Naoki Urasawa Animates Music Video for Rodrigo Y Gabriela Track Based on His Manga Monster
The collaboration marks a rare direct animation project by Urasawa, who adapted his own manga into a music video for a Grammy-winning act that wrote the track without knowing he was a fan.
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Manga creator Naoki Urasawa illustrated the cover for Rodrigo y Gabriela's single "MON ster" and directed and animated its music video, which shows a timelapse of the cover being drawn. The track is based on Urasawa's manga Monster and will appear on the duo's upcoming album OurHome, out September 18.
Rodrigo y Gabriela revealed Wednesday that Naoki Urasawa illustrated the cover of their single "MON ster" and directed and animated its music video. The video features a timelapse of the cover being drawn. Quintero said the duo wrote the track without knowing Urasawa was a fan of theirs. "MON ster" will appear on the duo's album OurHome, due September 18 via ATO Records. Urasawa's Monster ran in Shogakukan's Big Comic from 1994 to 2001 and was adapted into a 2004 anime by Mad House.
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