Monster: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Monster
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime, Crime, Horror
• Premiere date: 2004-04-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-09-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 8244
• IMDb ID: tt0434706
• TVDB ID: 74599

Cast and credited roles

• Hidenobu Kiuchi — Kenzou Tenma
• Nozomu Sasaki — Johan Liebert
• Mamiko Noto — Anna Liebert
• Junko Takeuchi — Dieter
• Tsutomu Isobe — Inspector Lunge
• Mami Koyama — Eva Heinemann

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2004-04-06; final listed air date 2005-09-27; episode order: 74.

Source and licence

Adapted from Monster on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.