One Piece cast in real life - Iñaki Godoy Alexandre Schneider // Getty Images Monkey D. Luffy is played by Iñaki Godoy who is most well known for his role as Juan Ruíz in Netflix's The Imperfects .

Kunie Tanaka, the real-life inspiration behind the Navy Admiral of One Piece, Kizaru, was known for his roles as antagonists in Japanese movies.Kunie is also a friend of Eiichiro Oda. He passed ...

Creator Eiichiro Oda has based many of his characters on real-life figures, not all of which are pirates.Oda has used his skills brilliantly to bring the legends of these characters into One Piece ...

Despite all of the hard work that went into “One Piece’s” casting, choreography, visual effects, directing and cinematography, it’s Oda’s original manga that Maeda perhaps praises the most.