After the first season of the live-action series One Piece on Netflix won over numerous adventure fans last year, we can now look forward to a second season. While filming for the new episodes began this month, only a few days ago we received the first names that will complete the One Piece cast in the second season.
Now Netflix has announced further new additions ‒ including an absolute Fan favorite the manga series.
Smoker actor and three other new additions confirmed for One Piece Season 2 on Netflix
As the series announced on its official X-Account, Monarch star Callum Kerr in the role of Marine Captain Smoker There was already widespread speculation among fans about the casting of the iconic character. Smoker is considered a fan favorite among connoisseurs of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece manga and the popular anime series.
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In addition, his performance was already teased in the last seconds of season 1in which the figure was only seen from behind, but could be clearly recognized by fans due to his uniform and two unmistakable cigars.
Also confirmed are Julia Rehwald (Fear Street) in the role of Smoker’s Vice Admiral Tashigi, Rob Colletti (The Many Saints of Newark) as tyrannical King Wapol and Ty Keogh (24 Hours To Live) as garrison chief Dalton.
When is One Piece Season 2 coming to Netflix?
Since filming for the second season of One Piece has only just begun in South Africa, the new episodes will have to wait a while. Production is expected to last around seven months and be completed in early 2025. We expect the season to start on Netflix not before summer 2025.
Podcast in Pride Month 2024: How queer is the world of series really?
At Streamgestöber we do a reality check on how LGBTQ+ friendly series in 2024 actually are:
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Even in 2024, it is still necessary to examine the queer-friendliness of the series landscape. Although the largest streaming provider Netflix has many queer characters and LGBTQ+ inclusive series available to stream, this unfortunately does not represent the rest of the streaming world.