‘One Piece’ live-action producers hope hit Netflix series will go on for 12 seasons

Key details: Given that the original “One Piece” manga has over 1,000 chapters, Clements and Adelstein told Deadline that Netflix’s hit live-action adaptation still has much to potentially explore.

“We have hopes for 12 seasons, there’s so much material,” Adelstein said, with Clements continuing, “We have plans with [writer] Matt Owens for how we would break multiple seasons, and I think even if we did six seasons, we would probably only use up half of the chapters of the manga. It really could go on and on and on.”

“I think the first week of shooting, we had Iñaki Godoy on wires, flopping around across the deck of Alvida’s ship,” Clements told Deadline. “When you have a crew of a 100 laughing and clapping, seasoned people who have seen just about everything, you know that you’re doing something unique.”

“I’m not a huge fan of watching 35 takes of the same scene over and over again. But when I saw that cast, when they came together, I watched every frame of every daily because they were just so bonded and so special together,” Adelstein was quoted saying. “Each one of them had their own qualities that they brought to the role. It was really just a joyful thing to watch.”