Yes, there are plenty of shows worth watching after One Piece live action. The best options include Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix), Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+), Black Sails (Starz), Our Flag Means Death (Max), Yu Yu Hakusho (Netflix), The Witcher (Netflix), Shadow and Bone (Netflix), The Mandalorian (Disney+), The Legend of Vox Machina (Prime Video), and Cowboy Bebop (Netflix). Each scratches a different itch, from pirate chaos to mythic worldbuilding, and several are still actively releasing new seasons.
I have watched more live-action fantasy adaptations in the last three years than I care to admit, and One Piece Season 2 dropping on Netflix on March 10, 2026, sent me straight back into research mode. The criteria here are not just vibes. I filtered by ensemble casts, found-family dynamics, grand-scale adventure, and that specific tonal balance between sincere emotion and total absurdity that Eiichiro Oda mastered decades ago.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix, 2024)
This is the closest spiritual match to One Piece live action on this entire list. The same production family at Tomorrow Studios shaped both, and it shows in the handcrafted world-building. Gordon Cormier plays Aang with the same earnest goofiness as Iñaki Godoy’s Luffy. Season 2 arrives in 2026, covering Book Two: Earth and introducing Miya Cech as Toph Beifong. Season 3 already wrapped filming in November 2025 in Vancouver.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+, 2023)
Percy Jackson nails the same trick One Piece does: making mythology feel genuinely dangerous. Walker Scobell plays Percy with an underdog chip on his shoulder that mirrors Luffy’s refusal to back down. The show was co-created by author Rick Riordan himself, which saves it from the adaptation sins that plagued the 2010 films. Season 2 is confirmed, and the series has already been renewed for a third season, a rare signal of studio confidence.
Black Sails (Starz, 2014 to 2017)
Black Sails is the darkest, most grounded pick on this list, and that contrast is exactly the point. It serves as a direct prequel to Treasure Island, showing what actually made Captain Flint the legend he became. Toby Stephens delivers one of the most underrated performances in prestige TV history. All four seasons are complete, so there is no waiting involved. Fans who love One Piece’s pirate politics and crew loyalty will find a lot to unpack here.
Our Flag Means Death (Max, Seasons 1 to 2)
The tone overlap with One Piece live action is almost eerie. Both shows treat piracy with comic absurdity while sneaking in genuine emotional gut-punches. Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi have natural chemistry as mismatched co-captains, and the ensemble crew mirrors the Straw Hats in the best way. The series was cancelled after Season 2 in 2023, which stings, but the two seasons that exist are exceptionally rewatchable and the ending, while abrupt, gives fans something real to hold onto.
Yu Yu Hakusho (Netflix, December 2023)
This one flew under the radar but deserves the same conversation as One Piece. Netflix released all five episodes of the live-action adaptation in December 2023, and while it compressed a lot of the Togashi source material, the action choreography and cast energy held up remarkably well. Protagonist Yusuke Urameshi has Luffy’s reckless bravado, and the Spirit Detective setup gives the show a procedural momentum that One Piece fans will recognize. It works best if you go in without expecting a frame-perfect manga adaptation.
The Witcher (Netflix, 2019 to 2023)
Henry Cavill’s Geralt of Rivia is one of the best grumpy-softie leads in genre television. The monster-of-the-week structure maps cleanly onto One Piece’s island-of-the-arc format, and the world-building runs just as deep. The show struggled creatively after Cavill’s Season 3 exit, and Liam Hemsworth stepped into the role for the fourth season. That said, Seasons 1 and 2 remain the strongest stretch, and Season 1 Episode 1 is still one of the most confident fantasy pilot episodes Netflix has produced.
Shadow and Bone (Netflix, 2021 to 2023)
Shadow and Bone got cancelled after two seasons, but what it built in that time is worth experiencing. Based on Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse novels, it features found-family crew dynamics, a villain-who-is-actually-charming, and a magic system with actual internal rules. The Crows subplot, centered on Freddy Carter’s Kaz Brekker, is widely considered better than the main storyline and is essentially its own show within the show. Fans of Zoro’s stoic loyalty and Nami’s strategic mind will find characters here that hit the same notes.
The Mandalorian (Disney+, 2019 to Present)
The Mandalorian is the strongest example of reluctant-protector storytelling in modern television. Pedro Pascal’s silent, morally rigid bounty hunter and Grogu’s chaos-gremlin energy form the same surrogate-family bond that defines One Piece’s Straw Hat dynamic. The first two seasons are near-perfect television. Seasons 3 and 4 are uneven, but the show’s world-building ambition, particularly its expansion of the outer rim of the Star Wars galaxy, scratches the same exploration itch that drives One Piece’s Grand Line arcs.
The Legend of Vox Machina (Prime Video, 2022 to Present)
This is the irreverent adult animated pick that captures One Piece’s chaotic ensemble energy most accurately. Based on the Critical Role tabletop campaign, it follows a party of wildly dysfunctional adventurers who save the world mostly by accident. The humor is cruder than One Piece, but the emotional core, particularly Vax’ildan’s storyline, is genuinely devastating. Three seasons are available on Prime Video, making it one of the most complete binge options on this list right now.
Cowboy Bebop (Netflix, 2021)
Netflix cancelled Cowboy Bebop after one season, which still feels like a mistake in retrospect. John Cho’s Spike Spiegel captures Luffy’s casual recklessness in a completely different register, and Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black is the Zoro of the operation: competent, exhausted, and inexplicably loyal. The show’s neon-soaked, jazz-scored aesthetic is unique in the live-action space. One season is all there is, but it is dense enough to function as a self-contained story, and the fight choreography alone earns a rewatch.
The Best Time to Start These Shows Is Right Now
One Piece Season 2 arriving on Netflix on March 10, 2026, with all ten episodes dropping simultaneously, is the clearest sign yet that the era of the prestige live-action anime adaptation is not a fluke. The shows on this list represent the best of what the genre can do when studios stop treating source material as a liability. Whether you start with Black Sails for the pirate history, Avatar for the elemental adventure, or Percy Jackson for the mythology, the common thread is the same: ensemble loyalty, a world worth exploring, and stakes that actually feel personal. That is the One Piece formula, and these shows all understand it.
