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[Ruuku]

This anime is really good and I'm quite surprised that I didn't notice it when it first began in 2004. Check out the description here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_%28manga%29

[Ikki]

Looks stupid and I hate the character designs, I mean yuck!

[Fruitify]

Its good to have a reference and different taste i guess, but that didn't sound too nice....

[Ikki]

Yeah, yeah, I know, I was quite rude about it so I apologize.

[Gomess]

Monster's very cool, but I've never seen the anime and wonder how faithful it is to the source material...?

I guess it'd need someone who'd seen both. >_>

[Cadraire]

I'm watching it now. While not filled with bishounen it seems the plot and characters are worth watching.

*laughs at Gomess avatar* XD

While I haven't personally seen them both, I heard someone else say that the anime is good and not screwed up compared to the manga.

[Soronarr]

It's an amazing anime.


The best description I could give you is this: Imagine Silence of the Lamb (Anthony Hopkins) mixed with The Fugitive (Harrison Ford), set in germany. It feels and flows like a western movie. And it has one of the most disturbing villans ever.

[blacksun]

Monster is on of the best anime / manga out there. id say it could even turn people on to anime or manga if they watched/ read it

[leorio]

The anime follows the manga very closely, so closely that it feels almost like a copy-paste sometimes. What amazes me is that I never grew bored of the opening for all 72 episodes.

[AmbitiousOutsider]

The best description I could give you is this: Imagine Silence of the Lamb (Anthony Hopkins) mixed with The Fugitive (Harrison Ford), set in germany. It feels and flows like a western movie. And it has one of the most disturbing villans ever.

This is a great comparison. Some exchanges between Tenma and Johan really do echo Clarice and Hannibal.

I'd recommend this series to anyone who can appreciate a story more realistic than most anime. Especially people who dig True Crime books/series and detective shows like Law and Order SVU.

[Cadraire]

Now that I'm finished, I'll say its very good. Johan is one of the more interesting characters I've seen lately.

[rocksaintfan]

If you are a monster fan look up "billy bat" it's by the same author and its amazing!!!! I can't believe anyone would diss monster. That really enraged me when I read that post a few above mine. Try not to be so freaking close minded.

[Gemini Saint Saga]

Urasawa Naoki has done several interesting manga titles. Pineapple Army was the first one that I was introduced to thanks to the VIZ release in the late 1980's. I've read a couple of his other series, including this one, but my hands down favorite is still Yawara! So far only the first season of the anime has ever been released here in the United States. Nothing else. Sadly, AnimEigo was unable to licenses the rest of the series and no one has translated and released the manga.

Oh well, at least I have the Japanese release.