Monster

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Title:	Monster
Overall:	Unevaluated
Keywords:	2003, 2004, Action, Creepy, Dark, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural
Notables:	NOTO Mamiko SEKI Tomokazu TAKEUCHI Junko
The Japanese Neurosurgeon Dr Kenzo Tenma had everything going for him in his position as lead surgeon of neurosurgery at a hospital in Düsseldorf, Germany. His genius as a surgeon had attracted, not only, the attention of the director of surgery at the hospital, but also an engagement to a beautiful Eva, the director's daughter. On one fateful dark evening, he defies the instructions of the director to abandon his current patient, a 12-year-old gunshot victim, to an almost certain death and refuses to performs surgery to save the life of the town mayor. He does what does what he thinks a true doctor should do and his young patient survives, the mayor dies, and in his decision, he has ignored the politics at the hospital, sacrificing all of his successes. As punishment, the director has taken away his lead-position at the hospital, Eva rejects him very harshly, returning his engagement ring to him, and all options of further promotion are denied to him. But Dr Tenma is solid in his belief that he did the right thing in saving the life of the young boy. Several nights later, in a triple homicide, the director and two of his political cronies are murdered. In having an alibi, Dr Tenma finds these events appear to have rescued his career at the hospital, but the mystery as to the deaths and the sudden disappearance of his young patient, and his twin sister, cause him much concern. It is only later, after a number of unexplained murders, does Dr Tenma come to learn that his success as a surgeon in saving a life, may have resulted in his saving someone so horrendous and amoral, that they can only be called a monster'. Anime series based on the famous "Monster" manga by Naoki Urasawa. 74 TV Episodes Animation by Madhouse and others Not yet licensed for R1 release ANIDB award winner for being within the top 10 anime series (in the 2004/05 year) and the BEST VILLAIN award for the 2004 year! 2:38 Series Opening and David Bowie twisted closing - YouTube Video

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Overall	Art	Animation	Character Design	Music	Series Story	Episode Story	Reviewer

Unevaluated 4							lucy-san	#
Monster 1 Episode watched... It was boring, i had to force myself through the whole episode. Because i like mystery, supernatural and action genres, i think it's going to be a while until i start episode 2. Yess i will give it another chance! Last updated Wednesday, December 26 2007.

Unevaluated 4							Jan-Chan	#
Monster I can only share with you a very amazing WOW!!! This series is a very dark Hitchcock type of anime-drama, in which the best intentions can unexpectedly, result in the worst results. I have to thank Ms Meme-chan for steering to this series, but if you like horror-suspense (kinda like Boogiepop Phantom, but a lot more real and more darker,) then you might enjoy this series. As a fan-sub download, I have seen up to episode 18, and I am seriously hooked .. but I am afraid about how much more blood and horror I may have to watch, before this series turns the corner and starts to track down the monster. This series does have its slow moments, in which the characters are filled out, but it never looses its tone as a drama-horror , with each episode sharing a bit more understanding as to who or what the monster is . Based on what I have seen so far this series is going to have a very horrific and bloody rating of * buy . Quick update - episode # 42 has just been released, and the details as to horror that has bred such a child-monster is slowly being released. * Last updated Wednesday, March 30 2005.

Other Sites

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Official Japanese Series Web Sie	http://www.ntv.co.jp/monster/
Animesuki Fansub Torrent Resource Site	http://www.animesuki.com/series.php/378.html
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