More One Piece is coming—and not just in the form of a second season of the live-action adaptation. Netflix announced this weekend that it plans to make a new anime series, a “reimagining” of the popular manga. Presumably to differentiate from the live-action series, this one will be called The One Piece.
You can watch the very dramatically scored trailer above.
The anime series will start from “the iconic East Blue era,” according to Netflix, and be produced by WIT Studio (Attack on Titan). It’s already in production, being overseen by folks from Shueisha, Fuji Television Network, and Toei Animation Co. “The One Piece hopes to provide viewers with a fresh yet familiar experience, utilizing cutting-edge visual technology to reimagine Luffy’s adventures through the beloved East Blue Saga,” Netflix’s announcement explains.
There is, as fans know, an existing anime series adaptation of One Piece that has been running since 1999. But this one is going to be a whole new beast—though still the story of stretchy Luffy and the Straw Hats, and their quest to find the legendary One Piece.
There’s no release date yet for The One Piece, but there is a release date for another Netflix adaptation of work by original One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda. Or at least a release month: Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation, an adaptation of Oda’s Monsters, is coming in January. It’s the story of a samurai facing an unusual and powerful foe: a dragon.
