Vincent Regan as Vice-Admiral Garp, Morgan Davies as Koby. Luffy meets Koby within the first few chapters the “One Piece” manga, but Koby doesn’t show up again in the manga for many issues. This is about trying to teach him and it’s where Garp feels he has failed.”īringing Garp’s story into the first season also allowed the “One Piece” writers to do more sooner with Luffy’s friend Koby (Morgan Davies), an aspiring Marine he meets in the show’s pilot episode. “And then exactly halfway through the season, that’s why,” Maeda said. He wanted it to be the surprise answer that explained why Garp, “this hardcore Marine” has been “chasing after this kid.”
“Garp in the manga is not revealed to be grandpa until chapter 300-something, in a very different way.”īut Maeda says he and Owens didn’t make that choice - which came with Oda’s blessing, as did all the other differences between the TV series and the manga - just for the shock factor. “And, of course, with Garp, the big reveal in the middle of the season is, ‘Grandpa?'” Maeda continued.
