One Piece: the Netflix series still loses a showrunner

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While the shooting of the Season 2 of One Piece ended last month, the live-action series of Netflix Adapted from the manga of Eiichiro Oda once again loses one of its creators. Matt Owens decided to leave the ship from the straw hats to focus on his mental health.

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That's on Instagram that Owens announced the news, explaining that the six years spent working on the live-action version of One Piece have changed his life, and have been a dream come true.

“It was also a lot,” wrote Owens. “”So I'm going to get from Vogue Merry to take a break and focus on myself and my mental health. “

A decision that has probably not been easy for Owens which is a “super fan” of One Piece And has worked on this adaptation for Netflix since its beginnings. He has indeed developed the show with Steven Maeda and held the co-showrunner and executive producer positions on seasons 1 and 2.

Maeda gave up his functions as a showrunner before the shooting of the Season 2 But stayed on the series as an executive producer. With the departure of Owens, One Piece So will now continue his trip without his original creative team at the helm. Joe Tracz, who had replaced Maeda as a co-showrunner for season 2, is now alone in control for the post-production of this new season.

One Piece Requires long and arduous production (the shooting of season 2 lasted eight months in South Africa) as well as a period of just as demanding post-production given the many visual effects used in the series. So if Owens declared in 2023 want to continue to adapt One Piece Until Netflix does not want it, we can understand that he needs to make a break.

That said, his departure should not affect the future of the series or its chances of renewal. When it was released in August 2023, the first season of One Piece was an incredible success on Netflixtotaling 72 million views in 90 days. So she has a bright future ahead of her, even if we don't know yet when season 2 will be released.