Since One Piece Wano arc , audiences have noticed a significant change in the anime's animation style. Kenji Yokoyama , One Piece's animation director, revealed that Toei Animation made this change to adapt to the series' new setting.
One Piece – Director reveals the reason for changing the anime's style in Wano
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At Anime Expo 2023 , the Anime News Network interviewed Yokoyama about his experience working on One Piece at Toei Animation. One of the questions concerned the aesthetic change the anime underwent in the Wano arc. Yokoyama stated that they chose this new style based on traditional Japanese aesthetics.
“In the Wano Arc, we decided to return to something more traditionally Japanese in its aesthetic. And then there was this collective understanding. When we considered revisiting an older motif, there was also a discussion about the kind of changes we would make to the timeline itself.”
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The story revolves around Monkey D. Luffy, a young man who gained a rubber body after eating the magical Gomu Gomu no Mi (the Rubber Fruit). Inspired by his childhood idol, the powerful pirate Red-Haired Shanks, Luffy decided to become a pirate and set sail across the sea to find the mythical treasure, the One Piece, and proclaim himself the Pirate King.
Eiichiro Oda began serializing One Piece in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1997. Since then, his manga has grown at an astonishing rate to become the sensation it is today. As its story has grown, the series has reached over 1,000 chapters and 100 manga volumes published in 25 years. Despite being such a long series, One Piece has become the best-selling manga in history.
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Source: ANN
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