Monster (2004) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

The series centers on Dr. Kenzou Tenma, a skilled neurosurgeon whose professional trajectory is irrevocably altered by a fateful decision early in his career. A forced choice between patients leads to unforeseen consequences and a profound moral crisis, shattering his established life and reputation. Years later, when Tenma again prioritizes a patient based on his own judgment, the repercussions resurface in the form of Johan Liebert, a young boy with a disturbing presence.

As Tenma grapples with the ramifications of his choices, he finds himself entangled in a complex web of events linked to Johan's actions and the mysterious deaths surrounding his hospital. The narrative explores themes of medical ethics, responsibility, and the lingering impact of individual decisions on the course of others’ lives. The story unfolds as a psychological drama, charting Tenma's journey from ambition to redemption while confronting the unsettling reality he inadvertently unleashed.

Episodes:

Episode 1: Herr Dr. Tenma (Aired: 04/07/2004)
Episode 2: Downfall (Aired: 04/14/2004)
Episode 3: A Murder (Aired: 04/21/2004)
Episode 4: Night of the Execution (Aired: 04/28/2004)
Episode 5: The Girl of Heidelberg (Aired: 05/05/2004)
... and 69 more episodes

Characters:

Liebert, Anna (Main) - Voice Actors: Noto, Mamiko, Strassman, Karen, Lee, Hyeon Jin, Mulachs, Joël, Foviau, Karine, Desplaces, Catherine, Tsukada, Mai, Navarro, Fernanda
Liebert, Johan (Main) - Voice Actors: Sasaki, Nozomu, Silverstein, Keith, Shin, Yong Wu, Desjours, Sébastien, Barrier, Jessica, Uemura, Yuuto, Taylor, Julie Ann, Lee, Hyeon Jin, de León, Miguel
Tenma, Kenzou (Main) - Voice Actors: Kiuchi, Hidenobu, O'Brien, Liam, Brau, Jordi, Gu, Ja hyeong, Mehani, Taric, Ono, Miyuki, Campuzano, Manuel, Gerhardt, Sven
Akanbou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Thornton, Kirk, Kumakura, Kazuo, Bonzans, Pierre, Darmel, Robert, Hauff, Alexander
Anna (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okamura, Akemi, Spevack, Melodee M., Desplaces, Catherine
Antonin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishizuka, Rie, Lee, Wendee, Barrier, Jessica, Bielenberg, Muriel
Beate (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Glass, Caitlin, Kawaragi, Shiho, Desplaces, Catherine
Belger, Angelica (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsushita, Komina, Sheh, Stephanie, Desplaces, Catherine
Bernhardt, Hugo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Price, Jamieson, Yamano, Fubito, Alfos, Marc
BKA Chief (Supporting) - Voice Actors: St. Peter, Paul, Saka, Osamu
Blue Sophie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lee, Wendee, Yanaga, Kazuko, Thierry, Monique
Bodyguard A (Supporting) - Voice Actors: George, Grant, Miyabayashi, Yasushi
Bodyguard B (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hanawa, Eiji, Smith, Christopher Corey, Morteau, Laurent
Bodyguard C (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyabayashi, Yasushi, Smith, Christopher Corey
Bonaparta, Franz (Supporting) - Voice Actors: McConnohie, Michael, Nozawa, Nachi, De Savitch, Igor, de Boüard, Vincent
Boy's Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Robinson, Cindy, Asami, Junko
Brandt, Karl (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuki, Kiyonobu, Rocabayera, Ramón, Miller, Jason, Pauwels, Jérôme
Braun, Richard (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Arikawa, Hiroshi, Clarke, Cam, Dumond, Philippe
Carmen (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishihara, Kumiko, Fahn, Melissa
Chairman (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyata, Hikaru, Seitz, Patrick
Charlotte (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ikemoto, Sayuri, Robinson, Cindy
Chief Detective (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sobami, Tamio, de Boüard, Vincent, Tang, Kaiji
Chief Nepela (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hori, Katsunosuke, Borne, Paul, Kessler, Bill, Viñas, Javier
Clara (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sheh, Stephanie, Kobayashi, Akemi, Estrada, Marta, Barrier, Jessica
Coletta (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Endou, Aya, Barrier, Jessica, Robinson, Cindy
Deniz (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Snyder, John, Saikachi, Ryuuji
Detective (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watabe, Takeshi, Epcar, Richard
Detective (Supporting) - Voice Actors: St. Peter, Paul, Hirano, Minoru
Detective A (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Vincent, David, Hirano, Minoru
Detective A (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Legrand, Eric, Tachiki, Fumihiko, Smith, Christopher Corey
Detective B (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Woren, Dan, Sasaki, Nozomu
Detective Janacek (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bando, Naoki, Cansino, Richard
Detective Janda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Karsen, Emmanuel, Kojima, Toshihiko, Langdon, Reuben
Detective Martin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Smith, Christopher Corey, Meguro, Kousuke, Hernández, Ramón, Olivier, Alexandre
Detective Messener (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Etcheverry, Eric, Houki, Katsuhisa, Woren, Dan
Detective Novak (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Futamata, Issei, Sorich, Michael, Rocabayera, Ramón
Detective Stransky (Supporting) - Voice Actors: George, Grant
Dieter (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takeuchi, Junko, Bailey, Laura, Jeong, Hye Ok, Sommier, Kévin
Dinger, Reinhard (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaji, Kazuhiro, Spencer, Spike
Dr. Becker (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hara, Yasuyoshi, Tang, Kaiji, Surugue, Gérard, Carrillo, Roberto, Isasi-Isasemdi, Enric
Dr. Boyer (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Masahiko, McConnohie, Michael, Miranda, Bardo, Casanova, Pascal
Dr. Dürer (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Naka, Hiroshi, St. Peter, Paul
Dr. Eisen (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yanaka, Hiroshi, Woren, Dan, Lee, Ju Chang
Dr. Geitel (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Smith, Christopher Corey, Uchida, Naoya, Rebbot, Jérôme, Ornelas, Jorge
Dr. Neuer (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cansino, Richard, Hanawa, Eiji, Bozo, Philippe
Dr. Norden (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Madono, Mitsuaki, Cansino, Richard
Dr. Oppenheim (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fukuda, Nobuaki, Thornton, Kirk, Vila Fernández, Jordi, Alberto, Santos
Dr. Schumann (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lodge, David, Kobayashi, Katsuhiko, Bollet, Bernard
Dr. Takahashi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Morozumi, Kenichi, Seymour, Kevin
Edda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakuma, Kumi, Halley, Heather, Desplaces, Catherine
Edda's Lover (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Karsen, Emmanuel, Thornton, Kirk, Hanawa, Eiji
Eva's Gardener (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kaneko, Yoshiyuki, Willingham, Travis, Sota, Joaquim
Farmer (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Thomas, Joe J., Ishimori, Takkou
Fortner, Christianne (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Goodson, Barbara, Nozawa, Yukari, Burguet-Le Doze, Marie-Madeleine, Ibarrola, Teresa
Fortner, Erich (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sorich, Michael, Ooki, Tamio, De Savitch, Igor, Abundis, Daniel
... and 105 more characters

Staff:

Maruyama, Masao (Producer)
Nakamoto, Kenji (Producer)
Tamura, Manabu (Producer)
Yoshimoto, Satoshi (Producer)
Kobayashi, Mikiko (Assistant Producer)
Kojima, Masayuki (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Honda, Yasunori (Sound Director)
Akitsu, Minami (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Aoyama, Hiroshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Asaka, Morio (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Ikeda, Shigetaka (Episode Director)
Inoue, Akane (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Itou, Tomohiko (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kobayashi, Tomoki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Miyamoto, Yukihiro (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Nagasaki, Kenji (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Nakamura, Ryousuke (Episode Director, Script, Storyboard, Assistant Director)
Oono, Kazuhisa (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Satou, Yuuzou (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Shimazaki, Nanako (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Takahashi, Atsushi (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Takahashi, Tooru (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Teramoto, Yukiyo (Episode Director)
Tsuruoka, Koujirou (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Wakabayashi, Kanji (Episode Director, Key Animation)
Watanabe, Tetsuya (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Watanabe, Atsuko (Episode Director)
Abe, Namiko (Script)
Fudeyasu, Kazuyuki (Script)
Hakata, Masatoshi (Script)
Hayashi, Masahiro (Script)
Nakamura, Ryuu (Script)
Saitou, Tomonori (Script, Storyboard)
Saitou, Yuuki (Script, Storyboard)
Sunayama, Kurasumi (Script)
Urahata, Tatsuhiko (Script, Series Composition)
Watanabe, Kazuo (Script)
Yoshino, Tomomi (Script)
Aoyama, Hiroyuki (Storyboard, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Hiratsuka, Sumio (Storyboard)
Ishizuka, Atsuko (Storyboard, Setting)
Kanemori, Yoshinori (Storyboard, Chief Animation Director, Key Animation)
Katabuchi, Sunao (Storyboard)
Morita, Hiromitsu (Storyboard)
Morita, Hiroyuki (Storyboard, Key Animation)
Niidome, Toshiya (Storyboard)
Nishimura, Satoshi (Storyboard)
Sakata, Junichi (Storyboard)
Satou, Shinji (Storyboard)
Soeta, Kazuhiro (Storyboard)
... and 316 more staff

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Genres: Adult Cast, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Seinen, Suspense
Themes: Adult Cast, Psychological
Demographics: Seinen
Studios: Madhouse
Producers: Arts Pro, Nippon Television Network, VAP
Licensors: VIZ Media
Rating: 8.89 / 10
Rank: #24
Popularity: #120
Users Listed: 1,253,462
Users Scored: 477,512
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 03/02/2025
Aired: April 7, 2004 – September 28, 2005 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: R
Episodes: 74
Broadcast: Wednesday at 00:40 (JST)

Monster