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Monster

Monster (2004–2005)

MONSTER

The only thing humans are equal in is death.

Release:2004–2005
Seasons:1
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

Genre

AnimationCrimeDrama
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Keywords

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Monster rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

TMDb8.5/10· 775 votes

About Monster

Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.

Cast of Monster

  • Hidenobu Kiuchi

    Hidenobu Kiuchi

    as Tenma (voice)

  • Nozomu Sasaki

    Nozomu Sasaki

    as Johan Liebert (voice)

  • Mamiko Noto

    Mamiko Noto

    as Nina Verdona (voice)

  • Tsutomu Isobe

    Tsutomu Isobe

    as Lunk (voice)

Our take on Monster

Naoki Urasawa's anime masterpiece follows a brilliant surgeon who saves a child's life, only to learn the boy grows into a monstrous serial killer — and to chase him across Europe in a moral nightmare. Slow, meticulous and deeply unsettling, it's a peerless psychological thriller. If its dread and ethical weight gripped you, seek out cerebral thriller anime and crime dramas about conscience, guilt and the nature of evil.

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources

Episodes: 74
Ep. length: 24m

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