Eiichiro Oda’s manga before One Piece will become an anime

Who isn’t familiar with the name Eiichiro Oda, as he is the one who has blessed the community with the longest-running animanga series, One Piece? Well, one more project from the mangaka will bless our screens next year in a new anime adaptation: Monsters.

The talented mangaka worked on a one-shot manga titled Monsters in 1994, before the pirates-centered series One Piece made its debut. Interestingly, the one-shot is canon to the famous series as it involves many characters from the same world.

Monsters revolve around Ryuma, who appears as a zombie in One Piece’s Thriller Bark Arc. Isn’t it intriguing that a character who appeared as a half-dead creature will make their debut as a lead in an upcoming anime?

The standalone manga was first published in the Shonen Jump Magazine’s Autumn Special edition in 1994.

Eiichiro Oda’s Monsters anime will arrive in 2024

The Monsters anime adaptation was officially announced on One Piece Day 2023, with the other big announcement about Luffy’s Gear 5 debut in the anime. And on November 29, 2023, the news of it being released in 2024 emerged. However, we don’t have any clue about the exact release date yet.

With the release window information, we also learned that E&H Animation Studio is developing the anime, and it’s being directed and composed by Sunghoo Park.

Park has previously directed Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1 and Jujutsu Kaisen 0, so we should relax and need not worry about the Monsters’ direction.

The anime is yet to come, but Oda’s fans can’t wait for it to grace the screens. As the announcement surfaced on X, the fandom already called it a peak. Several fans have also started cheering for the G.O.A.T Mangaka, Eiichiro Oda, and the brilliant director Sunghoo Park.

One of the fans has shown concern about the health of Park – their tweet reads: “Sunghoo Park is working on three projects right now; what a goat. Hope he isn’t stretching himself too thin.”

Seeing the enthusiasm of the animanga community, we have to say that Monsters will surely get all the love that Oda’s One Piece has gathered over the years.

How to watch Crunchyroll from outside your location in 2023

Crunchyroll is the world’s best hub for streaming anime, whether it’s One Piece, Attack on Titan, or Jujutsu Kaisen – and thanks to ExpressVPN, you can access the platform’s full library even if you’re outside the US.

If you’re abroad, here’s what you need to do to access Crunchyroll’s full selection – and it really is this simple:

1. Sign up for ExpressVPN, which has ultra-fast servers and offers a secure, private connection wherever you are in the world
2.  Connect to a location anywhere in the US; Express VPN allows you to choose from 24 different spots, from New Jersey to Santa Monica
3.  Visit Crunchyroll online and start streaming all of your favorite animes – and perhaps some you’ve never watched

Accessing Crunchyroll’s US roster makes a difference; for example, Hong Kong users only have access to less than 100 titles, while the US has nearly 1,000 movies and TV shows.

You can also stream anime on Crunchyroll for free with an ad-supported plan, or you can pay for a subscription – there’s even a 14-day free trial if you can’t quite make up your mind.

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