In a latest interview, Eiichiro Oda revealed that he initially turned down a suggestion to adapt his one-shot MONSTERS changed into an anime greater than ten years in the past.
Oda stated that greater than ten years in the past, throughout Leap Festa or an Anime Tour, he obtained a suggestion to animate MONSTERSNevertheless, he turned down the supply, as he was primarily involved in regards to the followers of A chunk won’t admire a standalone story from early in his profession.
“…lengthy earlier than this adaptation occurred, greater than 10 years in the past, was it at Leap Festa or an Anime Tour? There was a suggestion to animate MONSTERS. However I turned it down on the time. I believed it would not be enjoyable to indicate the viewers, who have been wanting ahead to ONE PIECE, one thing I made after I was youthful (LOL).“
He defined his thought course of by sharing a private anecdote. He recalled attending an anime tour for Akira Toriyama and feeling excited when he noticed that one in every of Toriyama’s earlier one-shot tales had been tailored into an anime.
Regardless of this, Oda shared that he couldn’t think about A chunk followers who really feel the identical about MONSTERS earlier.
Discussions about anime diversifications picked up once more after the completion of the Wano Nation Arc in A chunkwho had ties to the Thriller Bark Arc.
Based on Oda, this was the right time to greenlight the movie adaptation, as he MONSTERS as applicable A chunk subplot.
“I simply gave my approval, however I did not actually clarify to them the connection to ONE PIECE, however then Zoro confirmed up on the storyboard they despatched me on the finish, and I used to be like, ‘Yeah, that is good,’” he added.
The anime adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s ‘MONSTERS‘ manga, titled MONSTERS: 103 Mercy Dragons Damnationpremiered on Netflix on January 22, 2024.
The anime was directed by Sunghoo Park, recognized for his position as director Jujutsu Kaisen season 1 and Jiujutsu Kaisen 0.
The anime was produced by E&H Manufacturing.
MONS is a one-shot manga by Eiichiro Oda, initially showing within the 1994 Shonen Leap Autumn Particular. It was later reprinted in 1998 as a part of “Wished!”, a compilation of Oda’s pre-One Piece works.
As a part of the One Piece 100 We Are ONE celebration, a voice comedy adaptation of “MONSTERS” was produced. The difference was launched in two components on the Leap Comics Channel on September 6-7, 2021.
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