Netflix’s One Piece, The Wheel of Time season 2, and more new TV this week
It’s a big week, folks! There’s new fantasy TV on Prime Video, new animated fantasy on Netflix, new wacky animated fantasy on Max, and new ballet school fantasy on Hulu — OK, you get the picture. There’s a lot of fantasy coming this week! Even more if you count One Piece on Netflix (which I only sort of do, but not really).
Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the hit manga and anime is certainly news in and of itself. One Piece season 1 traces the first hundred(ish) chapters of the manga, and follows the early voyages of the Straw Hat crew. Elsewhere, on Prime Video, The Wheel of Time picks up right where it left off, with the Dragons Reborn all scattered around a new world, struggling to make sense of where the whirlwind of season 1 left them.
In a different kind of fantasy, Archer season 14(!) premieres on Hulu, marking the start of its final time in the field. Meanwhile, Justified: City Primeval and Special Ops: Lioness wrap with their Season: Finales.Here are the most significant TV premieres and finales this week.
Genre: Live-action shonen anime
Release date: Aug. 31, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Steven Maeda and Matt Owens
Cast: Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Jacob Romero Gibson, and Taz Skylar
Are you a fan of One Piece — either the long-running anime or the even longer-running manga? Then you might want to check out One Piece, the Netflix live-action adaptation. This story is starting from scratch (as much as these remakes ever can), setting sail with Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) from the very beginning of the Straw Hat Pirates. Unlike Cowboy Bebop’s tonal shift, however, Netflix’sOne Piece will be working with a world that’s already kind of kooky and fun, meaning there’s a little less genre displacement than
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