When Netflix greenlight to adapt One Piece into live-action, which is one of the most beloved series in manga genre, there were a few hiccups.

Initially, the streamer opted for 10 episodes for season one to a show whose anime version has over 1,000 episodes.

But the irritants snowballed into a crisis when a new exective at Netflix decided to slash the budget of the live-action into a half, reducing........

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