mentioned in some songs. "Music" features Nami singing about herself listening to music while chasing her dreams. "Between the Wind" features Nami singing about weather and drawing sea charts. Nami will be portrayed by Emily Rudd in Netflix’s live action adaptation of One Piece. Reception Nami ranked in the Top 10 of all three Shōnen Jump character popularity polls. Her backstory has been found to be a "touching story" as it "unfolds with a lot of emotion" by Mania Entertainment writer, Jarred Pine. Pine also mentioned Nami was his favorite character from the series, and satisfied with how the manga showed her past. While reviewing the eighth DVD from Viz Media, Activeanime mentioned Nami is one of the best characters from the series as "She’s got guts, smarts, and can heft a mean punch when needed". Like Pined, Activeanime liked Nami's background and added that his "itty bitty heart went out to her". Nami was ranked as #28 in a survey conducted by Newtype Japan for Favorite Anime Heroine in 2002. In the SPJA 2008, Nami was nominated in the category "Best Female Character". References Further reading Adoptee characters in anime and manga Comics characters introduced in 1997 Female characters in anime and manga Fictional cartographers Fictional meteorologists Fictional navigators Fictional sea pirates Fictional female pirates Fictional professional thieves Fictional characters with electric or magnetic abilities One Piece characters Orphan characters in anime and manga Teenage characters in anime and manga Fictional characters with weather abilities Fictional orphans