One Piece: Japanese Fans Revolt Against THE ONE PIECE Remake — "Finish the Manga First"
「まず原作を完結させろ」— THE ONE PIECEリメイク発表に日本の原作勢が激怒
“A remake of a manga that's literally mid-meltdown and still unfinished — what are they even thinking?”
今絶賛迷走中の未完漫画のリメイクってなんやねんマジで
When THE ONE PIECE — the Netflix-backed remake of the original One Piece anime — dropped its teaser in June 2026, Japan's manga fanbase erupted. The top comment, with 431 likes, called it 'a remake of a manga that's literally mid-meltdown and still unfinished.' The dominant fear wasn't the remake itself but that Oda would use it to retroactively insert Nika-related foreshadowing into the East Blue arc — 'they'll add scenes that never existed and call them foreshadowing.' A second flash point was the aging voice cast: veteran Tanaka Mayumi (Luffy's VA, now in her 70s) reportedly turned it down once before accepting, and fans were furious she was being asked to restart a 1,000-plus episode journey. The sardonic close: 'Can you even call it a remake if the original isn't finished? ...Honestly, in a way, it already is.'
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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 503)
- @-tkeijer1701👍 101
If it had properly concluded and the anime ended years ago, a remake would make sense. This is just baffling.
ちゃんと完結してアニメも何年も前に終わってるならリメイクするのも分かるんだがな、これは意味不明
- @ナイン2👍 229
What I hate is they'll probably shoehorn in all the Nika stuff.
多分リメイクにニカ関連ありそうで嫌なんだよね
- @doSSun_Thwomp👍 89
Others have said it already but yeah — they'll definitely squeeze it in to make everything 'fit.' That's the nightmare scenario.
他の方が既に言ってるけど、きっと辻褄合わせのためにねじ込んでくるんだろうなぁ…
- @佐藤鈴木-i6m👍 59
They'll insert 'foreshadowing' lol... then go 'this recut is the definitive canon now!'
伏線()仕込んでくるだろうなあ…再構築したこれが正史です！みたいな
- @とことこ-w7v👍 195
They will 100% insert Nika and Zaza partway through, then say 'this is actually what I always meant to tell.' Absolutely guaranteed.
リメイク途中にニカやザザねじ込んで、「実は本当に描きたかったのはこういう事だったんですよ」をやるよな、確実に
- @クレ猫-j3b👍 21
Rewriting history! That's terrifying!!
歴史の改竄おー！こえー！！
- @AIC-nr6zr👍 34
Shanks saving Luffy — you just know they'll have him smirking now. And then the 'it's foreshadowing!' crowd will lose it. Already disgusted just thinking about it.
シャンクスがルフィ助けた時、口角上がってそう。伏線だ伏線だ〜ってキャッキャする奴らのコト考えると今から虫唾が走る
- @宇宙のすも👍 27
They'll add scenes that never existed and call them foreshadowing. You can't foreshadow something you made up later.
描いてなかったシーン追加して伏線もクソもないのにね…
- @ななし-o5w7p👍 139
Same as the live-action drama — they'll squeeze in pointless 'foreshadowing' and kill the pacing. Gonna be a mess lol.
ドラマと一緒で無駄な伏線ねじ込んで来るだろうからテンポ悪くなってうんこになりそうw
- @pocchan-921👍 50
They will absolutely add new scenes and give off that 'oh, I planned this all along' vibe...
絶対、新しい描写入れて「前から考えてました」って雰囲気だしてきそう…
- @イフェメラ👍 112
At this point, no matter what they do with it, it's all just 'yeah yeah, Nika again' to me.
今さらナニをどうやろうと「はいはいニカニカ」になっちゃうからまぁ…
- @眉毛-v4s👍 31
All I wanted was a route to Pirate King with no Nika, no Celestial Dragons. Just the original dream.
こっちはニカも天竜人も出てこない航路で海賊王になってほしい
- @何処にでもいて何処にもいない👍 156
This was literally the perfect, legitimate opportunity to transition to a new voice cast without any awkwardness — and yet they're still keeping the same aging actors. I genuinely don't get it.
せっかく新声優を違和感なく正当な理由で決められるチャンスだったのに、このタイミングですらまだ今の声優にやらせるの意味分からん。
- @yutasuzu8890👍 107
Doraemon pulling off a full cast refresh due to aging VAs was an extremely rare exception. One Piece just doesn't have that discipline.
声優陣の高齢化を案じてメインキャストを一新できたドラえもんが稀有なだけ説
- @lzu-Izu👍 72
Tanaka Mayumi herself apparently said 'there's anxiety about restarting at this age' — and they're making her do it anyway.
田中真弓さん自身が「この年齢で再スタートするのは不安もある」みたいなコメントしてたな
- @momokosan-s5p👍 13
Mayumi-san is so gracious... When she turned it down the first time, Oda and Shueisha should have understood what that meant.
真弓さん優しいな…一回断られた時点で作者と集英社はことの重大さに気づいてよ。
- @神を喰らう者👍 44
Clearly not thinking about the VAs at all. Their logic is probably just 'throw more money at them.'
声優こと一切考えてないな本編も終わってないのに。ギャラ多めに払えばいいや思ってるだろ
- @kanekihiragi560👍 27
This is not worth stealing time from people who only have so many years left. They literally think money solves everything. VAs, please refuse this.
声優の有限の時間を奪ってまでやる事じゃない。金さえ払えば良いって本気で思ってそう。声優陣もこんなの断ってくれ。
- @屍と化したトロ👍 8
Starting a 1,000-plus episode anime from scratch... are they really going to grind Tanaka-san for another 10 years? I'm genuinely worried about her.
1000話以上あるアニメを1からって…あと10年近くまだ真弓さん酷使するんか。流石に心配になる
- @虚無ノ無👍 83
All these remakes are just wasting animators. There are so many anime that deserve actual sequels and continuations.
リメイクばっかで、アニメーターの無駄遣い。もっと続編つくってしてほしいアニメいっぱいあるのに。
- @ひしきトーガ👍 14
The current anime is still airing and now they want a remake too? That's a betrayal. And reusing the same VAs on top of it — exploitation. Real-life Celestial Dragons.
現在アニワン放送中なのにリメイクするってそれは不義理なんじゃないのかい？同じ声優使うとか酷使しすぎ。ホントリアル天竜人だわ
- @user-sl6mr7dy3e👍 25
Can anyone on the inside please leak what's actually happening around Oda? Something must be seriously wrong behind the scenes.
誰か内部の人、尾田先生周りがどんな状況になってるか暴露してくれないかな。やばいことになってそう
- @鴻鳥-l3o👍 2
The fact that she declined once is very telling. Age aside, she might genuinely be fed up.
一度断ってるのちょっと面白い。年齢的な部分もあるんだろうけど愛想尽かしてるのもありそう
- @ハービンジャー👍 1
Can you even call it a 'remake' if the original isn't finished? ...Honestly, in a way, it already is.
終わってない作品の焼き直しってリメイクって呼ぶのか？ いや、ある意味終わってたわ。
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