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ONE PIECE Season 2 of the live-action shared the first look at Chopper and Drum Island during the Netflix Geeked Week. They also shared the cast announcements for Crocodile and Robin, and the series currently has no release date.

Chopper can be seen following a special inside look at the production, lead by Iñaki Godoy and showing one of the table reads for the second season.

The first look at Drum Island was released earlier, in a set tour led by Jeff Ward (Buggy in the series). He also introduces several of the key staff members, including Matt Owens (creator, showrunner), Kerry Barnard (costume designer), Amanda Ross McDonald (hair and make-up designer), as well as Tom Hannam and Max Gottlieb (production designers).

Besides Drum Island, they also teased the Ipponmatsu Arms Shop, the Twin Cape Lighthouse, among some more recognizable ONE PIECE locations.

The live-action series has Matt Owens (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Luke Cage) and Steven Maeda (The X-Files, CSI: Miami, Lost) serving as writers, executive producers, and showrunners. The creator, Eiichiro Oda, is also among the show’s executive producers.

We got the chance to interview the Director of Photography for the first 2 episodes of the first season, Nicole Hirsch Whitaker, and we talked a bit about the production, cast, staff, challenges, fun and more. Check out the full interview.

The first season made its debut on August 31, and it topped Netflix’s global English TV Ranking with 18.5 million total views, 140.1 million hours viewed and an average runtime of 7:34 hours. It kept its top spot in the 2nd week as well, marking a huge success for the adaptation.

The producers previously said that the sequel’s production could last between 12 to 18 months after the SAG-AFTRA strike ended. The strike ended on November 9, 2023, while the second season officially began production on July 1, 2024.

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