Monster (manga)

Not to be confused with Monsters (manga).

Monster
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kenzo Tenma
Genre
Manga
Written byNaoki Urasawa
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintBig Comics
MagazineBig Comic Original
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 1994 – December 2001
Volumes18 (List of volumes)
Novel
Another Monster
Written byNaoki Urasawa
Published byShogakukan
Published21 June 2002
Anime television series
Directed byMasayuki Kojima
Produced by
  • Hiroshi Yamashita (#1–10)
  • Toshio Nakatani (#11–74)
  • Manabu Tamura
  • Takuya Yui
  • Masao Maruyama
Written byTatsuhiko Urahata
Music byKuniaki Haishima
StudioMadhouse
Licensed by
Original networkNippon TV
English network
Original run 7 April 2004 – 28 September 2005
Episodes74 (List of episodes)
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Monster (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was published by Shogakukan in its seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original between December 1994 and December 2001, with its chapters collected in 18 tankōbon volumes. The story revolves around Kenzo Tenma, a Japanese surgeon living in Düsseldorf, Germany whose life enters turmoil after he gets himself involved with Johan Liebert, one of his former patients, who is revealed to be a psychopathic serial killer.

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 television series, which aired on Nippon TV from April 2004 to September 2005. The manga and anime were both licensed by Viz Media for English releases in North America, and the anime was broadcast on several television channels. In 2013, Siren Visual licensed the anime for Australia.

Monster was Urasawa's first work to receive international acclaim and success; the manga has sold over 20 million copies, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. The manga has won several awards, including the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award and the Japan Media Arts Festival. Its anime adaptation has been called one of the best anime series of its decade.

  1. ^ a b "Naoki Urasawa's Monster Manga Series Returns to Print in New Perfect Edition Release from Viz Media". Viz Media via Anime News Network. 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019. MONSTER: THE PERFECT EDITION is the ultimate version of the acclaimed psychological crime thriller.
  2. ^ "The Official Website for Monster". Viz Media. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.