Netflix's live-action One Piece adaptation has earned some serious staying power. According to Collider, the two-part fantasy series is the kind of watch that rewards repeat viewings — a rare compliment that speaks to just how well the show translated Eiichiro Oda's beloved source material to the screen.
Why This Matters for Fans (and Fan-Casters)
For a long time, live-action anime adaptations were basically a punchline. One Piece changed that conversation. The show's success — both critically and in terms of audience loyalty — makes a second season not just likely but genuinely exciting. And with the Grand Line stretching far ahead, Season 2 means a wave of iconic new characters entering the picture: think Chopper, Robin, Vivi, and the entire Baroque Works crew, plus the looming presence of Warlords and Emperors who'd need serious casting muscle behind them. The question isn't whether Netflix will expand this world. It's who gets to inhabit it.
What myCast Fans Are Already Saying
The myCast community has been working this problem for a while across multiple fan-cast stories, and the results are genuinely fascinating to dig into.
Over on the sprawling One Piece story — which covers a massive 73 roles — fans have been staking out their picks for the core Straw Hat crew and beyond. Taz Skylar and Christopher Briney are both pulling votes for Sanji, which is a delicious debate in itself: Briney's romantic-lead charm versus Skylar's scrappier energy. Marcus Scribner has a vote for Usopp, and honestly, that's a pick worth thinking about — he's got the comedic timing and the emotional range that role demands. Jeff Ward landing a vote for Buggy the Clown is chaotic energy that just works.
The One Piece story — 18 roles and the most active of the three with 26 total votes — is where things get really interesting. Lewis Tan is the runaway fan favorite for Roronoa Zoro with 10 votes, and it's not hard to see why: the physicality, the intensity, the screen presence. He's a name that keeps coming up in action-heavy casting conversations for good reason. has 4 votes for Sanji, is pulling 3 votes for Usopp, and has 3 votes for Brook — a pick that's unexpected but genuinely inspired when you think about Brook's melancholy soul beneath all the skeleton jokes. with 2 votes for Alvida and for Nefertari Vivi round out a story that's clearly been built with Season 2 ambitions in mind.