
MONSTER

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#112 All-Time Popularity
- Format
- TV
- Episodes
- 74
- Episode Duration
- 24 minutes
- Status
- finished
- Start Date
- 4-7-2004
- End Date
- 9-28-2005
- Season
- spring 2004
- Average Score
- 8.8
- Mean Score
- 8.8
- Studios
- MADHOUSE
- Producers
- VAP Viz Media Nippon Television Network
- Source
- manga
- Genres
- Drama Horror Mystery Psychological Thriller
Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a renowned Japanese brain surgeon working at a leading hospital in Germany. One night, Dr. Tenma risks his reputation and career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy over that of the town mayor who had been planning to support the hospital financially. A string of mysterious murders begin to occur soon after the operation, and Dr. Tenma emerges as the primary suspect despite no incriminating evidence.
A doctor is taught to believe that all life is equal; however, when another series of murders occur in the surgeon's vicinity, Dr. Tenma's beliefs are shaken as his actions that night are shown to have much broader consequences than he could have imagined. Leaving behind his life as a surgeon he embarks on a journey across the country to unravel the mystery of the boy he saved.
Characters

Kenzou Tenma
main
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Japanese


Johan Liebert
main
Nozomu Sasaki
Japanese


Anna Liebert
main
Mamiko Noto
Japanese


Heinrich Lunge
main
Tsutomu Isobe
Japanese


Eva Heinemann
main
Mami Koyama
Japanese


Wolfgang Grimmer
supporting
Hideyuki Tanaka
Japanese

Staff

Naoki Urasawa
Original Creator

Kitarou Kousaka
Original Character Design

Masayuki Kojima
Director

Ryousuke Nakamura
Assistant Director

Hideyuki Akana
Supervisor

Takashi Nagasaki
Supervisor
Recommendations
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Kenzou Tenma
main
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Japanese


Johan Liebert
main
Nozomu Sasaki
Japanese


Anna Liebert
main
Mamiko Noto
Japanese


Heinrich Lunge
main
Tsutomu Isobe
Japanese


Eva Heinemann
main
Mami Koyama
Japanese


Wolfgang Grimmer
supporting
Hideyuki Tanaka
Japanese


Dieter
supporting
Junko Takeuchi
Japanese


Roberto
supporting
Nobuyuki Katsube
Japanese


Akanbou
supporting
Kazuo Kumakura
Japanese


Helmut Wolf
supporting
Kouichi Kitamura
Japanese


Christof Sievernich
supporting
Masashi Hironaka
Japanese


Franz Bonaparta
supporting
Nachi Nozawa
Japanese


Petr Čapek
supporting
Nobuo Tanaka
Japanese


Rudy-Ulrich Gillen
supporting
Takayuki Sugou
Japanese


Jan Suk
supporting
Hisayoshi Suganuma
Japanese


Fritz Vardemann
supporting
Ryuusuke Oobayashi
Japanese


Hans Georg Schuwald
supporting
Michio Hazama
Japanese


Karl Neumann
supporting
Tomokazu Seki
Japanese


Lotte Frank
supporting
Kyouko Hikami
Japanese


Otto Heckel
supporting
Yoshito Yasuhara
Japanese


Julius Reichwein
supporting
Ichirou Nagai
Japanese


Martin Reest
supporting
Shuuichi Ikeda
Japanese


Jaromír Lipský
supporting
Hiroaki Hirata
Japanese


Gunther Milch
supporting
Shigeru Chiba
Japanese


Gustav Milch
supporting
Wataru Takagi
Japanese


Naoki Urasawa
Original Creator

Kitarou Kousaka
Original Character Design

Masayuki Kojima
Director

Ryousuke Nakamura
Assistant Director

Hideyuki Akana
Supervisor

Takashi Nagasaki
Supervisor

Tatsuhiko Urahata
Series Composition

Shigeru Fujita
Character Design

Hiroshi Shimizu
Prop Design

Yoshitaka Yasuda
Weapon Design

Yuuji Ikeda
Art Director

Tomoyuki Shimizu
Art Director

Katsushi Aoki
Assistant Art Director

Chikako Kamata
Color Design

Ryuu Takizawa
Director of Photography

Satoshi Terauchi
Editing

Masayuki Narai
CG Producer

Yasunori Honda
Sound Director

Takuya Hasegawa
Sound Effects

Kuniaki Haishima
Music

Kazunari Sengoku
Music Production

Hideyuki Asada
Music Production

Ikuo Hoshina
Music Production

Ichitarou Komada
Music Production

Satoshi Yoshimoto
Animation Producer
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