Monster (manga)

Monster
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kenzo Tenma
Genre	Crime[1] Mystery[2] Psychological thriller[1]
Manga
Written by	Naoki Urasawa
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Big Comics
Magazine	Big Comic Original
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	December 1994 – December 2001
Volumes	18 (List of volumes)
Novel
Another Monster
Written by	Naoki Urasawa
Published by	Shogakukan
Published	21 June 2002
Anime television series
Directed by	Masayuki Kojima
Produced by	Hiroshi Yamashita (#1–10) Toshio Nakatani (#11–74) Manabu Tamura Takuya Yui Masao Maruyama
Written by	Tatsuhiko Urahata
Music by	Kuniaki Haishima
Studio	Madhouse
Licensed by	AUS: Siren Visual NA: Viz Media SEA: Odex
Original network	Nippon TV
English network	CA: Super Channel US: Syfy, Chiller, Funimation Channel
Original run	7 April 2004 – 28 September 2005
Episodes	74 (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.