"We're still about four months away from One Piece Season 2's premiere, but casting announcements are already being made for Season 3. Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Cole Escola has been announced as Bon Clay, a flamboyant villain-turned-ally, while Cobra Kai and Blue Beetle star Xolo Maridueña will play Portgas D. Ace, a fan-favorite blood brother of Monkey D. Luffy."
"The math backs that theory up. Season 1 covered the East Blue Saga through the Loguetown arc, which spanned about 45 anime episodes. Season 2 appears to be covering Loguetown through Drum Island, which is another 45 episodes. After that comes Alabasta, which covers 38 anime episodes alone. Unless the next arc, which covers the Sky Island of Skypeia, is awkwardly shoehorned in at the end, there's not much room for any other storyline."
"Adaptations aren't created equally. Some source material presents a taller task than others, and perhaps no story is more intimidating to adapt than . The long-running anime has produced over 1000 episodes across 20 seasons, which live-action needs to trim down substantially without leaving anything important behind. So far, Seasons 1 and 2 have significantly abridged the anime, but kept the overall story intact. Season 3, however, may take a completely different approach."
Adaptations of long-running anime require substantial trimming to fit live-action formats without losing important material. Seasons 1 and 2 of the Netflix One Piece have abridged the anime while keeping the core story intact. New casting for Season 3 includes Cole Escola as Bon Clay and Xolo Maridueña as Portgas D. Ace, both characters who appear in the Alabasta arc. Season 1 adapted roughly 45 anime episodes through Loguetown; Season 2 appears to cover another 45 through Drum Island. Alabasta itself comprises about 38 episodes, making it a likely focal point for Season 3 as the crew enters the Grand Line.
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