Netflix's One Piece Live-Action Showrunner Announces Surprise Exit From Series - Anime Corner
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One Piece live-action series showrunner Matt Owens has stepped away from the series after six years, sharing his gratitude and need for a mental health break.
  • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alEnglish
    20·
    6 days ago

    From everything I’ve heard and read, he was the only real One Piece fan that worked on the show, so in his absence, don’t be surprised if it turns to shit.

    • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      5 days ago

      Im gonna guess this went like every other live action show recently:

      • Fan of IP works on show, puts in great effort to make sure their ideas fit into the canon and setting
      • Everyone else hates the IP, makes no effort to learn anything about it and actually makes effort to intentionally avoid the IP
      • Causes massive disagreement between the one fan and everyone else
      • Everyone else makes the fan’s time on the project completely miserable, always denying and overriding everything the fan does
      • Fan gives up and leaves project they were excited to work on because they got bullied by everyone else
      • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alEnglish
        8·
        6 days ago

        Nope. He has a gentleman’s agreement where they can send him stuff and he can give opinions, which is what lead to a bunch of reshoots for season one, but he’s basically just a consultant. Which makes sense given how little time he had in a day even before talk of the show started.

        • rooster_butt@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          5 days ago

          Sure he’s a consultant but pretty sure he wouldn’t sign over rights without having ultimate say on the project. If he doesn’t like it he can pull it.