Monster

What is Monster about?

Monster is a TV anime series of 74 episodes animated by MADHOUSE, adapted from a manga. It aired from April 7, 2004 to September 28, 2005. AniList classifies it as drama, horror, mystery and psychological.

Synopsis from AniList. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Crime, Seinen, Detective, Philosophy, Ensemble Cast, Urban, Primarily Adult Cast, Noir, Revenge, Twins.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

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  Kenzou Tenma 天馬賢三

  Main character

  Doctor Kenzo Tenma is a Japanese neurosurgeon working at the Eisler Memorial Hospital in Düsseldorf. At the beginning of Monster he is favored by the department director for his prodigious surgical skill.

  Japanese voice: Hidenobu Kiuchi

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  Johan Liebert ヨハン・リーベルト

  Main character

  Johan Liebert is the older twin son of the Lieberts, whose father Michael was an East German trade advisor who defected to the West. He is the titular "monster" and the main antagonist of the series. The mystery of his past is the focus of the plot. He is called a monster, the next Adolf Hitler and the devil himself.

  Japanese voice: Nozomu Sasaki

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  Anna Liebert アンナ・リーベルト

  Main character

  Johan's twin sister and the only unharmed survivor of the night when both her parents and her brother were shot in what appeared to be a botched burglary. At first she showed signs of amnesia due to the psychological trauma of the incident.

  Japanese voice: Mamiko Noto

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  Heinrich Runge ハインリッヒ・ルンゲ

  Main character

  Inspector Runge is a dedicated detective belonging to the BKA, which is like the FBI of Germany. When Dr. Tenma is accused of murder in Düsseldorf, Inspector Runge is assigned to Tenma's case. Runge moves his hand to "store" information from his cases.

  Japanese voice: Tsutomu Isobe

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  Eva Heinemann エヴァ・ハイネマン

  Main character

  Eva Heinemann is Doctor Tenma's fiancée and the daughter of the Director of Eisler Memorial Hospital. She leaves Doctor Tenma after he is demoted by the Director for disobeying his orders.

  Japanese voice: Mami Koyama

Supporting characters

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  Wolfgang Grimmer ヴォルフガング・グリマー

  Supporting character

  A freelance journalist who is researching Kinderheim 511; he is also soon drawn into the search for Johan, as he decides to help Tenma.

  Japanese voice: Hideyuki Tanaka

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  Dieter ディーター

  Supporting character

  Dieter is a young boy when found by Tenma to be under the care of a man named Hartmann. Upon meeting Dieter, Tenma notices that the young boy is covered in bruises. It turns out that Hartmann was trying to make Dieter into another Johan, a kind of leader that had not been produced from 511 Kinderheim before.

  Japanese voice: Junko Takeuchi

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  Roberto ロベルト

  Supporting character

  A big, burly man and one of the many people from the orphanage 511 Kinderheim that Johan controls. He admires Johan very much, and often acts as Johan's bodyguard and henchman. He is also a professional hitman with substantial proficiency.

  Japanese voice: Nobuyuki Katsube

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  Akanbou 赤ん坊

  Supporting character

  First mentioned in Chapter 25, the "Baby" is a short, elderly man, and an infamous Neo-Nazi leader. He worships Johan as an ideal Aryan leader who would be able to become the next Hitler to lead Germany into prominence. He also works for the four individuals who would gladly welcome Johan as a political leader.

  Japanese voice: Kazuo Kumakura

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  Helmut Wolf ヘルムート・ヴォルフ

  Supporting character

  A very old soldier who was the first one to find the twins, he is the second of the four individuals behind the organization. He gave Johan his name, the name from the boy in the picture book called "The Monster without a Name".

  Japanese voice: Kouichi Kitamura

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  Christof Sievernich クリストフ・ジーヴァーニッヒ

  Supporting character

  Johan's disciple and another survivor of 511 Kinderheim. He and Johan decided to meet each other again in 10 years after they escaped the orphanage, and in the end they meet at a party with the guidance of Eva Heinemann, who was hired to point Johan out.

  Japanese voice: Masashi Hironaka

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  Franz Bonaparta フランツ・ボナパルタ

  Supporting character

  Franz Bonaparta is considered to be the one responsible for the eugenics experiment that led to the birth of the Liebert twins and is also attributed as the author of the storybooks used to indoctrinate the children of Rose Mansion.

  Japanese voice: Nachi Nozawa

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  Petr Čapek ペトル・チャペック

  Supporting character

  The last individual of the organization is the mysterious man with glasses who is responsible for a large amount of incidents during Monster. He is the highest in the organization, and tried to control the devil by letting him meet with Christoph Sievernich. Source: Wikipedia

  Japanese voice: Nobuo Tanaka

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  Rudy-Ulrich Gillen ルーディ・ギーレン

  Supporting character

  A criminologist, and one of Tenma's former classmates; he helped Tenma by saving him from arrest and also acquiring information about Johan from all the criminals that Johan had met. He also helped Nina to recall her past, to the point of endangering his life.

  Japanese voice: Takayuki Sugou

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  Jan Suk ヤン・スーク

  Supporting character

  A detective with the Prague police, he tries to find the mystery involving the death of his superior, Filip Zeman. Zeman was investigating the death of a former headmaster of 511 Kinderheim with Grimmer as a possible suspect, when Suk discovered that Zeman was working with the former Czechoslovakian secret police.

  Japanese voice: Hisayoshi Suganuma

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  Fritz Vardemann フリッツ・ヴァーデマン

  Supporting character

  A lawyer hired by residents in Dusseldorf after Tenma was arrested in Prague at one point. Vardemann has made a name for himself proving the innocence of his clients, including his father, who died in prison before being exonerated. He is married and during the series his wife gives birth to a daughter.

  Japanese voice: Ryuusuke Oobayashi

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  Hans Georg Schuwald ハンス・ゲオルグ・シューバルト

  Supporting character

  Known as the "Bayern Vampire", Schuwald is a recluse. He is also a successful businessman, and his success allows him to donate his book collection to the University of Munich. He also has several students from the university in his employ, reading him Latin.

  Japanese voice: Michio Hazama