For the third week in a row, Netflix’s live-action One Piece adaptation is sitting at the prime of the streamer’s Top 10 chart for tv reveals.
Arguably one of the most profitable live-action anime diversifications, the Netflix sequence based mostly on Eiichiro Oda’s manga earned 10 million views in its third week on the website week, sustaining the #1 spot on the tv charts for the streaming service. Last week noticed the present pull in 19.3 million viewers following the 18.5 million it drew throughout its debut week. Given the huge numbers, it’s no shock Netflix renewed One Piece for a second season in report time. Meanwhile, Season 5 of Virgin River and Who Is Erin Carter? saved their #2 and #3 slots, respectively.
While anticipation for the live-action sequence was excessive, many followers anxious it’d endure the destiny of Netflix’s tackle Cowboy Bebop, which audiences and critics alike discovered an train in futility. One Piece struck a unique chord with viewers, nonetheless, efficiently managing to carry the wacky cartoon parts of the supply materials into the live-action setting and profitable over manga and anime die-hards with its casting decisions. The present has additionally confirmed an ideal entry level for newcomers, streamlining the prolonged manga right into a bingeable first season that remains extremely devoted to the web page.
If One Piece can preserve its momentum when Season 2 arrives, followers may very well be in for a full adaptation (albeit a condensed one) as Netflix might spend years turning the manga/anime tales into new seasons of the present. Season 1 of One Piece merely scratched the floor of Luffy’s hunt for the titular treasure, which means audiences previous and new may very well be adventuring alongside the live-action Going Merry crew for years to return.
Season 2 of Netflix’s One Piece doesn’t but have a launch date, however count on extra information as soon as studios lastly conform to a cope with placing writers and actors.
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