{"rewrite":{"id":"r_aa59fa6c4eec48f7ebb6e193","clusterId":"c_3c9d4937b0a57378d19d63fd","slug":"one-piece-creator-oda-rejected-early-netflix-script-after-budget-cuts","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"One Piece Creator Oda Rejected Early Netflix Script After Budget Cuts","summary":"Former showrunner Steve Maeda said on the Trash Taste podcast that Eiichiro Oda rejected an early version of Netflix's One Piece live-action adaptation after a new executive asked for the budget to be cut in half and the season reduced from 10 episodes to eight. Maeda said the revised scripts drifted from the manga, and Oda told Netflix it was not what he had agreed to.","whyItMatters":"The account puts a number and a cause on the One Piece adaptation's early turbulence: a Netflix executive's demand to halve the budget and cut two episodes produced scripts the creator rejected, and the platform backed off rather than proceed without his approval.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe writing process ran about two years and produced three versions of the season before the one that aired. Maeda said the team wrote the first set of scripts without clear budget figures, then a new Netflix executive reviewed them and asked for the budget to be cut in half and the episode order trimmed to eight.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaeda thought the eight-episode version could work as television but was moving away from the manga\u0026#39;s storytelling, and he worried the show would be canceled. Oda\u0026#39;s objection led Netflix to revisit the decision. Maeda credited the platform for being willing to reconsider.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Oda's veto held because Netflix needed his name on the adaptation more than it needed a cheaper season. The halved budget and two lost episodes were corrections the manga author could refuse.","twitterPost":"Oda's leverage over Netflix was his name on the adaptation. The budget cut and two lost episodes were changes he could refuse.","threadsPost":"Steve Maeda's account puts the early fight on budget and episode count, not casting or effects. Netflix asked for half the budget and eight episodes instead of ten, and Oda's leverage was the manga itself.","newsletterBlurb":"Former One Piece showrunner Steve Maeda said on the Trash Taste podcast that a new Netflix executive asked for the live-action budget to be cut in half and the season reduced from 10 episodes to eight. Eiichiro Oda rejected the resulting scripts, telling Netflix it was not what he signed up to do. Maeda said the platform was willing to revisit the decision.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Animehunch\",\"url\":\"https://animehunch.com/this-isnt-what-i-signed-up-to-do-eiichiro-oda-initially-rejected-netflixs-one-piece-live-action-script/\",\"title\":\"\\\"This Isn't What I Signed Up To Do\\\": Eiichiro Oda Initially Rejected Netflix's One Piece Live-Action Script\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4638,"outputTokens":601,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792721232,"createdAt":"2026-10-23T02:01:56.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T02:06:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T02:06:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_3c9d4937b0a57378d19d63fd","canonicalTitle":"“This Isn’t What I Signed Up To Do”: Eiichiro Oda Initially Rejected Netflix’s One Piece Live-Action Script","representativeArticleId":"a_94c43755700129939905c0ed","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"One Piece\"],\"work_titles\":[\"One Piece (live-action)\"],\"studios\":[\"Netflix\"],\"people\":[\"Eiichiro Oda\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-23T00:55:59.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-23T00:55:59.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T02:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Animehunch","url":"https://animehunch.com/this-isnt-what-i-signed-up-to-do-eiichiro-oda-initially-rejected-netflixs-one-piece-live-action-script/","title":"“This Isn’t What I Signed Up To Do”: Eiichiro Oda Initially Rejected Netflix’s One Piece Live-Action Script"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["One Piece"],"work_titles":["One Piece (live-action)"],"studios":["Netflix"],"people":["Eiichiro Oda"],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}