Long before he appeared as Zoro in Netflix’s One Piece series, Mackenyu was already a veteran of live-action animation (and you’ve seen him more times than you can remember).

It’s been tough, but Netflix ended up giving us a good adaptation of “One Piece” and we already have season 2 in the works. With Hollywood’s spate of anime remakes, it’s natural that there’s not a lot of confidence in the series, though. In Japan, they have a lot of hands in these kind of remakes and make it almost like a crossover.

He has now also made a decisive leap to international fame thanks to his role Roronoa Zoro In “One Piece”, but the actor Makino Arata He has been a celebrity (with his own fan club) in Japan for years. This is partly thanks to the fact that he has been immersed in live-action anime and manga remakes for some time now.

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In 2016 he can be seen in “Sweet and bitter“, based on Yumiyu Kobayashi’s manga, and he already appeared in 2017 in “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable” as Okuyasu Nijimura. With the live-action film, they wanted to adapt (somewhat like this) the fourth installment of Hirohiko Araki’s manga.

It also decreased in 2017 “Peach Girl”, Inspired by the manga by Miwa Ueda. “And of course”Chihaifuru“Published in 2016 and 2018.

from now on, Mackenkyu began to move more towards shonen action Absolutely, and in 2019 he played Jack In the live event of “Tokyo Ghoul S”. It was too Yukishiro Enishi In the final movie “Rurouni Kenshin” of 2021, in which he has already started swinging swords, and is spiritually preparing to play the role of Zoro, he can also be seen in “Kaiji: Endgame, Based on the manga by Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

Although after a disastrous film, no one expected the live-action return of “Fullmetal Alchemist”, in 2022 two more films were released to try to continue the adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa’s manga… and there was Makinio playing scarOne of the antagonists later turned into a hero.

In 2023, the definitive leap into Hollywood seemed to come with Knights of the Zodiac, with MacNew replacing Pegasus Seiya. But unfortunately (and no matter how much the filmmakers wanted the franchise), the film was a huge success and doesn’t look like it will continue.

Now, leaving the hole behind them, Macinio He has won over ‘One Piece’ fans with his interpretation of ‘One Piece’. visitWe know we’ll have at least one more season on Netflix. So, after many revisions, it seems he’s found the ultimate remake (and the perfect character for him).

Because on the other hand, it seems like he’s already a bit tired of anime remakes, because as much as he’d like to see a “Hunter x Hunter” movie, he’s made it quite clear that he has little desire to be involved if it ever happens.

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