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'''''Monsters''''' (stylized in [[all caps]]) is a Japanese [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] [[manga]] written and illustrated by [[Eiichiro Oda]]. It was published by [[Shueisha]] in the ''Autumn Special'' issue of ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' in October 1994. An [[original net animation]] (ONA) adaptation titled {{Nihongo|'''''Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation'''''|MONSTERS 一百三情飛龍侍極|Monsutāzu: Ippaku Sanjō Hiryū Jigoku}} was produced by [[E&H Production]] and premiered on [[Netflix]] in January 2024.
'''''Monsters''''' (stylized in [[all caps]]) is a Japanese [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] [[manga]] written and illustrated by [[Eiichiro Oda]]. It was published by [[Shueisha]] in the ''Autumn Special'' issue of ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' in October 1994. An [[original net animation]] (ONA) adaptation, titled '''''Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation''''', was produced by [[E&H Production]] and premiered on [[Netflix]] in January 2024.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
;{{Nihongo|Ryuma de King|リューマ・ド・キング|Ryuma do Kingu}} / {{Nihongo|Shimotsuki Ryuma|霜月リューマ|Shimotsuki Ryūma}}
;{{Nihongo|Ryuma de King|リューマ・ド・キング|Ryuma do Kingu}} / {{Nihongo|Shimotsuki Ryuma|霜月リューマ|Shimotsuki Ryūma}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Yoshimasa Hosoya]] ({{ill|vomic|ja|VOMIC}} and ONA)<ref name="Vomic">{{cite web|script-title=ja:MONSTERS:「ONE PIECE」尾田栄一郎の短編がボイスコミック化 細谷佳正がリューマに 坂本真綾、大塚芳忠も|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20210906dog00m200035000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=January 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906081834/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20210906dog00m200035000c.html|archive-date=September 6, 2021|language=ja|date=September 6, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ANN-2024-01-14">{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Anime of Eiichiro Oda's 'Monsters' Manga Unveils Cast, January 22 Debut in Trailer|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-14/anime-of-eiichiro-oda-monsters-manga-unveils-cast-january-22-debut-in-trailer/.206461|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114165758/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-14/anime-of-eiichiro-oda-monsters-manga-unveils-cast-january-22-debut-in-trailer/.206461|archive-date=January 14, 2024|date=January 14, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Robbie Daymond]]<ref name="BTVA-EN">{{cite web|title=Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation (2024) – English Dub Cast|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Monsters-103-Mercies-Dragon-Damnation/|website=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=January 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124090142/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Monsters-103-Mercies-Dragon-Damnation/|archive-date=January 24, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Yoshimasa Hosoya]] ({{ill|vomic|ja|VOMIC}} and ONA)<ref name="Vomic">{{cite web|script-title=ja:MONSTERS:「ONE PIECE」尾田栄一郎の短編がボイスコミック化 細谷佳正がリューマに 坂本真綾、大塚芳忠も|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20210906dog00m200035000c.html|website=[[Mantan Web]]|access-date=January 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906081834/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20210906dog00m200035000c.html|archive-date=September 6, 2021|language=ja|date=September 6, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ANN-2024-01-14">{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Anime of Eiichiro Oda's 'Monsters' Manga Unveils Cast, January 22 Debut in Trailer|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-14/anime-of-eiichiro-oda-monsters-manga-unveils-cast-january-22-debut-in-trailer/.206461|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114165758/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-14/anime-of-eiichiro-oda-monsters-manga-unveils-cast-january-22-debut-in-trailer/.206461|archive-date=January 14, 2024|date=January 14, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Robbie Daymond]]<ref name="BTVA-EN">{{cite web|title=Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation (2024) – English Dub Cast|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Monsters-103-Mercies-Dragon-Damnation/|website=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=January 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124090142/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Monsters-103-Mercies-Dragon-Damnation/|archive-date=January 24, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
:A wandering samurai who holds the title as the strongest swordsman. By the events of ''[[One Piece]]'', his corpse and sword are stolen by Gecko Moria to serve him on Thriller Bark. He ultimately entrusts his sword to [[Roronoa Zoro]].  
:A wandering samurai who holds the title as the strongest swordsman. By the events of ''[[One Piece]]'', his corpse and sword are stolen by Gecko Moria to serve him on Thriller Bark. He ultimately entrusts his sword to [[Roronoa Zoro]].  
;{{Nihongo|Flare|フレア|Furea}}
;{{Nihongo|Flare|フレア|Furea}}
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== Media ==
== Media ==
=== Manga ===
=== Manga ===
Written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, the ''Monsters'' one-shot was published by Shueisha in 1994 in the ''Autumn Special'' issue of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' (with [[cover date]] October 30).<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:尾田栄一郎氏の初期短編読切『MONSTERS』初のアニメ化決定 監督は『呪術廻戦』朴性厚氏|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2287850/full/|website=[[Oricon|Oricon News]]|access-date=December 15, 2023|language=ja|date=July 22, 2023|archive-date=November 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127191917/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2287850/full/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ 特別編集増刊1994年Autumn Special|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M616280|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215060812/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M616280|archive-date=December 15, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> The chapter was collected in the ''{{ill|Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Short Stories|ja|WANTED! 尾田栄一郎短編集}}'' volume, which released on November 4, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『ワンピース』尾田栄一郎の短編『MONSTERS』のアニメは2024年1月より世界同時配信。主人公リューマたちのビジュアルが公開|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202312/15327913.html|website=[[Famitsu]]|access-date=December 15, 2023|language=ja|date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215070010/https://www.famitsu.com/news/202312/15327913.html|archive-date=December 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> The character Ryuma would later appear as a [[zombie]] in Oda's ''[[One Piece]]'' manga series during the Thriller Bark [[story arc]], thus officially linking the events of both works.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:MONSTERS:中井和哉がアニメにサプライズ出演 竜役だった! ナレーションも 尾田栄一郎の伝説の短編原作|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20240121dog00m200012000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=January 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121201937/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20240121dog00m200012000c.html|archive-date=January 21, 2024|language=ja|date=January 22, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|title=Eiichiro Oda's 'Monsters' Anime Adaptation Sets Cast & New Trailer Ahead Of Next Week's Debut|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2024/01/15/eiichiro-odas-monsters-anime-adaptation-sets-cast-new-trailer-ahead-of-next-weeks-debut/|website=The Fandom Post|access-date=January 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115170653/https://www.fandompost.com/2024/01/15/eiichiro-odas-monsters-anime-adaptation-sets-cast-new-trailer-ahead-of-next-weeks-debut/|archive-date=January 15, 2024|language=ja|date=January 15, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Field, Luis|script-title=ja:尾田栄一郎先生の短編作品がアニメ化 リューマのバトルと「粋な演出」に絶賛の声『MONSTERS 一百三情飛龍侍極』|url=https://magmix.jp/post/208549/2|website=Magmix|publisher={{ill|Mediavague Co., Ltd.|ja|株式会社メディア・ヴァーグ}}|access-date=January 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122082123/https://magmix.jp/post/208549/2|archive-date=January 22, 2024|language=ja|date=January 22, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
Written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, the ''Monsters'' one-shot was published by Shueisha in 1994 in the ''Autumn Special'' issue of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' (with [[cover date]] October 30).<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:尾田栄一郎氏の初期短編読切『MONSTERS』初のアニメ化決定 監督は『呪術廻戦』朴性厚氏|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2287850/full/|website=[[Oricon|Oricon News]]|access-date=December 15, 2023|language=ja|date=July 22, 2023|archive-date=November 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127191917/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2287850/full/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ 特別編集増刊1994年Autumn Special|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M616280|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215060812/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M616280|archive-date=December 15, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> The chapter was collected in Oda's short stories volume ''{{ill|Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece|lt=Wanted!|ja|WANTED! 尾田栄一郎短編集}}'', released on November 4, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『ワンピース』尾田栄一郎の短編『MONSTERS』のアニメは2024年1月より世界同時配信。主人公リューマたちのビジュアルが公開|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202312/15327913.html|website=[[Famitsu]]|access-date=December 15, 2023|language=ja|date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215070010/https://www.famitsu.com/news/202312/15327913.html|archive-date=December 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> The character Ryuma would later appear as a [[zombie]] in Oda's ''[[One Piece]]'' manga series during the Thriller Bark [[story arc]], thus officially linking the events of both works.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:MONSTERS:中井和哉がアニメにサプライズ出演 竜役だった! ナレーションも 尾田栄一郎の伝説の短編原作|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20240121dog00m200012000c.html|website=[[Mantan Web]]|access-date=January 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121201937/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20240121dog00m200012000c.html|archive-date=January 21, 2024|language=ja|date=January 22, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|title=Eiichiro Oda's 'Monsters' Anime Adaptation Sets Cast & New Trailer Ahead Of Next Week's Debut|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2024/01/15/eiichiro-odas-monsters-anime-adaptation-sets-cast-new-trailer-ahead-of-next-weeks-debut/|website=The Fandom Post|access-date=January 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115170653/https://www.fandompost.com/2024/01/15/eiichiro-odas-monsters-anime-adaptation-sets-cast-new-trailer-ahead-of-next-weeks-debut/|archive-date=January 15, 2024|language=ja|date=January 15, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Field, Luis|script-title=ja:尾田栄一郎先生の短編作品がアニメ化 リューマのバトルと「粋な演出」に絶賛の声『MONSTERS 一百三情飛龍侍極』|url=https://magmix.jp/post/208549/2|website=Magmix|publisher={{ill|Mediavague Co., Ltd.|ja|株式会社メディア・ヴァーグ}}|access-date=January 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122082123/https://magmix.jp/post/208549/2|archive-date=January 22, 2024|language=ja|date=January 22, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>


[[Viz Media]] published the one-shot digitally on January 22, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Viz Media Publishes Eiichiro Oda's 'Monsters' 1-Shot Manga in English|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-22/viz-media-publishes-eiichiro-oda-monsters-1-shot-manga-in-english/.206756|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122203809/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-22/viz-media-publishes-eiichiro-oda-monsters-1-shot-manga-in-english/.206756|archive-date=January 22, 2024|date=January 22, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[Viz Media]] published the one-shot digitally on January 22, 2024,<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Viz Media Publishes Eiichiro Oda's 'Monsters' 1-Shot Manga in English|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-22/viz-media-publishes-eiichiro-oda-monsters-1-shot-manga-in-english/.206756|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122203809/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-22/viz-media-publishes-eiichiro-oda-monsters-1-shot-manga-in-english/.206756|archive-date=January 22, 2024|date=January 22, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> and published the ''Wanted!'' volume (under the title ''Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece'') on November 12 of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 10–16|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-11-15/north-american-anime-manga-releases-november-10-16/.217788|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203225645/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-11-15/north-american-anime-manga-releases-november-10-16/.217788|archive-date=December 3, 2024|date=November 15, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== Original net animation ===
=== Original net animation ===
In July 2023, it was announced that ''Monsters'' would be receiving an [[anime]] adaptation,<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Eiichiro Oda's 'Monsters' 1-Shot Manga Gets Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-22/eiichiro-oda-monsters-1-shot-manga-gets-anime/.200559|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 15, 2023|date=July 22, 2023|archive-date=November 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107135217/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-22/eiichiro-oda-monsters-1-shot-manga-gets-anime/.200559|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Anime of Eiichiro Oda's 'Monsters' Manga Reveals Visuals, January 2024 Netflix Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-14/anime-of-eiichiro-oda-monsters-manga-reveals-visuals-january-2024-netflix-debut/.205515|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 15, 2023|date=December 14, 2023|archive-date=January 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122084151/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-14/anime-of-eiichiro-oda-monsters-manga-reveals-visuals-january-2024-netflix-debut/.205515|url-status=live}}</ref> which was later revealed to be an original net animation that would go on to premiere worldwide on [[Netflix]] on January 21, 2024,<ref>{{cite web|last=Tan|first=Melvyn|title=Netflix Reveals Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation Anime’s Trailer, January 21 Premiere Date|url=https://anitrendz.net/news/2024/01/14/netflix-reveals-monsters-103-mercies-dragon-damnation-animes-trailer-january-21-premiere-date/|website=Anime Trending|access-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114163900/https://anitrendz.net/news/2024/01/14/netflix-reveals-monsters-103-mercies-dragon-damnation-animes-trailer-january-21-premiere-date/|archive-date=January 14, 2024|date=January 14, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=NetflixAnime|author=[[Netflix]]|number=1746547723409686691|title="ONE PIECE" author Eiichiro Oda's 1994 short story "MONSTERS" is receiving its first animated adaptation! MONSTERS 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation streams worldwide from January 21 on Netflix!|date=January 14, 2024|access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref> and January 23 in Japan.<ref name="Natalie-Premiere">{{cite web|script-title=ja:尾田栄一郎原作「MONSTERS」リューマ役に細谷佳正、フレア役に花澤香菜 予告も公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/556993|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114163221/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/556993|archive-date=January 14, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Premiered on January 22 at midnight [[Japan Standard Time|JST]], which is effectively January 23.<ref name="Natalie-Premiere"/>}} [[Medialink]] sub-licensed the ONA in Asia-Pacific for streaming on their Ani-One Asia [[YouTube]] channel.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Ani-One Asia Streams Metallic Rouge, Sengoku Youko, Monsters Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-08/ani-one-asia-streams-metallic-rouge-sengoku-youko-monsters-anime/.206236|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108193810/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-08/ani-one-asia-streams-metallic-rouge-sengoku-youko-monsters-anime/.206236|archive-date=January 8, 2024|date=January 8, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
In July 2023, it was announced that ''Monsters'' would be receiving an [[anime]] adaptation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Eiichiro Oda's 'Monsters' 1-Shot Manga Gets Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-22/eiichiro-oda-monsters-1-shot-manga-gets-anime/.200559|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 15, 2023|date=July 22, 2023|archive-date=November 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107135217/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-22/eiichiro-oda-monsters-1-shot-manga-gets-anime/.200559|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Anime of Eiichiro Oda's 'Monsters' Manga Reveals Visuals, January 2024 Netflix Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-14/anime-of-eiichiro-oda-monsters-manga-reveals-visuals-january-2024-netflix-debut/.205515|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 15, 2023|date=December 14, 2023|archive-date=January 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122084151/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-14/anime-of-eiichiro-oda-monsters-manga-reveals-visuals-january-2024-netflix-debut/.205515|url-status=live}}</ref> Titled  {{Nihongo|''Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation''|MONSTERS 一百三情飛龍侍極|Monsutāzu: Ippaku Sanjō Hiryū Jigoku}}, the [[original net animation]] (ONA) premiered worldwide on [[Netflix]] on January 21, 2024,<ref>{{cite web|last=Tan|first=Melvyn|title=Netflix Reveals Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation Anime’s Trailer, January 21 Premiere Date|url=https://anitrendz.net/news/2024/01/14/netflix-reveals-monsters-103-mercies-dragon-damnation-animes-trailer-january-21-premiere-date/|website=Anime Trending|access-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114163900/https://anitrendz.net/news/2024/01/14/netflix-reveals-monsters-103-mercies-dragon-damnation-animes-trailer-january-21-premiere-date/|archive-date=January 14, 2024|date=January 14, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=NetflixAnime|author=[[Netflix]]|number=1746547723409686691|title="ONE PIECE" author Eiichiro Oda's 1994 short story "MONSTERS" is receiving its first animated adaptation! MONSTERS 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation streams worldwide from January 21 on Netflix!|date=January 14, 2024|access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref> and January 23 in Japan.<ref name="Natalie-Premiere">{{cite web|script-title=ja:尾田栄一郎原作「MONSTERS」リューマ役に細谷佳正、フレア役に花澤香菜 予告も公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/556993|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114163221/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/556993|archive-date=January 14, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Premiered on January 22 at midnight [[Japan Standard Time|JST]], which is effectively January 23.<ref name="Natalie-Premiere"/>}} [[Medialink]] sub-licensed the ONA in Asia-Pacific for streaming on their Ani-One Asia [[YouTube]] channel.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Ani-One Asia Streams Metallic Rouge, Sengoku Youko, Monsters Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-08/ani-one-asia-streams-metallic-rouge-sengoku-youko-monsters-anime/.206236|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108193810/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-08/ani-one-asia-streams-metallic-rouge-sengoku-youko-monsters-anime/.206236|archive-date=January 8, 2024|date=January 8, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>


The ONA was directed by [[Sunghoo Park]], who was also in charge of composition, and animated by his studio E&H Production. Takashi Kojima served as character designer, with Fuminao Akai as art director, Ryoji Nagasawa as color designer, Lee Ju-Mi as director of photography, Keisuke Yanagi as editor, and Akiko Fujita as sound director. The music was composed by [[Hiroaki Tsutsumi]] and produced by Takeki Kobayashi.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:尾田栄一郎原作のアニメ「MONSTERS」2024年1月配信開始 キービジュ&キャラビジュ公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/553231|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 15, 2023|language=ja|date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215065956/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/553231|archive-date=December 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
The ONA was directed by [[Sunghoo Park]], who was also in charge of composition, and animated by his studio E&H Production. Takashi Kojima served as character designer, with Fuminao Akai as art director, Ryoji Nagasawa as color designer, Lee Ju-Mi as director of photography, Keisuke Yanagi as editor, and Akiko Fujita as sound director. The music was composed by [[Hiroaki Tsutsumi]] and produced by Takeki Kobayashi.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:尾田栄一郎原作のアニメ「MONSTERS」2024年1月配信開始 キービジュ&キャラビジュ公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/553231|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 15, 2023|language=ja|date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215065956/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/553231|archive-date=December 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>


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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.shonenjump.com/j/sp_monsters/|Official website at ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|https://www.shonenjump.com/j/sp_monsters/|Official website at ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''}} {{in lang|ja}}
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Monsters (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese one-shot manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It was published by Shueisha in the Autumn Special issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump in October 1994. An original net animation (ONA) adaptation, titled Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation, was produced by E&H Production and premiered on Netflix in January 2024.

Characters

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A wandering samurai who holds the title as the strongest swordsman. By the events of One Piece, his corpse and sword are stolen by Gecko Moria to serve him on Thriller Bark. He ultimately entrusts his sword to Roronoa Zoro.
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A young woman working as a waitress at a bar in a small town. She was the sole survivor of a dragon attack that destroyed her village, leading her to respect Cyrano who she falsely believed to be her savior.
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A master swordsman second to King, the strongest swordsman. He is in fact a thief who orchestrated the Great Disaster seven years ago that left Flare the only survivor of her village.
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A thief in town who frames Ryuma for stabbing him. He is in fact a cohort of Cyrano who framed Ryuma.
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The master and bartender of the cafe that Flare works at.
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A central character of One Piece who inherits Ryuma's sword on Thriller Bark in the future.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, the Monsters one-shot was published by Shueisha in 1994 in the Autumn Special issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump (with cover date October 30).[1][2] The chapter was collected in Oda's short stories volume Template:Ill, released on November 4, 1998.[3] The character Ryuma would later appear as a zombie in Oda's One Piece manga series during the Thriller Bark story arc, thus officially linking the events of both works.[4][5][6]

Viz Media published the one-shot digitally on January 22, 2024,[7] and published the Wanted! volume (under the title Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece) on November 12 of the same year.[8]

Original net animation

In July 2023, it was announced that Monsters would be receiving an anime adaptation.[9][10] Titled Template:Nihongo, the original net animation (ONA) premiered worldwide on Netflix on January 21, 2024,[11][12] and January 23 in Japan.[13]Template:Efn Medialink sub-licensed the ONA in Asia-Pacific for streaming on their Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.[14]

The ONA was directed by Sunghoo Park, who was also in charge of composition, and animated by his studio E&H Production. Takashi Kojima served as character designer, with Fuminao Akai as art director, Ryoji Nagasawa as color designer, Lee Ju-Mi as director of photography, Keisuke Yanagi as editor, and Akiko Fujita as sound director. The music was composed by Hiroaki Tsutsumi and produced by Takeki Kobayashi.[15]

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External links

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