Monster

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Japanese: モンスター
English: Monster
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Type: TV
Episodes: 74
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 7, 2004 to Sep 28, 2005
Premiered: Spring 2004
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 00:40 (JST)
Licensors: VIZ Media
Studios: Madhouse
Source: Manga
Genres: DramaDrama, MysteryMystery, SuspenseSuspense
Themes: Adult CastAdult Cast, PsychologicalPsychological
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

Statistics

Score: 8.891 (scored by 474298474,298 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #242
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #121
Members: 1,246,267
Favorites: 58,326

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Synopsis

Dr. Kenzou Tenma, an elite neurosurgeon recently engaged to his hospital director's daughter, is well on his way to ascending the hospital hierarchy. That is until one night, a seemingly small event changes Dr. Tenma's life forever. While preparing to perform surgery on someone, he gets a call from the hospital director telling him to switch patients and instead perform life-saving brain surgery on a famous performer. His fellow doctors, fiancée, and the hospital director applaud his accomplishment; but because of the switch, a poor immigrant worker is dead, causing Dr. Tenma to have a crisis of conscience.

So when a similar situation arises, Dr. Tenma stands his ground and chooses to perform surgery on the young boy Johan Liebert instead of the town's mayor. Unfortunately, this choice leads to serious ramifications for Dr. Tenma—losing his social standing being one of them. However, with the mysterious death of the director and two other doctors, Dr. Tenma's position is restored. With no evidence to convict him, he is released and goes on to attain the position of hospital director.

Nine years later when Dr. Tenma saves the life of a criminal, his past comes back to haunt him—once again, he comes face to face with the monster he operated on. He must now embark on a quest of pursuit to make amends for the havoc spread by the one he saved.

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"Grain" by Kuniaki Haishima
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Ending Theme

1: "For The Love of Life" by David Sylvian (eps 1-32)
2: "Make It Home" by Fujiko Heming (eps 33-74)




Reviews

Jul 10, 2025
Main Rating: 9.3/10
Status: Highly Recommended


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Story: 9.4/10
Monster tells the chilling story of Dr. Kenzo Tenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon who chooses to save the life of a young boy instead of a powerful politician. That choice leads him into a moral labyrinth spanning years, countries, and identities. The story is hauntingly realistic, packed with philosophical undertones about justice, guilt, and the value of human life.
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Jun 24, 2025
Mixed Feelings
Too many side stories spoil what could have been a decent anime. This is not a overly complex anime at all. There are very few things you might be confused about (the last 5 mins maybe). It was hard for me to complete it. Many times I stopped and then picked it up again. If this was condnsed into a 36-48 episode anime it would have been better. Atleast a 7/10. The ending was satisfying I'll give it that.

Tenma unfortunately is not someone i came to like very much. In fact there isn't a single character that i particularly liked. The characters are very ...
May 23, 2025
FunnyFunny
74 episodes. Holy fuck this show is overrated.

I kept getting reccomended this and finally decided to watch it. It took me nearly a year to watch this pretentious pseudo intellectual anime.

I really wanted to enjoy this show, the first episode and the premise really hook you immediately, and for 20ish episodes the progression is interesting enough. Unfortunately the longer it goes the more flat and useless every character and every subplot seem to get.

New interesting characters continually get introduced just to be thrown away for a small story arc which somewhat build/add to the world and tone, but more often than not they ...

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