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Monster (TV)

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© 2004 Naoki Urasawa, Studio Nuts/Shogakukan, VAP, NTV


[ adapted from Monster (manga) ]

Alternative title:
O Monstro (Portuguese)
Монстр (Russian)
モンスター (Japanese)
怪物 (Chinese (Taiwan))
몬스터
Themes: crime, historical, police
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, had it all: incredible skill at his work, a rich and beautiful fiancee, and a promising career at his hospital. However, after becoming disenchanted by hospital politics, he chose to save the life of a young boy who got shot in the head over the life of the mayor. As a result he lost the support of the hospital director, as well as his position in the hospital and his fiance. A short time later, the hospital director and the doctors that replaced him were murdered, and once again he was catapulted back onto the top. But as the chief suspect of the murders, Tenma did not get a easy life. As a matter of fact, it seems that the boy he saved was much more than he had appeared to be... Now to clear his name and to correct his past mistake, Tenma must get to the bottom of these and other murders, and investigate the truth of the Monster who is behind all of this.
User Ratings: 2026 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1030 votes (sub:934, Spa.sub:36, dub:33, raw:6, ?:4, Por.sub:3, Rus.dub:2, Spa.dub:2, edit.dub:2, Ita.sub:2, Ger.sub:2, Fre.sub:1, French:1, Pol.sub:1, Spanish:1)
 Excellent: 462 votes (sub:423, Spa.sub:14, dub:13, Ita.sub:3, Fre.sub:2, raw:1, Pol.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, ?:1, Rus.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Very good: 227 votes (sub:210, dub:6, Spa.sub:4, raw:2, ?:1, Ger.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 118 votes (sub:107, dub:6, Spa.sub:3, ?:1, Por.sub:1)
 Decent: 40 votes (sub:34, dub:2, Spa.sub:1, ?:1, Por.sub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 54 votes (sub:49, Rus.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, raw:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 24 votes (sub:21, dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Weak: 29 votes (sub:28, Fre.sub:1)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:9, Spa.sub:2, Ger.sub:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 18 votes (sub:15, dub:2, Spa.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 3364 users, rank: #133
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.801 (Excellent-.19), std. dev.: 1.9002, rank: #58
Weighted mean: 8.770 (Excellent-.23), rank: #55 (seen all: 9.09 / seen some: 7.88 / won't finish: 5.66)
Bayesian estimate: 8.764 (Excellent-.23), rank: #13
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 74
Episode titles: We have 74
Vintage:
2004-04-06 to 2005-09-27
2007-11-29 to 2008-06-05 (Singapore, Arts Central)
2008-09-07 (Latin América - CityVibe)
2009-10-12 (USA, SyFy - Ani-Monday)
Opening Theme:
"Grain" by Kuniaki Haishima
Ending Theme:
#1: "For The Love of Life" by David Sylvian (eps 1-32)
#2: "Make It Home" by Fujiko Heming (eps 33-74)
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 12
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Related releases:
    Monster - Box Set 1 (DVD) 2009-12-08 (from $32.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Masayuki Kojima

Series Composition: Tatsuhiko Urahata

Music: Kuniaki Haishima

Original creator: Naoki Urasawa

Character Design: Shigeru Fujita

Art director: Yuji Ikeda

Chief Animation Director: Shigeru Fujita

Character Conceptual Design: Kitaro Kousaka

Sound director: Yasunori Honda

Director of Photography: Ryuu Takisawa

Producer:
Hiroshi Yamashita
Manabu Tamura
Masao Maruyama
Takuya Yui

Animation producer: Satoru Yoshimoto

Color design: Chikako Kamada

Key Animation: Jamie Vickers (ep 24)

Planning:
Masahiko Osawa
Masaichi Kubo
Mitsuru Ohshima

Supervision:
Hideyuki Akana (Shogagukan Big Comic Original)
Takashi Nagasaki (Studio Bee)

Theme Song Arrangement: Kuniaki Haishima

Theme Song Composition: Kuniaki Haishima

Theme Song Performance: David Sylvian (ED)

 

Hidenobu Kiuchi as Kenzou Tenma

Mamiko Noto as Nina Fortner/Anna Liebert

Nozomu Sasaki as Johan Liebert

Hideyuki Tanaka as Mr. Wolfgang Grimmer 

Ichirô Nagai as Dr. Reichwein

Junko Takeuchi as Dieter

Mami Koyama as Eva Heinemann

Tsutomu Isobe as Inspector Runge

Akemi Okamura as
Anna
Tomasz

Akiko Yajima as Wim

Akio Ohtsuka as Milan Kolasch

Asako Fujii as Milan (Young)

Atsuko Tanaka as Margott

Aya Endo as Coletta (ep 14)

Aya Ishizu as Runge's Daughter 

Banjou Ginga as Rosso

Bin Shimada as Man (ep 40)

Chika Sakamoto as Martin

Chikao Ohtsuka as Petrov

Eiji Hanawa as
Constantin
Herbert
Peter

Fumihiko Tachiki as
Detective (ep 14)
Soldier (ep 22)

Fumito Yamano as Hugo Bernhardt

Goro Naya as Blind Old Man (ep 5)

Haruhi Terada as Idi

Hikaru Miyata as Board Chairman

Hikaru Tokita as Karl Neumann (Young)

Hiroaki Hirata as Lipsky (ep 69)

Hirohiko Kakegawa as Phillip Zeeman

Hiroshi Arikawa as Reinhart Braun

Hiroshi Yanaka as Dr. Eisen

Hisayoshi Suganuma as Detective Jan Suk (ep 43+)

Houko Kuwashima as Vietnamese female doctor (ep 34) 

Iemasa Kayumi as Goedelitz

Ikue Ohtani as Elsa

Ikuko Tani as Petra

Ikuya Sawaki as Mintag

Isamu Tanonaka as Old Man (ep 34)

Issei Futamata as Novacek

Jun Sagawa as Mehres

Junko Noda as
Fritz
Mikhail
Moharu

Katsuhiko Kobayashi as Dr. Schumann (ep 13)

Katsuhisa Houki as Messner

Katsunosuke Hori as Chief Nebela

Kazuhiro Nakata as Man in City (ep 6)

Kazuki Yao as Imprisoned Killer (ep 35)

Kazuko Yanaga as Margott Langer (Fake)

Kazuo Kumakura as The Baby

Keiichi Sonobe as Schoene

Ken Yamaguchi as Toshio Iwai

Kinryuu Arimoto as Gross

Kiri Yoshizawa as Teen Carl

Kiyonobu Suzuki as Max Steindorf

Kôichi Kitamura as General Helmut Wolfe

Kumiko Nishihara as Dancer (ep 64)

Kumiko Takizawa as Aishe

Kyoko Hikami as Lotte Frank

Kyouko Hanemura as Mrs. Hilmann

Mai Tsukada as Anna Liebert (Young)

Mamiko Noto as
Female Reporter
Nurse

Masaaki Tsukada as
Farobeck
Hols

Masaaki Yajima as Hartmann

Masahiko Tanaka as Dr. Boyer

Masaru Ikeda as Director Heinemann

Masashi Hironaka as Christof Sievernich

Masato Hirano as Kuntz

Masayuki Tanaka as Dr. Boyer

Masuo Amada as Inspector Gantz

Megumi Kobayashi as Clara

Megumi Toyoguchi as Librarian (eps 34-35)

Michio Hazama as Hans Georg Schubert

Michito Hasam as Schuwalt

Miki Ono as
Ilsa
Turkish Woman (ep1)

Mitsuaki Madono as Dr. Nolan

Mitsuru Hanada as Yamamoto

Mitsuru Miyamoto as Heinz

Motomu Kiyokawa as Liebert

Nachi Nozawa as Franz Bonaparta

Nanako Fukushima as Announcer

Naoko Kouda as Elna Tiess

Naomi Shindoh as Boy C (eps 69-70)

Naoya Uchida as Mr. Kidel

Nobuo Tanaka as Petr Capek

Nobuyuki Katsube as Roberto

Rei Sakuma as Barbera

Rie Ishizuka as Antonin

Rikiya Koyama as Jürgens

Romi Paku as Helene

Ryusuke Oobayashi as Vardeman

Sayuri Ikemoto as Charlotte (ep 14)

Sayuri Sadaoka as Martin's Mother

Shigeru Chiba as Milch

Shiho Kawaragi as
Baerde
Wolfgang Grimmer (Young)

Shintarou Oohata as Otto

Shozo Iizuka as Zoback

Shuuichi Ikeda as Martin

Steve Kramer as Dr. Heinemann 

Susumu Chiba as Gunther Milch

Taimei Suzuki as Prof. Kronecker

Takashi Nakaki as Inspector Weisbacher

Takaya Hashi as Tulunka

Takayuki Sugo as Dr. Gillan

Takehiro Murozono as Adolf Junkers

Takeshi Aono as Heitmaier

Tamio Ohki as Nina's Father

Tomohiro Nishimura as Karl Brandt

Tomohisa Asou as Buchner

Tomokazu Seki as Karl Neumann (ep.25+)

Tomoko Kaneda as Rosemarie

Tomomichi Nishimura as Chief Batera

Unshou Ishizuka as
Narration (Extra 1)
Yarka

Wataru Takagi as Gustav

Yasushi Miyabayashi as Klinger

Yasuyoshi Hara as Dr. Becker

Yasuyuki Kase as Ayma

Yoshisada Sakaguchi as Karel Ranke

Yoshito Yasuhara as Otto Heckel

Yousuke Akimoto as Maurer

Yukari Nozawa as Nina's Mother

Yuko Sasamoto as Tun

Yumi Hikita as Pionere

Yuuichi Nagashima as Picture Maniac (ep 69)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Broadcaster: NTV

Production:
Madhouse Studios
NTV
Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.
VAP

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Patrick Seitz

Executive producer:
Akira Fujita
Hidemi Fukuhara

ADR Mixer:
Jonathan Palomo Abelardo
Mark Mercado

Co-Producer:
Miki Macaluso
Mitsuko Kitajima

Creative Consultant: Kit Fox

Dialogue Editing:
Jonathan Palomo Abelardo
Mark Mercado

Production Associate: Joshua Lopez

Production Coordination: Marc Schmidt

Production Supervision:
Alvin Lu
William Germain

Re-Recording Mixing:
Devon Bowman
Thomas J. Maydeck

Script Adaptation:
Donald Roman Lopez
Rene Veilleux

Video Editor: Greg Louie

 

Karen Strassman as Nina Fortner/Anna Liebert

Keith Silverstein as Johann Liebert

Liam O'Brien as Dr. Kenzo Tenma

Laura Bailey as Dieter

Richard Epcar as Inspector Lunge

Tara Platt as Eva Heinemann

Barbara Goodson as Mrs. Fortner

Caitlin Glass as Beate (eps 5-6)

Dan Woren as
Dr. Eisen (eps 1-2)
Messner

David Lodge as
Dr. Schumann (ep 13)
Inspector Weisbacher (eps 2-3)

David Vincent as Head Police Officer (ep 1)

Doug Erholtz as Otto Heckel

Doug Stone as
Dr. Becker
Hess (ep 8)
Man in Castle (ep 6)
Mr. Buchner (ep 3)

Hunter MacKenzie Austin as Woman in the Bakery (ep 5)

J.B. Blanc as Roberto

Jamieson Price as Hugo Bernhardt

Jason C. Miller as Max Steindorf (ep 10)

Jessica Straus as
Milos
Prostitute (eps 15-17)

Joe DiMucci as Hartmann (eps 11-12)

Julie Ann Taylor as Lotte Frank

Kirk Thornton as
Gross (ep 10)
Mustachoied Doctor
TV Reporter (ep 1)

Kyle Hebert as
Mauler
Police Officer (ep 1)

Megan Hollingshead as Reporter (ep 1)

Melodee M. Spevack as
Blonde Haired Nurse (ep 2)
Elna Tiess (eps 11-12)

Michael McConnohie as
Dr. Boyer (eps 1-2)
Prof. Kronecker

Michael Sorich as
Bartender (ep 10)
Mr. Fortner

Michelle Ruff as
Nurse (ep 2)
Turkish Woman (ep 1)

Mike McFarland as Michael Muller

Patrick Seitz as
Adolf Junkers
Telephone Reporter (ep 7)

Paul St. Peter as Police Chief (ep 7)

Richard Cansino as Dr. Nolan

Sam Regal as Peter

Steve Kramer as Dr. Heinemann

Tony Oliver as Dark Blue Suit Reporter (ep 7)

Wendee Lee as Margot Langer (Fake)

William Frederick as Blind Old Man (ep 5)

Caitlin Glass

Chris Kent

Christopher Smith

Derek Stephen Prince

Doug Stone

Grant George

Heather Halley

Jason C. Miller

Joe DiMucci

Kaiji Tang

Lucian Leigh

Paul St. Peter

Rene Veilleux

Sarah Catherine Morgan

Stephanie Sheh

Taliesin Jaffe (as T. Axelrod)

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Chiller (Ani-Monday)
FUNimation Channel
Syfy (Ani-Monday)

Licensed by: Viz Media

French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Catherine Brot

 

Karine Foviau as Nina Fortner / Anna Liebert

Sébastien Desjours as Johan Liebert

Taric MEHANI as Kenzo Tenma

Tarik Mehani as Kenzo Tenma

Arianne Deviègue as Eva Heinemann

Bernard Alane as Inspecteur Runge

Eric Aubrahn as Karl Neumann

Kevin Sommier as Dieter

Pierre Tessier as Grimmer

Alexandre Olivier as M. Liebert (ep 29)

Anne Plumet as Erna

Antoine Doignon as policier (eps 1-2)

Benjamin Boyer as Jurgens

Bernard Bollet as
German
Schumann (ep 13)

Bertrand Arnaud as Peter Shapek

Brigitte Lecordier as Miloch

Bruno Magne as Vaderman

Catherine Desplaces as secretaire de Lechwein (ep 30)

Christian Pelissier as Gelbretch (ep 40)

Christophe Peyroux as Miltch

Claude Brosset as Rosso

Danièle Hazan as Voisine des Jobs (ep 22)

Denise Metmer as
Franca
Léa (ep 20)

Emmanuel Karsen as Heckel

Eric Etcheverry as
Insp. Mäsner
Roberto

Eric Legrand as Inspecteur (ep 14)

François Barbin as Henning

Gabriel Le Doze as Ranke

Gérard Surugue as Dr.Becker

Igor de Savitch as
Franz Bonaparta
Patela (ep 43)
Wolff

Jacques Bouanich as
Milan (ep 62)
Weissbach

Jean-Claude Sachot as Hans Schuwald

Jean-François Aupied as Inspecteur (ep 19)

Jean-François Kopf as Com.Zeman (42)

Jean-François Vlerick as Jones (ep 20)

Jérôme Pauwels as
Heinz (ep 13)
Karl (ep 10)

Jérôme Rebbot as Dr. Geitel (eps 5-6)

Jessica Barrier as
Coletta (ep 14)
Elsa
Hélène

Laurence sacquet as
Barbara Muller
Lotte Franck

Laurence Saquet as
Barbara Muller
Lotte Franck

Ludovic Baugin as Gustave

Maïté Monceau as Mère de Martin (ep 33)

Marc Alfos as Bernhardt

Monique Thierry as Sophie ( fausse Margot Langer ) (ep 25)

Pascal Casanova as journaliste

Pascal Massix as Insp.Michael Muller

Pascal Renwick as Pedrov (eps 40-41)

Patrice Melennec as Dr Lechwein

Patrick Borg as Lipski (eps 56-57)

Paul Borne as Com.Nepala

Philippe Bozo as
Christophe
policier (eps 1-2)

Philippe Dumond as
Hartmann
Richard Braun

Pierre Bonzans as
vieil homme (ep 6)
Wolff (ep 57)

Pierre-François Pistorio as Rudy Gillen

Régis Reuhillac as Giebel (ep 22)

Régis Reuilhac as Giebel (ep 22)

Robert Darmel as Le bébé

Serge Faliu as Suk

Sophie Arthuys as Martin (ep 33)

Stéphane Pouplard as Kauffman

Stéphane Ronchewski as
Martin (eps 58-60)
Zoback (ep 50)

Sylvain Lemarié as Dir. Heinemann

Yoann Sover as Peter

Laurent Morteau

Vincent De Bouard

French companies 

Broadcaster:
Canal +
Virgin 17

Distributor: Kaze

Recording: Deluxe dubbing

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Dubbing Director: Enric Cusí (Spain dub)

 

Joel Mulachs as Nina Fortner/Anna Liebert (Spain Dub)

Jordi Brau as Kenzo Tenma (Spain Dub)

Maria del Mar Tamarit as Eva Heinemann (Spain Dub)

Oscar Barberán as Johann Liebert (Spain Dub)

Ricky Coello as Lunge (Spain Dub)

Luis Posada as Wolfgang Grimmer (Spain dub)

Alberto Mieza as Ishio Iwai (Spain dub)

Aleix Estadella as Karl Blunt (Spain dub)

Alfonso Vallés as Roberto (Spain dub)

Aurora García as Christianne Fortner (Spain dub)

Carmen Ambrós as Beate (Spain dub)

Claudio Domingo as Karl Newmann (Spain dub)

Cristina Serra as Margot Blanche (Spain dub)

Daniel Garcia as Detective Jan Suk (Spain dub)

David Brau as Peter (Spain dub)

Domenech Farell as
Günther Milch (Spain dub)
Jacob Maurer (Spain dub)

Eduard Doncos as Adolf Junkers (Spain dub)

Eduardo Diez as Gross (Spain dub)

Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Dr. Becker (Spain dub)

Enrique Serra Frediani as Mij. Petrov/Reinhardt Biermann (Spain dub)

Enriqueta Linares as Hindenburg Escarlata (Spain dub)

Eva Martí as Barbara Mueller (Spain dub)

Francisco Alborch as
Dr. Eizen (Spain dub)
Dr. Norden (Spain dub)
Messner (Spain dub)

Gemma Ibáñez as Dieter (Spain dub)

Geni Rey as Helene (Spain dub)

Isabel Valls as Doctora (Spain dub)

Jaume Comas as Richard Brown (Spain dub)

Javier Amilibia as Inspector Egon Weissbach (Spain dub)

Javier Viñas as Comisario Nepera (Spain dub)

Jordi Hurtado as Jaromír Lipsky (Spain dub)

Jordi Ribes as Fritz Vardemann (Spain dub)

José Antequera as
Director Udo Heinemann (Spain dub)
Sr. Rosso (Spain dub)

José Torrents as Hans George Schuwald (Spain dub)

Juan Antonio Bernal as Martin Letz

Juan Carlos Gustems as Dr. Rudi Gillen (Spain dub)

Lidia Camino as
Anna Liebheart (niña) (Spain dub)
Antonin (Spain dub)

Marta Covas as
Fritz Mueller (Spain dub)
Hija de Lunge (Spain dub)
Mehress (Spain dub)
Rosemarie Brown (Spain dub)

Marta Estrada as
Clara (Spain dub)
Petra (Spain dub)

Miguel Ángel Jenner as
Narración (Spain dub; ep 1)
Sr. Hartmann (Spain dub)

Montse Miralles as Elna Tietze (Spain dub)

Noemi Bayarri as Martin (Spain dub; ep 33)

Núria Trifol as Lotte Frank (Spain dub)

Oriol Rafel as Gustav (Spain dub)

Oscar Redondo as Heinz (Spain dub)

Oscar Ruíz as Franz Bonaparta (Spain dub)

Paco Gázquez as Otto Hakel (Spain dub)

Pep Sais as Bebé (Spain dub)

Pepe Mediavilla as Dr. Julius Reichwein (Spain dub)

Pepe Ribas as Detective Batera (Spain dub)

Rafael Calvo as Inspector Filip Zeman (Spain dub) 

Rafael Calvo (II) as Inspector Filip Zeman (Spain dub)

Rafael Turia as Dr. Boyard (Spain dub)

Ramon Puig as
Dr. Schumann (Spain dub)
Profesor Kronecker (Spain dub)

Ramón Rocabayera as
Günther Goedelitz (Spain dub)
Max Steindorf (Spain dub)
Peter Jurgens (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Buzz Channel (Spain)
LAPTV

Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)

Dubbing: CYO STUDIO (Barcelona - Spain dub)

Translation: DARUMA (Spain dub)


Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.

Dutch cast 
(none)
Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 

Script: Zalve Astor

 

Glenda Resurreccion as Nina Fortner/Anna Liebert

Glenda Resurreccion as
Dieter
Eva Heinemann

Montreal Repuyan as Inspector Runge

Rowena Benavidez as Lotte Frank

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: Hero


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Top-Insight International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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