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Netflix reveals casting for Portgas D. Ace in ONE PIECE

Even though the second season of ONE PIECE has yet to premiere, Netflix has wind in its sails on the third season. The live-action retelling of Eiichiro Oda’s hit manga has revealed which actor will portray Portgas D. Ace.

American actor Xolo Maridueña’s is set to become “Fire Fist Ace” according to the official Twitter/X account for the Netflix series.

ONE PIECE - Portgas D. Ace
Xolo Maridueña will play the fire wielding Portgas D. Ace in the Netflix adaptation. Image from @onepiecenetflix.

According to IMDb, Maridueña’s most recent work highlights appearances as Miguel Diaz in Netflix’s Cobra Kai, and Jaime Reyes in the 2023 DC Comics comic flick Blue Beetle.

Season three of ONE PIECE is currently in production with no broadcast date or other details known at this time.

The main cast of ONE PIECE features Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero as Usopp, Taz Skylar as Sanji, and Mikaela Hoover as Tony Tony Chopper. The series is created in cooperation with Japanese publisher Shueisha, Tomorrow Studios and Netflix. Matt Owens and Joe Tracz serve as writers and showrunners, with Eiichiro Oda, Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements as executive producers.

A synopsis of ONE PIECE is described as:

It has always been Luffy’s dream to explore the ocean, but in order to do so, he needs a crew and a ship. With an appetite for treasure, Luffy’s vision becomes reality, but not always in his favour. The competition to locate the legendary One Piece is fierce and this small band of pirates must evade other corsairs, and of course, the relentless Marines…

First published in 1997, ONE PIECE has accumulated 105 individual manga volumes, over 1,130 anime episodes, 15 feature films, the most recent being One Piece Film: Red, multiple video games, and a theme park in Japan. In North America, the ONE PIECE anime streams on multiple platforms including NetflixCrunchyroll, while VIZ Media publishes the print and digital versions of the manga.

Source: @onepiecenetflix

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