At the end of One Piece Season 1, Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Sanji were ready to set sail for The Grand Line. Following a brief stop in Loguetown, they’ll reach their destination in One Piece Season 2, and one of the first things they’ll see is the massive, scarred whale known as Laboon. While we continue waiting to learn when we’ll be able to stream the next season with a Netflix subscription, Taz Skylar, who plays Sanji, opened up about the experience of working inside the gigantic Laboon set.
Although the One Piece Season 2 trailer showed a glimpse of Laboon at the end, EW has shared crisp images of the whale in all his glory. Obviously CGI is necessary to bring this “Big Friendly” creature to “life,” but the show’s crew also went the extra mile to construct this set. Taz Skylar revealed that the practical Laboon was repurposed from the One Piece team’s largest boat set, explaining:
