![]() ![]() ![]() Not to be confused with the Oscar-winning film starring Charlize Theron even for a minute (although that one is also about a serial killer). In early 2022, the series was released on Netflix in the US, subbed. Fortunately the Australian company Siren Visual has licensed the anime for full release, dubbed and all in its respective country. Unfortunately, it is no longer available on Hulu or the Manga Entertainment app for Xbox 360 (dubbed) as Viz Media dropped the license. The anime was a fan-favorite on Sci Fi Channel's Ani-Mondays block. The manga also has a 74-episode anime adaptation, which aired from 2004 to 2005. After the manga ended, Urasawa wrote and illustrated the Light Novel Another Monster, a retelling of the events of the series as an in-universe True Crime novel. The original manga was serialized in the Seinen magazine Big Comic Original from 1994 to 2001. The adaptation is almost identical to the original, differing only in several scenes that were cut and several that were added. The series, written and drawn by Naoki Urasawa, one of the most popular mangakas in the business, has received several major awards and substantial critical acclaim it is painstakingly drawn and thoroughly researched, with an extensive cast and a complex, multi-layered story. The quest is further complicated when Tenma is framed for Johan's crimes, and Lunge begins a chase of his own for the now fugitive doctor. Following Johan's blood trail, however, becomes tricky and absorbing, and as Tenma's hunt becomes riddled with clues from the boy's childhood, finding the truth about Johan's past becomes as imperative as finding Johan himself. Horrified that he is responsible for the existence of such a monster, Tenma abandons his work and his life, devoting himself to finding Johan again and killing him for good. Now a young adult, Johan confesses that he was the one who killed Tenma’s superiors years ago as a way to thank the doctor, and departs. It's even worse when he sees who the killer is: the same boy he saved nine years ago. One night, a criminal patient runs in terror, trying to escape a person he calls "the Monster." Tenma follows him to a parking garage, only to see him mercilessly shot. ![]() ![]() Nine years later, Tenma is still working in the same hospital. Although none of the deaths can be directly attributed to the good doctor, a certain Inspector Lunge is unconvinced of his innocence. Then Johan escapes from the hospital with his catatonic twin sister Anna. Suddenly, the hospital directors who demoted Tenma die in mysterious circumstances, leaving a vacant position that only he can fill. Even though his life is now in ruins, Tenma still believes that he did the right thing. As a result, the child lives, the mayor dies in the hands of less talented surgeons, and Tenma is demoted by his superiors and dumped by his fiancée. Ordered to save the Mayor of Düsseldorf, Tenma instead listens to his conscience and operates on Johan Liebert, a 10-year-old boy who was shot in the murder of his adoptive parents. But one day, the guilt of primarily attending to the wealthy patients and leaving poorer people in need of his skills catches up to him. A Japanese immigrant working as a neurosurgeon in West Germany, he had the favor of the hospital director, a beautiful fiancée (the director's daughter), and a promising future. "Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a nameless monster. ![]()
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