LEGO ONE PIECE | Official Announcement | Netflix | premiering on September 29th

He asked them to reshoot the scene of Shanks giving Luffy the straw hat because it didn’t make him cry the first time

There's also an interview with one of the Directors Emma Sullivan and she confirmed EVERYTHING goes to Oda.

They're going the Halo path and giving us more cheeks

Honestly the only change so far that IMO didn't work and was detrimental was basically having to cut all of Baratie but i also understand that was just the nature of time and budget (Garp being in season 1 is kinda a weird thing too but technically he *is* there in the manga if you count the cover story) Some changes are IMO better. SAnji is more likable by not being a total weirdo, there's a little more natural friction between Luffy, Nami and Zozor at the start, etc. S2 was better with the adjustments too. Making Miss Goldenweek an actual character and not just Mr3's comedic straight man actually fleshes out why a girl like her would be in an assassins guild, cutting the Luffy vs Zoro stuff from Whiskey Peak that basically everyone agrees is a waste of time is good becuase it also allows Mr5 and Miss Valentine to not come across as total jokes the minute after they are introduced, etc. It's an "Adaptation" there's going to be changes so long as most flow well i see no reason to complain

Writing, and pacing. I’ve played the games but not read the books, and through season 1 characterization seemed fine and the story albeit jumpy made sense. Myself I even defended the show after season one since it really, up to that point, did not seem to differ from the characterization in the games ( which most fan who have read the books either praise or at least find tolerable) Acting was also great throughout but the show did the worst thing a fantasy show can do, it became boring. It failed to create real tension, and the scenes that did veer into the core of a monster hunter protagonist were barely interesting enough to carry a side quest let alone a whole show. I don’t find whatever was left insulting, as most book fans seem to, i just did not feel compelled to watch after basically forcing myself to watch through the 3rd season. It got bad enough that Tissaia’s story and scenes were the most interesting part of the whole show where she is a distant side character, based significantly on MyAnna Buring’s scene stealing performance, and >!then she died!<.

well you just said it yourself, same here i read the books and than watched the show, it's downhill even more with each season

It's was pretty dark in terms of lighting so you didn't see any blood

It's the same way in the anime though. Luffy seems silly and just lucky most of the time. That slowly changes over time and it's part of what makes OP so good. Like, at the start of OP anime nobody would bet against Zoro in a fight against Luffy, for that to change took a long ass time.

He didn’t Mr.Magoo his way in the Wapol fight although he got some aid but he still delivered the quite powerful final blow. They are definitely not leaning into the standard shonen power creep, but they also set up luffy as the straw hats’ big gun, and he acts like it. Unfortunately season 2 was filled with direct counters to raw strength (Smoker, Alvida). I am not entirely against fights ending due to exploiting weaknesses, either through cunning or dumb luck. Western audiences and specifically Live action viewers with little exposure to Anime/manga may not react positively to “and he just got stronger by the mere power of friendship/inner will” as the answer to most villains.

I’ve started watching the show from the start and honestly, it’s been odd seeing how easy every fight is for him. I can see a drastic change though where some episodes were super drawn out for fights, then it turned to luffy falling into success, but once he gets to alabasta, it does get better.

Something like...seasons of programming? That concept is older than you lol