One Piece Live Action Season 2

One Piece Live Action Season 2 achieved a 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score, reaching #1 globally on Netflix's weekly charts with 16.8 million views and 136.2 million hours watched in 2025. This Netflix and Tomorrow Studios production adapts Eiichiro Oda's manga, which has sold over 530 million copies worldwide, featuring a pirate crew with supernatural powers; its budget of $18 million per episode is one of Netflix's most expensive ever, with production design praised by mainstream critics. It outperforms #4 Sakamoto Days in critical reception, as Sakamoto Days lacks a 100% score from top reviewers, and its 92% nomination rate for top critic awards is 20% higher than competitors. The balance between respecting the manga's visual language and creating cinematic live-action was called the most successful in anime adaptation history by 92% of critics. For new viewers, it works as a pirate adventure with emotional stakes, while longtime fans see it as validation that live-action anime can be done with respect, cementing its rank in mainstream culture.