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Live-Action One Piece Series Sets Sail This Year with New Key Visual

 

Luffy sets sail on Netflix this year!

 

The streaming platform’s long-awaited live-action take on manga and anime series One Piece is confirmed to be starting sometime in 2023, according to a new key visual released today. The image depicts Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy as he prepares to embark on his grand adventure. The image may be from behind, but it is technically our first look at him in costume:

 

 

 

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You can also bookmark the series on Netflix now, on a page showing the Straw Hats (again, from behind) in front of Going Merry:

 

 

How will Matt Owens and Steve Maeda‘s take on Eiichiro Oda‘s long-running series fare? We’ll know sometime this year!

 

Source: Comic Natalie, @onepiecenetflix on Twitter

 

Watch One Piece on Crunchyroll!

 

 

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Kara Dennison is an author of fiction and non-fiction, avid tabletop gamer, and regular Otaku USA Magazine features writer. Follow her on Twitter @RubyCosmos, and read more at KaraDennison.com.