Netflix's upcoming The One Piece remake has the huge task of condensing the events of the original anime series' first 30 episodes into just seven episodes, but the director says it was originally supposed to be even shorter.
"The series has a runtime of 300 minutes. It was originally planned to be shorter than that, but I had so many things I loved and wanted to include," said The One Piece director Masashi Koizuka to Den of Geek. "The runtime just kept getting longer and longer."
