I had low expectations before going into the live action, but it turned out really well. Also Arlong's trap music added a bit of gangster vibe to his character.
I've watched 25 eps of the anime. It was decent, but I thought it'd be better to watch other anime because of the large no of episodes(I could watch many good short(12-24 ep) anime series with the same time)
Is the Netflix series good? Is it faithful to the source? Or is it abridged, more condensed and easier for people to get into?
It's faithful and condensed, oda had input into the series. It's definitely different to the anime but follows the same overarching plot, it just handles the in between a bit differently.