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Adapting One Piece to a movie would be impossible because the arcs are too damn long and episodic. For comparison, by the time Luffy has gathered his crew and starts sailing towards the Grand Line in chapter 100, Naruto's already fighting Neji in the finals of the Chunin Exams. Kishimoto is...

The director just released a film about a grown man in a bright red onesie that shoots web out of his hands via a weird hand gesture and Tarzan swings around NYC, he knows how to handle cringe. :kayneshrug:

Another advantage of adapting Land of Waves is it's relatively grounded compared to what happens in later arcs. Most of the jutsus used in that arc are illusions, misdirection and basic elemental manipulation so the movie wouldn't need a crazy high budget right out of the gate. It's easy to...

You gotta stop downplaying Land of Waves. Go back and reread it, Zabuza and Haku are three-dimensional antagonists that explore what it means to be a shinobi. The Chunin Exams were only suggested by Kishimoto's editor AFTER Land of Waves because Kishimoto wanted to do another story arc that...

I think it's all but confirmed that the movie will be adapting Land of Waves. Destin Daniel Cretton gave the following quote during an interview while on the press tour for Spider-Man. https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/naruto-movie-destin-daniel-cretton-exclusive They're clearly not...

Kishimoto being a big fan of TASM2 makes me wonder if he actually wanted to kill off Hinata like Gwen Stacy but the editors wouldn't let him do it.

So did anyone see Spider-Man Brand New Day?

Even if One Piece started out on Toonami and wasn't censored to hell and back, I doubt it would've came near the popularity of Naruto. I found old articles talking about how Naruto was Cartoon Network's most popular series from 2006-2007 and how it spurred Viz Media to translate volumes at a...

Some women like it when you cross the line

Post-production usually takes about a year so sometime in 2028 is when the movie will most likely come out. That'd be crazy if we got the live-action Naruto movie in the same year when live-action One Piece could potentially be on Skypeia. :myman:

This live-action movie feels like a last ditch effort from Shueisha to breathe some new life into the franchise again because Boruto just isn't cutting it. If it's done right, it's gonna be the biggest thing to happen to Naruto is a very long time. In other news, Kishimoto made an appearance...

More detailed character descriptions in the casting call. Nothing out of the ordinary except for Sakura now being perceived as a privileged rich girl, I guess compared to her teammates she technically is privileged since she grew up in a stable household with two living parents...