Probably the best email I woke up to this morning, Viz Media is proudly promoting the anime version of one of the best horror/thriller manga series I have ever read. This fall, Naoki Urasawa’s MONSTER will be coming to Syfy and it’s sister channel, Chiller. Episodes will begin airing Oct 12th during the Ani-Monday time block, and will repeat the following week on Chiller.

I was lucky enough to see Monster when it was first airing, and it quickly became one of my favourite shows. Dr. Tenma, a very promising neurosurgeon in Germany, chooses to save the life of a young boy with a gunshot wound to his head instead of the life of a politician, and in doing so sets off a chain of events that will cost him his career. Mysterious deaths surround Tenma, and as he looks deeper into the young boy he saved (Johan) and his sister (Anna), Tenma uncovers secrets long thought buried, a string of serial murders, all while trying to keep two steps ahead of the perpetrator and the German investigator hot on his trail.

No word yet on when the anime will hit DVD release in North America, but my guess would be following or during its run on Syfy.

Viz Media has published the manga for North America, which is chapter for chapter the same as the anime, for those of you without Syfy or who want to read ahead. There are 18 volumes in the series, all available for purchase.

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