The Cast of One Piece Tease the Season 2 Moments That Will Break the Internet
After being away for what feels like forever, the live-action series of One Piece is finally back. Season 1 debuted in 2023 and was an immediate success for Netflix, with fans of the anime and newbies alike helping get the total number of views to almost two billion. Now back for Season 2, the show looks set to do it all over again, but just how crazy can it get?
During the promotion for One Piece’s new season, JustWatch sat down with several key cast members to uncover the moments of Season 2 that will break the internet.
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What is One Piece and Why You Should Be Watching It?
Beginning life as a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece was later turned into a popular, still-ongoing anime. Whilst the fanbase for the anime is vast and loyal, it was the arrival of Netflix’s live-action version that took the world by storm. The story follows swashbuckler Monkey D. Luffy and his ragtag crew as they quest to find a mythical treasure known as ‘One Piece.’ Along the way, the group must do battle with rivals searching for the same artefact.
If you’ve yet to catch the first season of One Piece, you are missing out on one of the best manga adaptations out there. An intoxicating mixture of action, heart and comedy, One Piece is a super special show; let’s face it, the estimated 1.7 billion people who caught Season 1 can’t be wrong.
How Season Two Is Going to Break the Internet
First up to tease what to look forward to in One Piece’s sophomore season was Mackenyu, who plays the show’s loyal First Mate, Roronoa Zoro.
Although coy, not wanting to give away too many spoilers, Mackenyu teased, “One thing I do need to say is the introduction of Miss All Sunday and Smoker. That was crazy!” Those familiar with the original anime will know that Miss All Sunday has an important part to play, so confirmation that not only is she present, but that her arrival is “crazy,” is especially exciting. The arrival of Smoker, a well-known foe of Luffy and his crew, also looks set to generate some sparks.
For Taz Skylar, who plays Straw Hat chef Sanji, the thing that he believes is going to send fans wild is the behind-the-scenes footage, “I think some of the BTS is honestly going to blow up.” He continued, “I think some of the processes to make certain things happen were way crazier than people would necessarily think in the first place.” One Piece has been praised for its action sequences, and with most of the cast doing their own stuntwork and fight scenes, that footage certainly sounds interesting.
Finally, Miss Wednesday herself, Charithra Chandran, was honest about what is going to go viral, and it isn’t stunts or character arrivals: “It’s probably going to be Kiki and Taz topless, let’s be real.” Were this the ‘90s, Iñaki Godoy, Taz Skylar, and the rest of the One Piece cast would be adorning the walls of teenagers across the globe, so Chandran’s observation feels 100% accurate.
Chandran also tapped into the other thing that the internet loves: cute animals. Moving the discussion on from her attractive co-stars, Chandran turned her attention to the new cast addition, Tony Tony Chopper, “or it’s going to be the unbelievably cute little reindeer that we have in the show.” Guardians of the Galaxy and Superman star Mikaela Hoover has joined the cast as both the voice and facial capture for Chopper, and the reindeer is definitely cute enough that Pikachu and Grogu should be worried.
We can’t wait to see which of these highlights wins out at breaking the internet, and what other moments will join them that were too insane for the cast to share.
