{"rewrite":{"id":"r_fb61adf6aa24915ac69c44cb","clusterId":"c_146fcf9affe589000df38570","slug":"naoki-urasawa-animates-music-video-for-rodrigo-y-gabriela-track-based-on-his-manga-monster","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Naoki Urasawa Animates Music Video for Rodrigo Y Gabriela Track Based on His Manga Monster","summary":"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.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eRodrigo y Gabriela revealed Wednesday that Naoki Urasawa illustrated the cover of their single \u0026#34;MON ster\u0026#34; 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. \u0026#34;MON ster\u0026#34; will appear on the duo\u0026#39;s album \u003ci\u003eOurHome\u003c/i\u003e, due September 18 via ATO Records. Urasawa\u0026#39;s \u003ci\u003eMonster\u003c/i\u003e ran in Shogakukan\u0026#39;s \u003ci\u003eBig Comic\u003c/i\u003e from 1994 to 2001 and was adapted into a 2004 anime by Mad House.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Urasawa directed and animated a timelapse of his own cover art. The video is a making-of, not a narrative extension of Monster.","twitterPost":"Urasawa's video is a timelapse of his cover drawing, not a story. The track is named after his manga but tells no new tale.","threadsPost":"Urasawa didn't just illustrate the cover for Rodrigo y Gabriela's single. He also directed and animated the music video, which is a timelapse of him drawing that cover. The track is based on his manga Monster, but the video shows the creation process, not a story scene.","newsletterBlurb":"Naoki Urasawa has illustrated the cover for Rodrigo y Gabriela's single \"MON ster\" and directed and animated its music video. The track is based on his manga Monster and will appear on the duo's upcoming album OurHome, due September 18.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-06-12/naoki-urasawa-animates-new-rodrigo-y-gabriela-music-video-monster/.238420\",\"title\":\"Interest: Naoki Urasawa 'Animates' New Rodrigo y Gabriela Music Video 'Monster'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3834,"outputTokens":582,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1781315599,"createdAt":"2026-06-13T01:42:25.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-13T01:46:16.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-13T01:46:16.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_146fcf9affe589000df38570","canonicalTitle":"Interest\nNaoki Urasawa 'Animates' New Rodrigo y Gabriela Music Video 'Monster'","representativeArticleId":"a_826b989782176495d0abc07f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Monster\"],\"work_titles\":[\"Monster\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Naoki Urasawa\",\"Rodrigo y Gabriela\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"music\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-13T01:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-13T01:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-13T01:46:17.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-06-12/naoki-urasawa-animates-new-rodrigo-y-gabriela-music-video-monster/.238420","title":"Interest\nNaoki Urasawa 'Animates' New Rodrigo y Gabriela Music Video 'Monster'"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Monster"],"work_titles":["Monster"],"studios":[],"people":["Naoki Urasawa","Rodrigo y Gabriela"],"type":"news","domain":"music","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Naoki Urasawa illustrated the cover of 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 'MON ster' is based on Urasawa's manga Monster and will appear on the duo's album OurHome, out September 18 via ATO Records.","Rodrigo y Gabriela wrote the song without knowing Urasawa was a fan of theirs, according to Quintero.","Urasawa's Monster manga ran in Shogakukan's Big Comic from 1994 to 2001 and was adapted into a 2004 anime by Mad House."]}