The One Piece Remake By Studio WIT Reveals Concept Arts, Key Staff Members And Behind The Scenes Production Clip!
The new One Piece anime is rumored to adapt “from” the East Blue Saga, possibly hinting at covering more arcs.
Studio WIT’s remake of Toei Animation’s One Piece anime is going to break the anime community by miles! One glimpse at the concept arts and the passion infused by the staff members working on the project can tell you how AMAZING this remake will turn out to be.
On Aug 11, 2024, Studio WIT and Netflix uploaded a behind-the-scenes video looking at the production of The One Piece, including a round-table discussion by the staff.
The video showcases some concept arts, character design sheets that the animators cooked. Keep in mind that the following screenshots are not the final product that you’ll see on screen. Take a look!
From what fans have said on Twitter, this One Piece remake anime will have less censorship compared to Toei’s adaptation. For instance, if you look at the Sanji art above, it is more bloodier than the same scene by Toei. This paves the way for WIT animators to portray Oda’s darker skeleton of One Piece.
The OnePiece remake won’t be censored like the original Toei version, allowing Oda’s darker vision from the manga to shine through perfectly in the WIT anime. pic.twitter.com/ZDYDVtsKsd
— Pew (@pewpiece) August 11, 2024
This is basically supporting the statement of the Co-founder and President of Studio WIT that the One Piece remake will fix issues the original had.
Here are some of the character design sketches of the key Strawhat folks for Studio WIT’s The One Piece!
(Studio WIT’s rendition of Monkey D. Luffy)
(Studio WIT’s rendition of Roronoa Zoro and Sanji)
(Studio WIT’s rendition of Usopp and Nami)
(Studio WIT’s rendition of Shanks)
The video showcased the staff at WIT STUDIO expressing their enthusiasm for the project, while displaying a range of production art for the planned adaptation. The package consisted of character design sheets, an image board showcasing iconic scenes from the East Blue saga, a fully rendered 3D anime representation of Shells Town, and additional items.
The staff members involved in the One Piece remake anime are as follows:
- Director: Masashi Koizuka
- Assistant Director: Hideaki Abe
- Series Composition: Taku Kishimoto
- Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Kyoji Asano, Takatoshi Honda
- Creature Design/Concept Art: Yasuhiro Kajino
- Prop Designer: Eri Taguchi
- Action Animator: Ken Imaizumi, Shuhei Fukuda.
- Art Director: Tomonori Kuroda
- Animation Production: WIT STUDIO
The new anime will adapt “from” the East Blue Saga, possibly hinting at covering more arcs. However, this has not been confirmed yet. The remake has been announced to commemorate 25 years of the anime, following “ANYTIME ONEPIECE”, where the anime will play throughout the next year in Japan.
About One Piece:
One Piece manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda.
It has been serialized in Shueisha’s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 1997, with its individual chapters compiled into 108 tankōbon volumes as of March 2024.
The manga spawned a media franchise, having been adapted into a festival film by Production I.G. and an anime series by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in 1999.
Additionally, Toei has developed fourteen animated feature films, one original video animation, and thirteen television specials.
The latest entry in the franchise, One Piece Film Red, premiered in Japan in August 2022.
It is the 8th highest-earning film of all time in Japan and also topped Japan’s box office for the year 2022 in terms of both yen earned and tickets sold.
One Piece Anime Synopsis:
The tale of One Piece takes place on a parallel Earth when the ‘Golden Age of Pirates’ is in full swing.
The seas are ruled by ruthless pirates, and only the strongest can claim the legendary ‘One Piece’ fortune left behind by the greatest pirate of them, Gol D. Roger.
Years after Gol D. Roger’s death, Monkey D. Luffy dreams of establishing his own crew, locating One Piece, and becoming the Pirate King.
Luffy has incredible strength and agility after eating a devil’s fruit that turns his body into rubber.
He leaves Foosha Village in East Blue on his epic expedition to become the next Pirate King.
Source: YouTube
