Sea Monster

Sea Monster
Name
Japanese	シーモンスター
Rōmaji	Sīmonsutā
Profile
Species	Yōkai
Gender	Unknown

The Sea Monster (シーモンスター Sīmonsutā) is a giant sea serpent like monster.

History

Kitarō and Yōkai Daizukai

It was seen attacking Kitarō on the sea.

Legend

Mizuki's illustration of Sea Serpent.

In his books, Shigeru Mizuki refereed the tales of Sea Monster to various other legends of sea creatures such as sea serpents, Leviathan, Jörmungandr, Oceanus, giant fish, and Sea Monk.

Trivia

• Sea Monster's illustration by Shigeru Mizuki is presumably based on works by Paul Gustave Doré, Paradise Lost in 1866, The Monkey and the Dolphin in 1867, and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Part the First in 1875.
• One of waterspouts in the illustration of Sea Monster based on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was later reused in the illustration of Hebinami.