What began as a friendly pirate-based manga, Netflix’s One Piece features the eternally optimistic Monkey D. Luffy (pronounced Loofy), a young man with magical stretchy powers that gathers a crew of eccentric loners to crew his Straw Hat Pirate brigade and set out in search of the legendary One Piece pirate treasure.
The production quality of this series is excellent, from sets, costumes and make-up, it seems that every cent of its estimated US $138 million budget has been well used.
With a 95% viewer rating on Rotten Tomatoes and One Piece sitting at the top of Netflix’s global viewing stats in its second week in the top 10, it’s clear that Netflix has struck a winning adaptation formula, with a Mashable review declaring that “Netflix does the impossible”.
