Even going as far to showing Nami portraying the group at the end of episode two which shows that the group is going to have some trust issues going into the shows midway point and beyond which is something that I really liked as it means that the characters have to grow with each other and aren't instantly best friends like alot of bad live action anime adaptations would do with their respective characters and that's the kind of love and attention that you'd only get if you had the original creator helping you out and you actually taking his notes onboard and making your script and show much more better in the process as it actually respect the source material that you show is based of off.
Now then episode one of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and four minuets and twenty four seconds whilst episode two has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty five minuets and twenty seven seconds. With episode one having the better running time just because those extra ten minuets really did allow for the episodes story to breathe alot more which is something that just isn't the case for episode two where you don;t have the time to fully take in what your seeing because the episode if busy rushing of to do the next plot relevant thing but I will admit that out of the two episodes episode two had the better pacing tho.
So now then as this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty really good. With the action in these first two episodes feeling like that they were ripped right out of the anime and this is coming from someone who has never seen and episode of the anime nor read a chapter of the manga with this episodes action just being fun with it giving us a really good chance to see what each of the characters in this show bring to the crew in any given situation in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
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Overall this show is perhaps the first good live action American TV anime adaptation with these first two episodes just being fun to watch with the characters that your meant to like being likable as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these very episodes in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if I ever feel the need to check out the rest of this shows first season which considering each episode is an hour long and there eight episodes doesn't seem all the likely to happen anytime soon.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Cowboy Bebop fandom wiki page , the official One Piece fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very post being the wonderful the official One Piece fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and on the official One Piece fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.