One of my all time favorites.

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Absolutely terrible!! 74 episodes and essentially !zero! plot development and even less resolution. I will never return to IMDb for anime recommendations! I continued to watch with the hope that at the very end it would save face, but not even. I can wholeheartedly say that the ending of this show was a greater disappointment than their inability to develop a storyline as great as this. How they managed to f**k up a story as potentially intense and dark as the one presented in the description is beyond me. As one fan of anime to another, !!do not waste your time on this show!! Go watch Gurren Lagan, Full Metal Alchemist, DeathNote, Darker than Black, Hunter X Hunter, Kill la Kill, Star Driver...those are worthy of the 9 stars this piece of sh*t was given.

I've always been a fan of intelligent animes. After watching numerous shows, including death note, physcho-pass, stein's gate, etc... I found monster. I was skeptical to watch at first, mainly due to the new/realistic animation (Which I now love), however after the first episode I was completely gripped by the show. This show is written to be incredibly tense and suspenseful. It's dark, gritty, and mature. Without a doubt, monster is the most mature anime series I've watched. It's also very emotional and realistic. Characters are we'll developed and their personalities differ from one another. In this way, many characters stand out. There are so many side characters, yet they all play important roles in the overall plot. The shows pacing is slow at time, but this allows for a build up of suspense and further exposition into the incredibly intricate plot. I'm not going to give away any spoilers, however I'd like to say that this anime has my favorite villain. He's incredibly intelligent, and has insight into the human psyche functions. Thus, the villain manipulates others as if they're chess pieces. If you haven't watched monster, watch it. Its by far the most worthwhile anime iv'e ever experienced.

The only series that I have seen that I have enjoyed as much as this are Lost and Breaking Bad.I absolutely love this anime, it seems to touch on every single walk of life, both light and dark, it has made my cry on so many occasions, not necessarily out of sadness, but also because of the beauty in which it presents many parts of life.The only criticisms I would give is that the dialogue is not always worded in a realistic way, but this might be more to do with the translation from Japanese to English, and this was only a minor, minor problem to me.What I really like is that the main protagonist is so likable, and so many characters are met on his journey who are also likable and interesting.I also love the amount of travelling the characters do, which really gives the series a sense of adventure.I don't feel the pilot is a good representation of the whole show, so I would suggest watching at least 5 episodes before making a judgement, but even then it doesn't cover the scope of where this anime will take you.

Ah, Monster. Another anime I devoted a lot of time to before giving up in frustration. On one hand, its a very serious show. Grounded in reality, few moments of happiness or hope. And Dr. Tenma is a likable lead. On the other, the show is very slow. I liked some of the vignettes, but most of the plot points felt like they were getting in the way of the true story.I endured. I still wanted to see how it'd play out, how our characters would evolve. But then the show got preachy. Episode 37 and 38 were so stupid. "I can't kill Johan! Killing is totes wrong, yo!" He could have easily killed Johan, but suddenly choked up. "Would killing Johan make me just as bad as him?" Short answer - No, you freaking moron! And because of his weak will, many more people have to die by a psychopathic serial killer. I'm so philosophically against this show, its infuriating, and Monster does nothing to defend its position on life. What an irritating end to an arc!I don't know how I would have reacted to the other episodes. But when your series is 70+ episodes long, you need to bring your A game. I read the synopsis, and I'm not that impressed. While Monster is ambitious, I don't believe it has enough juice. And I'm not going to spend 20 more hours on a 5/10.Random positive note - the episode endings are very chilling. Slow, somber music + storybook illustrations. Very nice.