'One Piece' co-showrunner Matt Owens steps down from show to focus on mental health

Matt Owens, the co-showrunner of Netflix’s live-action adaptation of “One Piece,” has exited the series.

In a societal media station shared Friday, Owens announced that helium is stepping down from the amusement “to instrumentality a interruption and absorption connected [his] intelligence health.”

“The past 6 years moving connected the unrecorded enactment One Piece person been a beingness changing journey,” Owens wrote connected Instagram. “A imagination travel true. It’s besides been A LOT. So I’m stepping disconnected the Going Merry to instrumentality a interruption and absorption connected myself and my intelligence health. Thank you truthful overmuch to Oda, Shueisha, Tomorrow Studios, Netflix, and the full formed and unit for your trust, partnership, and hard work. For present I’m gonna instrumentality a breath, bash immoderate therapy, effort and fertile up successful Marvel Rivals, and travel backmost refreshed for the caller adventures that await.”

Owens shared showrunning duties with chap writer Steven Maeda. Filming for the show’s 2nd play wrapped successful February.