Anime Reviews

Alternative Name: Monsutā
Years of Released: April 6, 2004 – September 27, 2005
Episodes: 74
Genre: Psychological, Thriller, Detective, Drama, Horror
Favorite Characters : Johan
My Rating: PG-13
Grade: A-

Summary:
Dr. Kenzō Tenma is a young Japanese doctor working at the Eisler Memorial Hospital in Düsseldorf during the 1980s. A highly accomplished brain surgeon, he appears to have everything on his plate: a promotion in the offering; the favor of the hospital's director Heinemann; and Heinemann's daughter Eva as his fiancee. However, Tenma grows increasingly dissatisfied with the political bias of the hospital for treating patients, and seizes his chance to change things after a strange massacre brings the twins Johan and Anna Liebert into his hospital. Johan has a gunshot wound to the head and Anna keeps muttering about killing, and Tenma decides to operate on Johan instead of the mayor of Düsseldorf who arrived afterwards. Johan is saved, but Mayor Roedecker dies...

My review:
 I was very impressed after watching Monster. It is quite rare to come upon an anime of such type nowadays that are made not just to entertain you but to make you think. European settings, mostly dark and gray backgrounds set up a curtain mood. The characters are also drawn very realistically. If there were no fillers, Monster could be so much better. The story had been dragging on way too long in my opinion. Sometimes it seemed too depressing but it was intended I suppose. Very well done.


Recommend:
Highly recommended