Summary
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Binge-friendly
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
- You want to half-watch while scrolling
- Graphic violence bothers you
Where to watch
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At a glance
Time to watch it all
30 h
74 episodes, about 24 min each
An episode a night: about 2 months.
Reach
Streams in 122 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
+112
First aired
2004
April 7, 2004
Ended 2005
Genres
AnimationDramaMysteryCrimeLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
- TV-14United States
Not for young kids: it's rated TV-14 in the United States for violence, disturbing imagery, and suicide themes, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesStrong
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 216 · most episodes first
Hidenobu KiuchiTenma (voice), Guest D (voice), Subordinate A (voice), Student C (voice), Waiter (voice) · 78 episodes
Eiji HanawaHerbert (voice), Man (voice), Man A (voice), Caretaker B (voice), Constantine (voice), Reporter A (voice) · 50 episodes
Mamiko NotoNina (voice), Anna (voice), Nurse D (voice), Children (voice), Nurse B (voice), Reporter (voice) · 38 episodes
Yasushi MiyabayashiMan C (voice), Mafia B (voice), Bodyguard A (voice), Caretaker A (voice), Officer B (voice), Klinger (voice) · 38 episodes
Nozomu SasakiJohan (voice), Police Officer (voice), Wolff's Subordinate B (voice), Criminal B (voice), Representative D (voice), Driver (voice) · 32 episodes
Shiho KawaragiNurse (voice), Beade (voice), Caregiver A (voice), Reporter (voice), Child (voice), Nurse A (voice) · 26 episodes
Tsutomu IsobeInspector Lunge (voice) · 24 episodes
Ichiro NagaiDr. Reichwein (voice) · 20 episodes
Junko TakeuchiDieter (voice) · 19 episodes
Mami KoyamaEva (voice) · 18 episodes
Hideyuki TanakaGrimmer (voice) · 15 episodes
Takayuki SugoDr. Gillen (voice) · 13 episodes
Nobuyuki KatsubeRoberto (voice) · 13 episodes
Tomokazu SekiKarl (voice) · 13 episodes
Takehiro MurozonoJunkers (voice), Police Officer (voice), Reporter C (voice), Man A (voice), Radio Voice (voice), Customer A (voice) · 13 episodes
Nachi NozawaPoppe (voice), Franz Bonaparta (voice), Visitor (voice) · 13 episodes
Michio HazamaSchuwald (voice) · 11 episodes
Nobuo TanakaPetr Capek (voice) · 11 episodes
Toshihiko NakajimaDoctor A (voice), Kaufmann (voice), Guest B (voice), Lintner's Father (voice), Kiefer (voice), Representative B (voice) · 10 episodes
Mai TsukadaYoung Anna (voice), Anna (voice) · 9 episodes
Kyoko HikamiLotte (voice) · 9 episodes
Hisayoshi SuganumaDetective Suk (voice) · 9 episodes
Kyoko HamuraLibrarian (voice), Boy B (voice), Child A (voice), Teachers (voice), Orda (voice), Mrs. Hillman (voice) · 8 episodes
Yoshito YasuharaHeckel (voice) · 7 episodes
Directing · 15
- Yukihiro Miyamoto Director, Storyboard Artist
- Shigetaka Ikeda Director
- Kentaro Nakamura Director, Storyboard Artist
- Kenji Nagasaki Director, Storyboard Artist
- Tomoki Kobayashi Director, Storyboard Artist
- Kanji Wakabayashi Director, Key Animation
Writing · 12
- Kazuyuki Fudeyasu Writer
- Masatoshi Hakata Writer
- Masahiro Hayashi Writer
- Yuki Saito Writer, Storyboard Artist
- Ryu Nakamura Writer
- Shingo Nishikawa Writer
Production · 5
- Masao Maruyama Producer
- Toshio Nakatani Producer
- Manabu Tamura Producer
- Hiroshi Yamashita Producer
- 油井卓也 Producer
Camera · 1
- Ryu Takizawa Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Satoshi Terauchi Editor
Art · 15
- Atsushi Takahashi Storyboard Artist, Director, Key Animation
- Tomohiko Ito Storyboard Artist, Director, Assistant Director
- Akitsu Minami Storyboard Artist, Director
- Yuji Ikeda Art Direction
- Sunao Katabuchi Storyboard Artist
- Junichi Sakata Storyboard Artist
Other crew · 290
- Ryosuke Nakamura Assistant Director, Director, Storyboard Artist, Writer
- Masayuki Kojima Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director, Key Animation
- Yuzo Sato Key Animation, Storyboard Artist, Director
- Tatsuhiko Urahata Series Composition, Writer
- Kuniaki Haishima Music
- Naoki Urasawa Comic Book, Original Story
Tropes
Monster episodes
1 season · 74 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Herr Doktor Tenma, 8.3
- S1 E2 Downfall, 8.4
- S1 E3 Murder Case, 7.9
- S1 E4 Night of Punishment, 9.2
- S1 E5 The Girl from Heidelberg, 7.9
- S1 E6 Reported Disappearance, 8.4
- S1 E7 Mansion of Tragedy, 8.3
- S1 E8 The Fugitive, 7.4
- S1 E9 Rouhei to shoujo, 8.5
- S1 E10 The Past That Was Erased, 7.6
- S1 E11 Kinderheim 511, 8.2
- S1 E12 A Meaker Little Experiment, 8.6
- S1 E13 Petra and Schumann, 8.2
- S1 E14 The Only Man Left, the Only Woman Left, 7.7
- S1 E15 Be My Baby, 7.8
- S1 E16 Wolf's Confession, 8.1
- S1 E17 Reunion, 8.5
- S1 E18 The Fifth Spoonful of Sugar, 7.8
- S1 E19 Abyss of the Monster, 8.7
- S1 E20 Journey to Freiham, 7.7
- S1 E21 Happy Holidays, 8.5
- S1 E22 Lunge's Trap, 9.0
- S1 E23 Eva's Confession, 7.7
- S1 E24 Of Men and Dining, 8.0
- S1 E25 Thursday's Boy, 7.4
- S1 E26 The Secret Woods, 7.7
- S1 E27 Proof, 8.1
- S1 E28 Just One Case, 8.5
- S1 E29 Execution, 9.6
- S1 E30 Decision, 9.2
- S1 E31 In Broad Daylight, 8.0
- S1 E32 Sanctuary, 7.6
- S1 E33 A Child's View, 8.1
- S1 E34 At the Edge of Darkness, 7.9
- S1 E35 My Nameless Hero, 7.6
- S1 E36 The Monster of Chaos, 8.4
- S1 E37 Namae no Nai Kaibutsu, 9.6
- S1 E38 The Demon in My Eyes, 9.1
- S1 E39 The Hell in His Eyes, 8.1
- S1 E40 Grimmer, 7.9
- S1 E41 Ghosts of 511, 8.2
- S1 E42 The Adventures of the Magnificent Steiner, 8.3
- S1 E43 Jan Suk, 7.7
- S1 E44 Two Darknesses, 8.9
- S1 E45 The Monster Afterimage, 8.3
- S1 E46 Point of Contact, 8.8
- S1 E47 The Door to Nightmares, 8.4
- S1 E48 The Scariest Thing, 8.1
- S1 E49 The Cruelest Thing, 9.4
- S1 E50 Mansion of Roses, 8.1
- S1 E51 Monster's Love Letter, 8.1
- S1 E52 Lawyer, 7.8
- S1 E53 Determination, 7.7
- S1 E54 Escape, 8.1
- S1 E55 Room 402, 7.9
- S1 E56 The Unending Journey, 8.5
- S1 E57 That Night, 8.4
- S1 E58 Unwanted Job, 7.7
- S1 E59 The Man Who Saw the Devil, 8.7
- S1 E60 The Man Who Knew Too Much, 8.9
- S1 E61 The Door of Memory, 8.0
- S1 E62 A Fun Meal, 7.8
- S1 E63 Unrelated Murders, 8.1
- S1 E64 The Baby's Depression, 8.4
- S1 E65 Johan's Footprints, 8.2
- S1 E66 Welcome Back, 8.9
- S1 E67 I'm Home, 9.3
- S1 E68 Ruhenheim, 7.8
- S1 E69 A Peaceful Home, 8.7
- S1 E70 The Town of Slaughter, 9.0
- S1 E71 The Magnificent Steiner's Rage, 9.8
- S1 E72 Man Without a Name, 9.2
- S1 E73 The Landscape of the End, 9.7
- S1 E74 The Real Monster, 9.4
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