Anime · Nippon TV
Monster
The only thing humans are equal in is death.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Tsutomu Isobe
Lunk (voice)
98 eps
Mamiko Noto
Nina Verdona (voice)
112 eps
Mami Koyama
Eva (voice)
18 eps
Yasuyoshi Hara
Dr. Becker (voice)
6 eps
Masahiko Tanaka
Dr. Boyer (voice)
3 eps
Hiroshi Yanaka
Dr. Eizen (voice)
3 eps
Mitsuaki Madono
Dr. Norden (voice)
3 eps
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Tenma (voice)
78 eps
Ryuji Nakagi
Inspector Weissbach (voice)
4 eps
Nozomu Sasaki
Johan Liebert (voice)
106 eps
Yoshito Yasuhara
Heckel (voice)
7 eps
Junko Takeuchi
Dieter (voice)
19 eps
Kazuo Kumakura
Baby (voice)
5 eps
Yasuyuki Kase
Reporter D (voice)
4 eps
Yoko Soumi
Prostitute (voice)
3 eps
Aya Endo
Inge (voice)
5 eps
Nanako Fukushima
Lintner's Mother (voice)
3 eps
Takuma Suzuki
Doctor B (voice)
5 eps
Takayuki Sugo
Dr. Gillen (voice)
13 eps
Nobuyuki Katsube
Roberto (voice)
13 eps
Shintaro Ohata
Student (voice)
3 eps
Miki Ono
Nurse C (voice)
6 eps
Mai Tsukada
Young Anna (voice)
9 eps
Michio Hazama
Schuwald (voice)
11 eps
Tomokazu Seki
Karl (voice)
13 eps
Kyoko Hikami
Lotte (voice)
9 eps
Atsuko Tanaka
Margot (voice)
4 eps
Toshihiko Nakajima
Doctor A (voice)
10 eps
Kazuko Yanaga
Fake Margot (voice)
3 eps
Ichiro Nagai
Dr. Reichwein (voice)
20 eps
Hiroshi Arikawa
Richard (voice)
5 eps
Hikaru Tokita
Young Karl (voice)
4 eps
Masato Hirano
Kunz (voice)
3 eps
Kohsuke Meguro
Martin (voice)
3 eps
Tomohisa Aso
Buchner (voice)
3 eps
Yoshio Kawai
Driver (voice)
3 eps
Shiho Kawaragi
Nurse (voice)
26 eps
Jun Karasawa
Richard's Ex-wife (voice)
4 eps
Houko Kuwashima
Vietnamese Female Doctor (voice)
4 eps
Hideyuki Tanaka
Grimmer (voice)
15 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Monster actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Monster reads strongest on Character Depth, Tension and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E49
The Cruelest Thing
Grimmer and Tenma tries to stop Johan from subjecting Milo, one of the orphans, to one of the most cruel fate.
- Directed by Takashi Takahashi
- Written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
S01E73
Scenery for a Doomsday
Bonaparta attempts to shoot Johan dead, but is gunned down by Roberto, who dies of his own injuries soon afterwards. With the massacre now over, authorities rush into the town and attempt to determine what happened. Just as an officer is about to arrest Dr. Tenma, an ambulance worker arrives asking for Tenma's assistance.
- Directed by Masayuki Kojima
- Written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
S01E29
Execution
Robert delves into Johan's past and makes a shocking discovery. Dr. Gillen speaks to Peter Jurgens, a serial murderer about Johan's possible involvement and gets a tragic reply. Johan confronts Robert about Stephen Joos. And Dr. Reichwen receives tragic news from the police.
- Directed by Ryosuke Nakamura
- Written by Ryosuke Nakamura
S01E60
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Martin’s attempt to save Eva costs him his life, his last minutes with Tenma reveals a terrible secrets about Martin’s boss, Peter Chapek and the about the experiments.
- Directed by Yukihiro Miyamoto
- Written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
S01E30
Decision
Suspecting foul play in Robert's 'accidental' death fall, Dr. Reichwen makes some discoveries in his investigations. But as he later realizes, his investigations may have put him in harms way.
- Directed by Toru Takahashi
- Written by Ryu Nakamura
S01E56
The Neverending Journey
Nina and Dieter enters the Red Rose Mansion, but Nina faints from her disturbing experience. And they end up in the care of a puppeteer name Lipsky.
- Directed by Atsushi Takahashi
- Written by Makoto Nishikawa
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E03
Special Version Part II
S00E02
Special Version Part I
S01E74
The Real Monster
- Directed by Kazuhisa Ono
- Written by Tatsuhiko Urahata
S01E73
Scenery for a Doomsday
- Directed by Masayuki Kojima
- Written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
S01E72
A Nameless Man
- Directed by Takashi Takahashi
- Written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
S01E71
The Wrath of the Magnificent Steiner
- Directed by Ryosuke Nakamura
- Written by Masahiro Hayashi
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Makoto Nishikawa
Writer
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Shingo Nishikawa
Writer
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Kazuo Watanabe
Writer
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Namiko Abe
Writer
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Satoko Nakamura
Writer
Ryosuke Nakamura
Writer
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Tomomi Yoshino
Writer
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Kurasumi Sunayama
Writer
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Yuki Saito
Writer
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Masahiro Hayashi
Writer
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Ryu Nakamura
Writer
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Masatoshi Hakata
Writer
Tatsuhiko Urahata
Writer
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Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Masao MaruyamaProducer
- 油井卓也Producer
- Manabu TamuraProducer
- Hiroshi YamashitaProducer
- Toshio NakataniProducer
Writing
- Makoto NishikawaWriter
- Shingo NishikawaWriter
- Kazuo WatanabeWriter
- Namiko AbeWriter
- Satoko NakamuraWriter
- Ryosuke NakamuraWriter
Direction
- Takashi TakahashiDirector
- Tetsuya WatanabeDirector
- Kentaro NakamuraDirector
- Yukihiro MiyamotoDirector
- Ryosuke NakamuraDirector
- Yukiyo TeramotoDirector
Cinematography
- Ryu TakizawaDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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