Monster (Generic anime discussion thread)

[dreamless]

about Dr. Becker's womanizing side... it's hinted at episode 3 I guess...

[lavarock]

After watching Episode 3, I can't wait to see

Spoiler:

Nina

[TheLaughingMan]

So far, Monster is the best series I have seen for 2004.

It really has a interesting and suspenceful storyline. The setting also seems to be unique (how many non hentai shows are about doctors/surgeons? Blackjack is the only one i can think of.)

I was somewhat surprised how the storyline jumped ahead so many years. After reading the summery, i thought it took place when the kids were little. Hmmm, i think i am in for a real treat.

Lunge is spooky, but in a cool way. His finger thing. Does anyone think that takes away from the realism of the series?

[TronDD]

Originally Posted by TheLaughingMan

Lunge is spooky, but in a cool way. His finger thing. Does anyone think that takes away from the realism of the series?

I thought so when reading the manga. He looks too much like Agent Smith from Matrix and his mechanical computer typing fingering just reminds me too much of the agents.

Still, it didn't really blow the story or anything. It's less unrealistic than just odd.

[Yebyosh]

Originally Posted by TheLaughingMan

Lunge is spooky, but in a cool way. His finger thing. Does anyone think that takes away from the realism of the series?

No... there are a lot of quirky eccentric people on this world whose behaviour would make you think Lunge is the sanest of us all

His 'typing' is just a power memorisation tool, just like those techniques that tell you to 'visualise' and associate a picture with a memory, Lunge just 'types' it in.

[hunterx]

damn these characters look like they were just copied from 20th CB. yea I know it's the same author of the manga but I always find myself thinking "Haven't I seen this guy before?" heh

[mirichan]

Originally Posted by TronDD

I thought so when reading the manga. He looks too much like Agent Smith from Matrix and his mechanical computer typing fingering just reminds me too much of the agents.

Except that The Matrix is a movie done in 1999... Lunge showed up at the beginning of the manga, which started in 1994.

Guess Agent Smith was copied on him and not the reverse

[TronDD]

Originally Posted by mirichan

Except that The Matrix is a movie done in 1999... Lunge showed up at the beginning of the manga, which started in 1994.

Guess Agent Smith was copied on him and not the reverse

That's fine, but I saw The Matrix first so Agent Smith couldn't remind me of Lunge, whom I had never seen.

Either way both are cool characters in their respective stories.

[Spooky-Electric]

Originally Posted by hunterx

damn these characters look like they were just copied from 20th CB. yea I know it's the same author of the manga but I always find myself thinking "Haven't I seen this guy before?" heh

I believe Monster came before 20CB though.

I know what you mean though. A lot of his characters look similar. The main character of Master Keaton looks very similar to the main character of Monster, IMO.

[Fighter Volk]

I'm downloading a 20th Century Boys torrent right now, but I don't plan on reading the Monster manga since the anime's coming out

[Icer]

I hope the anime does these later parts of the manga justice, so far it's been great but this stuff is nothing compared to what's on tap.
Has some high expectations to live up to.

[Spooky-Electric]

Monster's opening theme has to be the best opening song without vocals I've ever heard! It fits the series so well. I love it.

[Nine Devil]

monster 4 was awesome we finally see him damn he looks good but wtf is his problem can't wait for more!

[BigFire]

Originally Posted by Nine Devil

monster 4 was awesome we finally see him damn he looks good but wtf is his problem can't wait for more!

Spoiler:

What, the fact that he is the closest thing to a manufactured Anti-Christ there is isn't a problem? And no, there is no supernatural involved.

[marin]

Wow it just jumped 9 years like *that*

[lavarock]

Monster's opening theme has to be the best opening song without vocals I've ever heard! It fits the series so well. I love it.

Totally Agree, plus the ending theme

[CompShrink]

yeah, jumping ahead so quickly, certainly isn't slow paced for a 70 ep series, is it. :P

[lavarock]

Originally Posted by CompShrink

yeah, jumping ahead so quickly, certainly isn't slow paced for a 70 ep series, is it. :P

Spoiler:

Unfortantly since the manga is 18 volumes 162 Chapters and they are doing roughly 2 chapters per episode (actually very close to exactly 2c/ep so far). I guess roughly 20 chapters will be cut. Probably the side story of some characters, probably how Lunge lost his position in the BKA by forcing that secretary to confess and ultimately make him suicide.

[dreamless]

that's one of the things make Naoki Urasawa so special. He is a master in telling stories across a long period of time and switching to different locations on the way. 20th Century Boys further develops this "space-time switching/jumping" story-telling technique that stories are told back and forth in time and locations are switched across the whole world. Now 20th Century boys already spans 2.5 generations from the 1970's to 2018.

[BigFire]

Originally Posted by lavarock

Spoiler:

Unfortantly since the manga is 18 volumes 162 Chapters and they are doing roughly 2 chapters per episode (actually very close to exactly 2c/ep so far). I guess roughly 20 chapters will be cut. Probably the side story of some characters, probably how Lunge lost his position in the BKA by forcing that secretary to confess and ultimately make him suicide.

Spoiler:

Although how Lunge was isolated within BKA is rather important to the whole story. He had bigger fish to fry when this happened. So he is left with nothing other than the middle age couple serial murder case, and Dr. Tenma. And he pursuit Dr. Tenma with the singular determination.

Most likely, some of the stories about the people Tenma helped and saved will have to be parred. When he was finally arrested, we got a snippet of people he helped and saved while on the run, and the police was surprised by the number of people who continued to stand by his claim of innocience.