• Netflix’s adaptation of One Piece is a huge success, but with unlimited source material, fans are wondering how many seasons there can possibly be.
  • Each season of the live action One Piece reportedly compresses about 45 episodes of the anime show. And there are over 1,000 episodes to go.
  • Creator Eiichiro Oda “has a vision” of where he wants “to take” the live-action version to.

Adapting One Piece has proven to be a massive success for Netflix, with double 100% scores on Rotten Tomatoes for Seasons 1 and Seasons 2. But with the original manga and anime having over 1,000 episodes, you might be wondering how long the live-action version will keep going for.

According to Dark Horizons, the Netflix show has compressed around 45 episodes of the anime into each season, so it could take “12-14 seasons at least” to cover everything.

However, it looks like Netflix might do things differently. The outlet also reports that Mackenyu (Roronoa Zoro) told The Movie Podcast that creator Eiichiro Oda “has a vision to where he wants to end. Not end, but where he wants us to take the live-action to. And we all know about it. We know where he wants to go up to. That hyped me up a lot. There’s a specific arc he wants us to go up to.”

This implies that the Netflix series could potentially end before the anime series. Or at least differently? Which sort of makes sense because in 12-14 seasons, the cast will be nowhere close to their characters ages!

Meanwhile, Emily Rudd (Nami) told Collider "I think we're all keen to move at a pace that is as quick as humanly possible, so that's what we're doing," while Taz Skylar (Sanji) said there’s "incredible pressure to put them out as quickly as humanely possible."

On that note, cannot wait for Season 3.