Eiichiro Oda (Jumpforce), creator of One Piece, being a part of Netflix’s first-ever live-action adaption of the series may be relieving news for Shonen fans. In addition, One Piece showrunner Matt Owens (Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) discloses some exciting reportage about the character Sanji, according to ComicBook.

Sanji’s character in One Piece is a controversial character who would do anything for a woman. The question at hand was how Sanji’s characteristics of fawning over women would be brought to life in the live-action adaptation.

“In a way. Sanji is very flirtatious, he loves women but […] he’s not as much of a simp. He’s more a flirt than a simp,” reveals Owens in an interview, according to Murphy’s Multiverse.

The showrunner also revealed that they “tweaked it a little bit” and the actor that will be playing Sanji, Taz Skylar (Boiling Point, Villain), will likely still keep the charm that made the character popular, however, his usual antics from the manga are not to be expected in the adaptation, according to Murphy’s Multiverse.

Account One Piece Netflix Fan on Twitter shared a snippet of Owens in a recent interview about the Straw Hat Pirates’ chef transition to live action:

Matt Owens (Showrunner) – “Sanji will be more of a flirt than a simp.”

Full video: https://t.co/K0N1zmQBwW pic.twitter.com/Z87kac8gjb

— ONE PIECE NETFLIX FAN (@OP_Netflix_Fan) November 25, 2022

Aside from Skylar, the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates in this live-action adaptation will include Iñaki Godoy (The Imperfects, MexZombies) playing Monkey D. Luffy, Jacob Romero Gibson (Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy) playing Usopp, and Mackenyu (Knights of the Zodiac, Pacific Rim: Uprising) playing Roronoa Zoro, according to ComicBook.

Netflix has kept a tight hold on the details of when to expect this live-action adaptation to debut. They have yet to release any trailers or footage for this series itself surfacing on the internet.

In addition to the anticipated One Piece live-action series, the streaming service is also working on the live-action adaptations of shows Avatar The Last Airbender and Yu Yu Hakusho as Netflix continues to plunge further into original anime franchises, according to ComicBook.