Why I’m Excited for “The” One Piece Remake and Why You Should Be Too
There are a few creative projects that I am looking forward to with unbelievable anticipation whenever they arrive: The Batman Sequel, Beyond the Spider-verse, and of course, The One Piece. The One Piece, or the One Piece remake, while it’s being advertised with a small scope and scale, has the potential to be one of the best adaptations in the history of the medium, and that is only slightly hyperbolic. This project has a lot of good going for it, like the strength of One Piece as a source material, the studio behind the production, and most importantly, time. I do have concerns about the project and some of its goals, but I seriously think this project has so much going for it, and I want to talk about why. Really, this all boils down to time. Time is a factor with many layers in the equation: This being the right time to release a One Piece remake, the time Wit Studio can take to work on the remake, and the time cadence at which the remake project can be released. So, let’...