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Amazon Developing ‘Monstress’ Adult Animated Series From ‘One Piece’ Producer Steven Maeda

The project signals Prime Video’s bet on prestige adult animation drawn from acclaimed comics.

Overview

  • Amazon MGM Studios is developing an adult animated adaptation of Image ComicsMonstress with Steven Maeda set to write and co-showrun.
  • Tiffany Greshler will serve as co-showrunner and executive producer alongside Maeda, whose recent work includes Netflix’s live-action One Piece.
  • Original creators Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda will executive produce with Jason Brown and Ryan Stayton, who is attached through the Hivemind banner.
  • Prime Video’s official description calls it an Asian-inspired fantasy about a young woman who carries a literal monster as she hunts for her past and her mother’s killer.
  • The comic launched in 2015 and has won four Hugo Awards and seven Eisners, positioning the adaptation as a high-profile play in genre animation.