“One Piece,” made by writer Eiichiro Oda, is popular within the anime and manga scene and is known for diverse characters and backstories. The series is all about pirates and their fights for the largest treasure their world has to offer which is called the One Piece. One of the main characters, Monkey D. Luffy, is followed on his journey to become the King of the Pirates. Recently, a new live action show for the anime and manga has come out on Netflix that follows this plot, according to editorial.rottentomatoes.com.

“One Piece” is known to be one of the longest anime series there is. For reference, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba,” another popular anime and manga, has 55 episodes and 205 chapters in the manga, while “One Piece” is already over a 1,000 episodes and has over 1,050 chapters in the manga, according to sportskeeda.com and byliner.com.

“I watched all of the anime,” junior Morgan Devlin said. “It took me about a year and half [to finish it] and they’re still coming out with new episodes.”

With all of these chapters, people were confused as to how long the new live action show would be. However, the show so far only covers one of the first sagas in the series. With eight episodes that are around an hour each, the Netflix adaptation covers the “East Blue Saga,” which is the first 100 chapters in the manga, according to beebom.com.

In order to make the show live action, actors are needed to play the roles of the characters from the anime and manga. The captain of the main crew, Monkey D. Luffy is played by Iñaki Godoy. This show will be the first time Godoy has played a lead role. Nami, the navigator of Luffy’s crew, is played by Emily Rudd. She has previously played roles in “Fear Street Part One: 1666″ and “Fear Street Part Two:1978.” The first to join Luffy’s crew, Roronoa Zoro, is played by Mackenyu Maeda. He has previous experience in live action adaptations as he starred in “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter 1” and in “Tokyo Ghoul S,” according to netflix.com.

“The casting looks really well done, which I’m excited for,” junior Isabelle Bender said. “The [cast] seem very into the show and into their roles.”

After trailers and teasers were released for the show, fans were skeptical about if the show would break the live action curse and if it would be a good watch. Due to the performance of the actors and the story writing, the hype from fans was lived up to. With a 96 percent audience rating on rottentomatoes.com, many fans of the anime and manga were content with the outcome of the live action, according to beebom.com.

“My family watched it when it first came out,” freshman Evan Schmitburger said. “What is there not to like?”