Kenzo Tenma
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Promotional image for the anime series featuring Kenzō Tenma and a partially-shadowed Johan Liebert.
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モンスター (Monsutā) |
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| Genre | Mystery, Psychological horror, Psychological thriller |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Naoki Urasawa |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Big Comic Original |
| Original run | December 1994 – December 2001 |
| Volumes | 18 |
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| Another Monster | |
| Written by | Naoki Urasawa |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Published | 21 June 2002 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masayuki Kojima |
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| Written by | Tatsuhiko Urahata |
| Music by | Kuniaki Haishima |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Nippon TV |
| English network | |
| Original run | 6 April 2004 – 27 September 2005 |
| Episodes | 74 |
Monster (モンスター Monsutā?, sometimes referred to as "Naoki Urasawa's Monster") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was published by Shogakukan in their Big Comic Original magazine between 1994 and 2001, with the chapters collected and reprinted into 18 tankōbon volumes. The story revolves around Kenzō Tenma, a Japanese surgeon living in Germany whose life enters turmoil after getting himself involved with Johan Liebert, one of his former patients who is revealed to be a dangerous psychopath.
Urasawa later wrote and illustrated the novel Another Monster, a story detailing the events of the manga from an investigative reporter's point of view, which was published in 2002. The manga was adapted by Madhouse into a 74-episode anime TV series, which aired on NTV from April 2004 to September 2005. It was directed by Masayuki Kojima, written by Tatsuhiko Urahata and featured character design by Kitarō Kōsaka. The manga and anime have both been licensed by Viz Media for English releases in North America, with the anime having been broadcast on several television channels. In 2013, Siren Visual licensed the anime for Australia. Monster has been critically acclaimed, with the manga having won several awards and its anime adaptation being called one of the best of the decade.
Dr. Kenzō Tenma is a young Japanese brain surgeon, working at Eisler Memorial Hospital in Düsseldorf. Tenma is dissatisfied with the political bias of the hospital in treating patients, and seizes the chance to change things after a massacre brings fraternal twins Johan and Anna Liebert into the hospital. Johan has a gunshot wound to his head, and Anna mutters about killing; Tenma operates on Johan instead of the mayor, who arrived later. Johan is saved, but Mayor Roedecker dies; Tenma loses his social standing. Director Heinemann and the other doctors in Tenma's way are mysteriously murdered, and both children disappear from the hospital. The police suspect Tenma, but they have no evidence and can only question him.
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