Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein


The Monster Of Frankenstein

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Synonyms: Frankensteins Monster, Horror Legend - Bizarre! Frankenstein, Kyofu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein
Japanese: 恐怖伝説 怪奇!フランケンシュタイン
English: The Monster Of Frankenstein
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Type: TV Special
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 27, 1981
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Toei Animation
Source: Novel
Genres: DramaDrama, HorrorHorror, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Duration: 1 hr. 29 min.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 5.621 (scored by 757757 users)
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Ranked: #115112
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Popularity: #11493
Members: 2,112
Favorites: 2

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Synopsis

Airing on TV Asahi in 1981, with a running time of 111 minutes, Frankenstein is a reasonably standard retelling of the classic book by Mary Shelley. In a foreboding castle scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein performs a hideous experiment which he hopes will bring the dead back to life. With the help of his assistant he is successful in reanimating a man recreated from parts gathered from corpses but the creature is unpredictable and horrifying. The doctor flees back to his home in Switzerland leaving his assistant in charge of destroying the monster. But Dr. Frankenstein soon finds that he cannot hide from his shameful secret forever as mysterious murders are committed around him forcing him to question if his creation really is dead and gone...

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Shelley, Mary
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Ashida, Toyoo
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Reviews

Oct 28, 2016
Overall an 8.
seen via eng dub
note: you may see a time issue. you may be watching the 88 minute version not the longer one listed here. Some say the 88 version is incomplete because of this but they are wrong. The difference is the commercials. yes, that is the reason behind the difference. So, with that said in mind the person who is wrong are those claiming the longer version 150 or so minutes.

Pros and cons

Pros
- very touching piece
- artwork was decent
-voice work matched the lips
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Oct 9, 2017
I watched Kyoufu Kaiki! Frankenstein (also known as Monster of Frankenstein and Frankenstein Legend of Terror). An Anime movie from 1981 based on Frankenstein. I watched the Dub that was made in 1984, so one of the older Dubs out there. Most of the voice cast seems to not be VAs I’m used to, but Emily sounds like Nunnally from Code Geass.

The movie was enjoyable, but flawed. For the first half it seemed like they were dropping the usually sympathetic depiction of the Monster. When it does come into play, it makes the first half feel poorly executed.

It’s clearly a ...
Jun 2, 2016
Mixed Feelings
Someplace, lies in the recess of collective psyche a piece of Austrian Switzerland, a craggy network of mounts and valleys of which the Liechtenstein represents most vividly its expression. Indeed, disheveled minds would be prompt to populate the Schloss Vaduz's walls with the figure of doctor Victor Frankenstein. The mythopoeic representation of a Swiss Prometheus trying to vainquish Death can only excite reveries amidst the somewhat monotonous landscape of the Alps. However, one has to wonder what led Toei animation to produce a TV Special around the Monster of Frankenstein by mid 1981. Up to this year, Mary Shelley's myth had been seriously dented by ...

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