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Monster

★ 8.8 77K votes 2004–2005 1 season · 74 episodes Ended Nippon TV
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 9/10Psychological horrorFear that comes from the mind: paranoia, sanity, perception.This show: 8/10PhilosophicalBig questions of meaning, ethics and existence.This show: 8/10Slow burnDeliberate pacing where the payoffs are earned over long stretches.This show: 8/10UnsettlingA creeping sense of unease and wrongness that gets under your skin.This show: 8/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Hidenobu KiuchiLiam O'BrienEiji HanawaMamiko NotoYasushi MiyabayashiNozomu Sasaki
Written by
Naoki Urasawa
Starring
Hidenobu KiuchiLiam O'BrienEiji HanawaMamiko NotoYasushi MiyabayashiNozomu Sasaki
Written by
Naoki Urasawa
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A quiet, chilling meditation on what makes a monster"

A gifted neurosurgeon in Germany defies hospital politics to save a young boy's life, only to learn years later that the boy grew into a manipulative, possibly inhuman killer. Haunted by guilt, the doctor abandons his career to hunt him down and undo the harm he unknowingly caused. What follows is a sprawling, slow-burn psychological thriller about identity, nature versus nurture, and the ripple effects of evil. It is deliberate and talky rather than action-packed, but builds an atmosphere of dread that rewards patience with genuinely unnerving payoffs.

Watch it for

the slow unraveling of a genuinely terrifying antagonist whose calm makes him scarier.

Maybe skip if

you want fast pacing, since this is a patient, dialogue-heavy slow burn.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12004
8.5223K7428h 26m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Herr Doktor Tenma8.3
5K23 min
▶2Downfall8.4
4K23 min
▶3Murder Case7.9
4K23 min
▶4Night of Punishment9.2
6K23 min
▶5The Girl from Heidelberg7.9
4K23 min
▶6Reported Disappearance8.4
3K23 min
▶7Mansion of Tragedy8.3
3K23 min
▶8The Fugitive7.4
3K23 min
▶9Rouhei to shoujo8.5
4K23 min
▶10The Past That Was Erased7.6
3K23 min
▶11Kinderheim 5118.2
3K23 min
▶12A Meaker Little Experiment8.6
3K23 min
▶13Petra and Schumann8.1
3K23 min
▶14The Only Man Left, the Only Woman Left7.7
3K23 min
▶15Be My Baby7.8
3K23 min
▶16Wolf's Confession8.1
3K23 min
▶17Reunion8.5
3K23 min
▶18The Fifth Spoonful of Sugar7.8
3K23 min
▶19Abyss of the Monster8.7
3K23 min
▶20Journey to Freiham7.7
3K23 min
▶21Happy Holidays8.5
3K23 min
▶22Lunge's Trap9.0
3K23 min
▶23Eva's Confession7.7
3K23 min
▶24Of Men and Dining8.0
3K23 min
▶25Thursday's Boy7.4
3K23 min
▶26The Secret Woods7.7
3K23 min
▶27Proof8.1
3K23 min
▶28Just One Case8.5
3K23 min
▶29Execution9.6
6K23 min
▶30Decision9.2
4K23 min
▶31In Broad Daylight8.0
2K23 min
▶32Sanctuary7.6
2K23 min
▶33A Child's View8.1
2K23 min
▶34At the Edge of Darkness7.9
2K23 min
▶35My Nameless Hero7.6
2K23 min
▶36The Monster of Chaos8.4
3K23 min
▶37Namae no Nai Kaibutsu9.6
5K23 min
▶38The Demon in My Eyes9.1
3K23 min
▶39The Hell in His Eyes8.1
2K23 min
▶40Grimmer7.9
3K25 min
▶41Ghosts of 5118.2
2K23 min
▶42The Adventures of the Magnificent Steiner8.3
2K23 min
▶43Jan Suk7.7
2K23 min
▶44Two Darknesses8.9
3K23 min
▶45The Monster Afterimage8.3
2K23 min
▶46Point of Contact8.8
3K23 min
▶47The Door to Nightmares8.4
2K23 min
▶48The Scariest Thing8.1
2K23 min
▶49The Cruelest Thing9.4
5K23 min
▶50Mansion of Roses8.1
2K25 min
▶51Monster's Love Letter8.1
2K23 min
▶52Lawyer7.8
2K23 min
▶53Determination7.7
2K23 min
▶54Escape8.1
2K23 min
▶55Room 4027.9
2K23 min
▶56The Unending Journey8.5
2K23 min
▶57That Night8.4
2K23 min
▶58Unwanted Job7.7
2K23 min
▶59The Man Who Saw the Devil8.7
2K23 min
▶60The Man Who Knew Too Much8.9
3K23 min
▶61The Door of Memory8.0
2K23 min
▶62A Fun Meal7.8
2K23 min
▶63Unrelated Murders8.1
2K23 min
▶64The Baby's Depression8.4
2K23 min
▶65Johan's Footprints8.2
2K23 min
▶66Welcome Back8.9
3K23 min
▶67I'm Home9.3
4K23 min
▶68Ruhenheim7.8
2K23 min
▶69A Peaceful Home8.7
2K23 min
▶70The Town of Slaughter9.0
3K23 min
▶71The Magnificent Steiner's Rage9.8
6K23 min
▶72Man Without a Name9.2
4K23 min
▶73The Landscape of the End9.7
7K23 min
▶74The Real Monster9.4
5K23 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Hidenobu Kiuchi Kenzou Tenma, Customer D, Student C
Liam O'Brien Kenzou Tenma, Kenzo Tenma
Eiji Hanawa Herbert Knaup, Man, Bodyguard B
Mamiko Noto Nina Fortner, Anna Liebert, Johan Liebert
Yasushi Miyabayashi Man C, Bodyguard A, Customer C
Nozomu Sasaki Johan Liebert, Policeman, Detective
Karen Strassman Anna Liebert, Nina Fortner
Tsutomu Isobe Heinrich Lunge
Shiho Kawaragi Nurse, Nurse A, Beate
Richard Epcar Inspector Heinrich Lunge

Crew

Naoki Urasawa

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