Monster is an Anime based on the manga by Naoki Urasawa. It was adapted into an anime by Madhouse, which aired between April 2004 and September 2005 on Nippon TV. It was directed by Masayuki Kojima and written by Tatsuhiko Urahata, it features original character designs by long-time Studio Ghibli animator Kitarō Kōsaka which were adapted for the anime by Shigeru Fujita.
The anime includes an instrumental theme by the Chilean folk music group Quilapayún, "Transiente", which originally appeared on their 1984 album Tralalí Tralalá. David Sylvian was commissioned to write the ending theme, "For the Love Of Life", on which he collaborated with Haishima Kuniaki.
The English dub of Monster is produced by Salami Studios for Viz Media, which had the North American license to the anime. Discotek Media will release it on Blu-ray.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Characters | |||
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Dr. Kenzō Tenma | Hidenobu Kiuchi | Liam O'Brien |
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Nina Fortner / Anna Liebert |
Mamiko Noto | Karen Strassman |
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Johan Liebert | Nozomu Sasaki | Keith Silverstein |
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Inspector Runge | Tsutomu Isobe | Richard Epcar |
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Dieter | Junko Takeuchi | Laura Bailey |
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Eva Heinemann | Mami Koyama | Tara Platt |
| Supporting Characters | |||
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Director Heinemann | Masaru Ikeda | Steve Kramer |
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Dr. Boyer | Masahiko Tanaka | Michael McConnohie |
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Dr. Becker | Yasuyoshi Hara | Christopher Corey Smith |
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Detective Weissbach | Ryūji Nakagi | David Lodge |
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Otto Heckel | Yoshito Yasuhara | Doug Erholtz |
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The Baby | Kazuo Kumakura | Kirk Thornton |
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General Helmut Wolf | Kōichi Kitamura | Peter Beckman |
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Rudi Gillen | Takayuki Sugō | Derek Stephen Prince |
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Roberto | Nobuyuki Katsube | J.B. Blanc |
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Hans-Georg Schubert | Michio Hazama | Daniel Woren |
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Karl Neumann | Tomokazu Seki | Yuri Lowenthal |
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Lotte Frank | Kyōko Hikami | Julie Ann Taylor |
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Dr. Reichwein | Ichirō Nagai | Paul St. Peter |
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Richard Braun | Hiroshi Arikawa | Cam Clarke |
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Wolfgang Grimmer | Hideyuki Tanaka | Patrick Seitz |
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Jan Suk | Hisayoshi Suganuma | Michael Sinterniklaas |
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Karel Ranke | Yoshisada Sakaguchi | Peter Lurie |
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Fritz Vardemann | Ryūsuke Ōbayashi | Kyle Hebert |
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Jaromír Lipský | Hiroaki Hirata | Troy Baker |
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Martin Reest | Shūichi Ikeda | Roger Craig Smith |
| Misato Fukuen (young) | Heather Halley (young) | ||
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Petr Čapek | Nobuo Tanaka | Dave Mallow |
| ? | Marianne Miller (young) | ||
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Christoph Sievernich | Masashi Hironaka | Travis Willingham |
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Franz Bonaparte | Nachi Nozawa | Michael McConnohie |
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Wim Knaup | Akiko Yajima | Colleen O'Shaughnessey |
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Herbert Knaup | Eiji Hanawa | Doug Erholtz |
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Michael Müller | Yuji Mikimoto | Mike McFarland |
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Dr. Oppenheim | Nobuaki Fukuda | Kirk Thornton |
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Margot Langer | Atsuko Tanaka | Brigitte Burdine |
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Viera Černá | Hōko Kuwashima | Lauren Landa |