Since One Piece Wano arc , audiences have noticed that the anime's animation style has undergone a huge change. Kenji Yokoyama , the animation director for One Piece, revealed that Toei Animation made this change to adapt to the series' new setting.
One Piece – Director reveals the reason for changing the style of the anime in Wano
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At Anime Expo 2023 , the website Anime News Network did an interview with Yokoyama regarding his experience working with One Piece at Toei Animation. So one of the questions asked refers to the aesthetic change that the anime had in the Wano arc. Yokoyama says they chose this new style based on traditional Japanese aesthetics.
“We decided in Arco Wano to go back to something that is more traditionally Japanese aesthetic. And then there was this collective understanding. When we thought about using an old motif, there was also a discussion about the type of change we would make in the line itself.”
Synopsis:
The story revolves around Monkey D. Luffy, a young man who gained a body made of rubber after eating the magical fruit Gomu Gomu no Mi (the Rubber Fruit). Since he was inspired by his childhood idol, the powerful pirate Shanks the Red, Luffy decided to become a pirate and sail on a journey 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 in surprising ways to become the huge phenomenon it is today. As its history grew, the work reached more than 1000 chapters and 100 volumes of manga published in 25 years. Even though it is such an extensive series, One Piece became the best-selling manga in history.
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Source: ANN
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