Netflix's One Piece Is One of Its Greatest Fantasy Adaptations

Since its debut in 1997, One Piece has been widely considered one of anime's greatest accomplishments. The sheer size of it — boasting more than 1,116 released episodes to date across over 30 story arcs — makes it an intimidating work to adapt, yet Netflix's One Piece more than proves that condensing a magnum opus like Eiichiro Oda's manga doesn't come at the expense of its spirit.

One Piece introduces audiences to Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy), a young man who dreams of becoming the King of the Pirates and finding the rumored treasure that gives the series its name. He has the supernatural ability to stretch his limbs after eating a mystical Devil Fruit, and Season 1 follows him as he saves and recruits strangers — from the reserved swordfighter Roronoa Zoro (Mackenyu) to the cartographer Nami (Emily Rudd) — with Usopp (Jacob Gibson) and Sanji (Taz Skylar) joining the crew by the season's end.

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