TOKYO — Hit Japanese manga "One Piece" is coming to Netflix as a live-action series — a development that's exciting and worrisome for fans who have seen mixed success in a growing list of Hollywood adaptations.
Chronicling the coming-of-age adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young pirate with a heart of gold, the world's bestselling manga series has already been adapted into an anime TV series with more than 900 episodes. There are also 13 animated movies, "One Piece" video games and merchandise galore. (A manga is a comic or graphic novel from Japan.)
Ready to give her verdict is Nina Oiki, a gender and politics researcher at Tokyo's Waseda University who has been a "One Piece" fan since she was in elementary school.
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