Agreed that it’s possible, just very very expensive to make it look good. For Chopper, I think they’ll pay up, but I’ll bet there will be a lot of devil fruit users who get cut purely because showing them on screen costs too much money for too little payoff. Which is unfortunate, but understandable.
It would seem they finally got a live action adaptation right. Given Oda’s involvement, maybe that had something to do with it. The spirit of his work was definitely captured. And they covered a whole lot of ground in just 8 episodes.
Makes me wonder how many seasons we’re going to get and how they might break it up. I’m hoping for something like this:
S2: Loguetown Arc, Arabasta Saga
S3: Sky Island Saga, Water 7 Saga
S4: Thriller Bark Saga, Summit War Saga
S5: Fish-Man Island Saga, Dressrosa Saga
S6: Whole Cake Island Saga
S7: Wano Country Saga
S8: ???
It’s a pretty tight schedule and we’re unlikely to get that far, but I’m just happy it sounds like we’re getting a season two.
Yeah, I think Buggy said it best with, “Where’s the dancing lion?” I think the show creators were very aware of what they could or could not accomplish with their budget, and Arlong seems to be the limit. Interested to see how they tackle Chopper. If they can get the requisite amount of CG to do that well without landing in the uncanny valley, the sky may very well be the limit (next stop Skypiea).
That was my thought as well. If they’re not going to composite Arlong’s nose into every shot, a whole octopus man is far out of the question. But so help me God if they cut Karoo…