One Piece manga characters that look different in the anime

Summary

• Some characters of One Piece may look different in the anime than in the manga due to design changes.

• Small details such as eye color or costume elements can be changed in anime adaptations One Piece symbols.

• Characters like Silvers Reilly and Marco had significantly different appearances when they were first introduced in the anime.

One Piecelike most modern anime, is based on a manga that is mostly illustrated in black and white. This means that, for one reason or another, the colors of the character, as the author intended them, are not immediately visible. This often leads to fans and general audiences coloring the characters incorrectly before the official designs are solidified.

Although manga illustrators usually communicate important details to the animators, sometimes some characters are adapted before those details are finalized. In other cases, animators may not consider certain visual aspects of characters when they design them. Considering how often One Piece teasing characters before they matter much, this can happen to fairly prominent characters a few times in a series. Below are some examples of when this has happened and the anime adaptation of the character looked very different from their manga inspiration.

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Silvers Raleigh

The dark-haired king

• Debut: Chapter 19 (Manga); Episode 8 (Anime)

Silvers Raleigh was the first assistant of Gol D. Roger's and thus was one of the strongest members of the legendary Roger's Pirates. After retiring to become a coating mechanic, Raleigh is still interested in training new talent. He kept an eye on Luffy in particular, and Shanks noticed the boy's resemblance to the former captain. Reilly eventually became Luffy's mentor, and remains a formidable fighter in his own right despite his advanced age.

Despite how significant he is, some fans may not realize that Reilly didn't appear in the anime until Episode 10. While reminiscing about his time in Roger's Pirates, Buggy reflects on how Reilly scolded him and Shanks. This seems rather out of character for the more relaxed ex-pirate that is often seen, but what really makes him unrecognizable is his appearance, which has removed his scar, changed his glasses and dyed his hair differently from the young Rayleigh who would later be installed. The narrative also doubles down on Raleigh being the more disciplinarian of Roger's crew, probably due to his captain being a bit more free-spirited and feeling the need to lay down the law.

All of these variations were likely due to the fact that the design for this particular version of the Rayleigh was not yet considered necessary or complete. It took a while for relays in modern times to become properly relevant to the story. The previous version of Rayleigh took many more years to become relevant again. Although Oda states that this man was always meant to be Roger's first mate, he probably paid much less attention to what would become of his past design at that point in the anime.

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Miss Valentine

A green-eyed monster

• Debut: Chapter 110 (Manga); Episode 65 (Anime)

In a somewhat surprising example, a minor character detail was changed for the anime and has stuck in most adaptations since, despite not being in the original canon. Nikita, aka Miss Valentinawas a member of Baroque Works, known for her ability to shift her weight between 1 and 10,000 kilograms, as well as her cheerful yet sadistic demeanor. She was consistently designed with two different eye colors in the manga and anime. Oda's original design gives her dark black irises, while the anime opts for light green ones. While her iris would normally be one of two colors in the illustrated manga, it is worth noting that Oda retains this color even in the manga's color illustrations.

For the most part, her design seems unchanged, except for this odd, inconsequential detail. But how little it matters makes the changes even more confusing. ​​​​​​While the anime is usually the design most associated with the media, Miss Valentine's original design still exists as in the manga. It's possible that each design simply works better for the character in the context of the medium, especially considering that manga is often drawn in black and white.

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Marco

Barely like himself

• Debut: Chapter 234 (Manga); Episode 151 (Anime)

Oda is known for fitting in or teasing characters without a fully completed design. This leads to some discrepancies in the manga itself, between the teasing silhouettes and the characters when properly represented. To a lesser extent, this can happen with characters who are important to the story but are introduced in the background before they are properly integrated.

MarcoWhitebeard's right-hand man, is an example of such a character who debuted about 200 chapters before he was actually introduced in the manga. In his anime debut, Marco looks unrecognizable, with much paler skin, a different color of clothing, thicker lips that are different from his flesh color, and dark hair. His original revised design also bore traces of this cameo, before eventually evolving into the version of the character most fans are familiar with. The same design revision took place with Marco's teammate Josue, whose official introduction also took some time after his technical debut.

Whitebeard had to be remade for Western audiences altogether, as the swastika-inspired Jolly Roger (the sign depicted in the crew's ensemble) was more associated with the German Nazi Party than its origins as a more positive symbol in Eastern regions.

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Capone Pez

His father's son

• Debut: Chapter 498 (Manga); Episode 392 (Anime)

Capone Bege was a significant character in the One Pieceteased to have a greater level of involvement in the story as a member of the Worst Generation. His mob design and official color scheme were fully completed long before his son Peza arrived. Capone Pez was Bege's child born out of his marriage to Charlotte Chiffon. In terms of appearance, Pez looks a lot like his father in miniature, with a similar hat, the same heavy build, and even a five o'clock shadow. This makes it clear why the earlier anime design could also be taken from his father's color scheme, giving him the same black hair color and black and green jumpsuit. He also has much less facial hair than his father's more prominent stubble.

However, the official Pez color scheme changed many of these traits. It would have been more inspired by Chiffon by giving him a similar hair color and a blue jumpsuit closer to the color of his mother's coat. However, it would also put the stubble back into the gray shadow of Bege Sports at five o'clock. This design choice was probably made to better communicate that he is still a Charlotte by blood, despite​​​​his retained resemblance to his father.

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Charlotte Perospero

Blue period

• Debut: Chapter 834 (Manga); Episode 795 (Anime)

Charlotte Perospero is an officer of the Big Mom Pirates as well as Linlin's eldest child. He has a pretty memorable design, including a giant tongue, a big coat and a hat covered in lollipops. While Perospero was properly introduced early on, his anime debut aired before his official manga color scheme was revealed, leading to various discrepancies in his anime design.

Instead of orange complementing the yellow, Perospero's original design made a chic choice of navy blue as a secondary color around the white-striped headset. This meant that the bottom of his plaid coat, the candies in the buttoned part of the coat, and his striped hat were blue and white instead of orange and white. Other notable changes include the color of his nails, his lollipops and bracelets, all of which have been changed to complement the color scheme.

Most of these changes were reversed along with the official coloring of the manga. One factor that remained different between the finished anime and manga designs was the color of his lollipops. The manga depicts it as iridescent, while the anime makes them light green instead of the magenta color they used to be. These monochromatic lollipops are apparently easier to account for in animation than rainbow colors.