User blog comment:Ghmorello/Live Action Adaption In The Works/@comment-24850639-20170724185827

I still have nightmares about Dragonball Evolution, so I am extremely fearful that this is going to turn out bad. CGI has probably come a long way since though, so I'll try to be optimistic.

Main concerns:

- Ambiguous races for the Straw Hats aside, I don't want to see a bunch of bland white people play the Straw Hats. They can make whatever changes they want, I just want to see the essence of who the character really is shine through. That's the one thing that I most definitely feel shouldn't be lost in translation by making this live action. Luffy better still be the lovable goofy idiot with a pure heart, Zoro better still be super intense with no sense of humor or direction, Sanji better still be a womanizing ladies man that rocks suits and smokes, and Franky better still be the biggest perv. As long as they keep those things intact, I could care less if Robin is African American, Usopp is German, or Brook is Mexican. For their sake however, they should realize that making everyone 100% white is going to look VERY bad.

- The only english dubs I have ever liked were Dragonball Z, Rurouni Kenshin, and Samurai Champloo. And those were as a kid and teenager, that didn't understand how much was actually being lost in translation or understand the term "dub". I can only imagine thats why the dub was never as successful and the subs, you can just tell the authenticity straight from the author's mouth. I suppose the stories they adapt will probably affect this more than anything though.

- You've already mentioned CGI, I just hope the special effects in general are on point. That is a very big part of the One Piece world, rare and strange abilities. Things like haki, diable jambe, gear 2nd, those are going to be what people are most excited about. If they can't sell the ACTION portion of this series will enough, it will fail miserably regardless of how good everything else could be.