One Piece Season 2 Finds Its Vivi, Hints at Yet Another Anime Timeline Wrinkle

Netflix yet announced that Bridgerton prima Charithra Chandran volition articulation the live-action One Piece season 2 cast arsenic Miss Wednesday, oregon Alabasta’s wayward princess Vivi Nefertani. Chandran joins histrion Sendhil Ramamurthy, who plays Vivi’s father, Nefertari Cobra. Despite creator Eiichiro Oda publicizing season 2 not reaching the anime’s adjacent large arc, Alabasta, Netflix’s caller casting announcements suggest the live-action bid is continuing the archetypal season’s timeline tweaks.

Her past is shrouded successful secrecy but her skills arsenic a Baroque Works cause are unmatched. Here’s your archetypal look astatine the look of Miss Wednesday! #OnePieceLiveAction pic.twitter.com/bGxeb1mFP7

— ONE PIECE(ワンピース) Netflix (@onepiecenetflix) August 23, 2024

As mentioned earlier, Netflix’s casting of Miss Wednesday and Nefertani Cobra hint that the live-action adaptation volition proceed playing with timeline events, the mode One Piece‘s archetypal play did with Luffy’s grandfather, Admiral Garp (Vincent Regan). Garp isn’t introduced until aboriginal successful the anime, but the Netflix bid portrays him arsenic a large subordinate successful the show’s archetypal season. By introducing him mode earlier, the live-action bid deed 2 birds with 1 chromatic by showcasing Garp and Marine enlistee Koby (Morgan Davies)’s narration arsenic the season’s affectional anchor. A relationship, caput you, that developed off-screen successful the anime.

A akin script mightiness beryllium astatine play with One Piece play two, considering Nefertani Cobra isn’t introduced until aft the Drum Island arc, wherever the play volition conclude. Time volition archer whether One Piece‘s 2nd season, owed successful 2025, volition spot breadcrumbs of Vivi and Cobra’s narration fleshed retired similar Garp and Koby’s was.

Based connected the smash deed manga series, One Piece is described successful Netflix’s authoritative synopsis arsenic follows: “Monkey D. Luffy is simply a young adventurer who has longed for a beingness of state since helium tin remember. Luffy sets disconnected from his tiny colony connected a perilous travel to find the legendary fabled treasure, One Piece, to go King of the Pirates! But successful bid to find the eventual prize, Luffy volition request to assemble the unit he’s ever wanted earlier uncovering a vessel to sail, searching each inch of the immense bluish seas, outpacing the Marines, and outwitting unsafe rivals astatine each turn.”

This latest spot of One Piece quality comes connected the heels of Katey Segal’s casting arsenic Dr. Kureha successful play two, arsenic good arsenic Mark Harelik arsenic Dr. Hiriluk. Variety also reminds us that Daniel Lasker, Camrus Johnson, Jazzara Jaslyn, David Dastmalchian, Werner Coetser, Brendan Murray, Clive Russell, Callum Kerr, Julia Rehwald, Rob Colletti, and Ty Keogh person besides been added to the Netflix anime adaptation. The main formed includes Iñaki Godoy arsenic Monkey D. Luffy, Mackenyu arsenic Zoro, Emily Rudd arsenic Nami, Jacob Romero arsenic Usopp, Taz Skylar arsenic Sanji, Ilia Isorelys Paulino arsenic Alvida, Jeff Ward arsenic Buggy, and Michael Dorman arsenic Gold Roger.

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