One Piece Live-Action Netflix Series Will Feature Original Japanese Voice Actors

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One Piece Live-Action Netflix Series Will Feature Original Japanese Voice Actors

One Piece live-action star Iñaki Godoy meets original Luffy voice actor Mayumi Tanaka in a brand-new video for the upcoming Netflix adaptation, which will be available for streaming on August 31.

The video features the live-action cast announcing that the long-running anime’s original voice cast will be reprising their roles to bring the Japanese-language version of the live-action One Piece to life. In addition to Mayumi, Kazuya Nakai as Roronoa Zoro, Akemi Okamura as Nami, Kappei Yamaguchi as Usopp, and Hiroaki Hirata as Sanji have joined the Netflix series.

“I’ve been voicing Luffy for more than 23 yearsnow, and I think everyone has a little bit of Luffy in their heart,” Mayumi said in a statement. “Iñaki, who performs Luffy in this live-action series, is so fun and joyful that he really makes a perfect Luffy! I’m very happy to be able to voice Luffy in this adaptation as well. ONE PIECE is a story whose words and images can resonate with you in different ways depending on your situation or perspective at any given moment, allowing for new discoveries all the time. And of course, nothing would bring me greater joy than if people who’ve never experienced ONE PIECE can become part of the family beginning with this show.”

Check out Mayumi and Godoy’s endearing interaction in the announcement video below;

Who’s the Live-Action Cast of One Piece?

Netflix’s One Piece series will be led by Iñaki Godoy as Luffy, Mackenyu as Rorona Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, Taz Skylar as Sanji, and Peter Gadiot as Shanks. Additional cast includes Morgan Davies as Koby, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Alvida, Aidan Scott as Helmeppo, Jeff Ward as Buggy, McKinley Belcher III as Arlong, Vincent Regan as Garp, Alexander Maniatis as Klahadore, Steven Ward as Mihawk, Craig Fairbrass as Chef Zeff, Langley Kirkwood as Captain Morgan, Celeste Loots as Kaya, and Chioma Umeala as Nojiko.

Based on Eiichiro Oda’s iconic manga of the same name, the story follows Monkey D. Luffy, who gains the powers to turn his body to rubber after eating a “Devil Fruit.” He ventures around a fantastical world of exotic islands and vast oceans in search of the legendary treasure known as “One Piece.”

The One Piece live-action series is written and executive produced by Steven Maeda (The X-Files) and Matt Owens (Agents of SHIELD), with Maeda set as the showrunner. Executive producers are Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements of Tomorrow Studios along with original manga author Eiichiro Oda.