The anime MONSTERS: 103 Mercy Dragon Damnation has revealed its first trailer with the main voice cast, as well as a global release date of January 21 on Netflix. It’s another story by ONE PIECE author Eiichiro Oda. Sunghoo Park is directing the anime, with E&H Production Studio handling the animation. This will be a single episode and you can watch the first trailer:
Yoshimasa Hosoya will voice Ryuma, while the full main cast includes:
- Yoshimasa Hosoya vai Ryuma
- Kana Hanazawa plays Flare
- Hiroki Tochi vai Cyrano
- Mitsuaki Madono vaai DR
- Katsuhito Nomura as Bartender
The anime previously revealed key images of the main characters on December 15:
Monsters is based on Eiichiro Oda’s one-shot manga, telling the story of legendary swordsman Ryuma. Ryuma comes from the Land of Wano in One Piece and the story is officially canon. The anime will have one episode and the voice cast will be revealed later. It’s worth noting that the manga received a dubbed version in 2021, which features Yoshimasa Hosoya as Ryuma, Sakamoto Maaya as Flare, Otsuka Hochu as Cyrano, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as DR, and Terashima Takuma as Bartender.
Monster anime staff:
- Director/Composer: Sunghoo Park
- Character design: Takashi Kojima
- Art director: Fuminao Akai
- Color design: Ryoji Nagasawa
- Director of photography: Shumei Lee
- Editor: Keisuke Yanagi
- Music: Hiroaki Tsutsumi
- Music producer: Kenki Kobayashi
- Sound director: Akiko Fujita
- Animation/studio production: E&H Production
Official summary: In this era of peace, only a “fear” dances in the sky and disturbs the gentle flow of time. A “fear” that could mean the absolute destruction of the land. It was the appearance of a dragon.
Source: Netflix X Account© Eiichiro Oda / Shueisha, MONSTERS Production Committee