Netflix has announced that actors Katey Sagal and Mark Harelik are joining the cast of the live-action One Piece TV series as Dr. Kureha and Dr. Hiriluk, respectively. The second season is currently being filmed as of June 2024, and will premiere in 2025.
Original series creator Eiichiro Oda teased that more new cast members are expected to be announced throughout this week in an update posted on Twitter.
News Coo just delivered something special from Oda-Sensei and it’s filled with excitement and anticipation for Season 2! Big reveals are on the horizon, Straw Hats. Brace yourselves for the journey ahead! pic.twitter.com/NcywD1sMI3
— ONE PIECE(ワンピース) Netflix (@onepiecenetflix) August 20, 2024
Sagal and Harelik join new second season additions that include:
- • Callum Kerr as Smoker
- • Julia Rehwald as Tashigi
- • Rob Colletti as Wapol
- • Ty Keogh as Dalton
- • David Dastmalchian as Galdino/Mr. 3
- • Jazzara Jaslyn as Mikita/Ms. Valentine
- • Camrus Johnson as Gem/Mr. 5
- • Daniel Lasker as Mr. 9.
- • Clive Russell as Crocus
- • Werner Coetser as Dorry
- • Brendan Murray as Brogy
Meanwhile, the show’s main cast stars:
- • Iñaki Godoy as Luffy
- • Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro
- • Emily Rudd as Nami
- • Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp
- • Taz Skylar as Sanji
- • Morgan Davies as Koby
- • Vincent Regan as Monkey D. Garp
- • Jeff Ward as Buggy the Clown
Joe Tracz (Percy Jackson and the Olympians co-executive producer) joined the second season as a new writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner with Matt Owens (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Luke Cage writer). Steve Maeda, who developed the series with Owens and served as co-showrunner in the first season, will remain as an executive producer.
Netflix’s One Piece live-action series is a co-production with Tomorrow Studios (Cowboy Bebop live action, Snowpiercer). The first season contained eight total episodes and was released on Netflix on August 31, 2023.
Eiichiro Oda’s original One Piece manga series was first launched in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on July 22, 1997 under the Jump Comics label. A total of 109 tankobon volumes have been released as of July 2024.
The manga inspired a 1999 OVA from Production I.G and a long-running TV anime adaptation from Toei Animation that has been airing since 1999. The latter surpassed the 1000th episode mark on November 21, 2021. The franchise also inspired numerous anime films, stage plays, video games, drama CDs, card games, art and guidebooks, and more.
Source: One Piece Netflix Official Twitter
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