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"What began as a friendly pirate-based manga, Netflix’s
One Piece features
the eternally optimistic Monkey D. Luffy (pronounced Loofy), a young man with
magical stretchy powers that gathers a crew of eccentric loners to crew his
Straw Hat Pirate brigade and set out in search of the legendary One Piece
pirate treasure.
The production quality of this series is excellent, from sets, costumes and
make-up, it seems that every cent of its estimated US $138 million budget has
been well used.
With a 95% viewer rating on
Rotten Tomatoes and
One Piece sitting at the
top of Netflix’s global viewing stats in its second week in the top 10, it’s
clear that Netflix has struck a winning adaptation formula, with a
Mashable
review declaring that “Netflix does the impossible”.
At first glance,
One Piece could be seen as a blend of
Harry Potter and the
Pirates of the Caribbean, a mixture of fantasy and pirate aesthetics.
One
Piece’s postmodern take on the pirate genre has characters dressed in neat
business suits, and contemporary t-shirts. But it is the general mix of the
manga’s fun, action and drama that the series captures so well."
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
