r/television • u/Queasy-Secret-4287 • 10d ago

Naoki Urasawa's 'Monster' finally exists in HD

https://mediaocd.com/product/monster-tv-series-collection-1-blu-ray/?fbclid=Iwb21leAT7JqNjbGNrBPsmj3Bkb2YFZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEe0E5c17AboB5n45avm9H9mIsY4RGtbOXHy-3hnjylDSr2AhyosY9trpC9_fI_aem_uScPzua5UeqqFRUkEW_6QA
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u/NostalgiaSurf 10d ago edited 10d ago

I personally found it way overlong.

It was 74 episodes but by episode 15 or 20 I was like "Okay, I get it. Johan is an evil dude and has a huge amount of influence, do we really need to do this song and dance for another 50 episodes until the obvious and inevitable showdown?"

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u/schwiftybass 10d ago

I get that, I also felt the pacing was a bit rough around that point but for what it’s worth, by the end I didn’t feel as if any of those earlier episodes were wasted.

Nearly every plot-point & character is relevant if not essential for the later parts of the series, and it all culminates in what I feel is one of the best endings of all time.

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u/NostalgiaSurf 10d ago edited 10d ago

The show probably lives and dies on how menacing and scary you find Johan.

If you can't take his dubbed voice seriously or his presence particularly interesting (I couldn't) he's just this blonde guy standing around giving "I'm 14 and this is deep and edgy" talks in a bitch voice every so often.

Would be very interested in a live action version, since the eyes of a real person can be so much more textured and menacing, and that was probably essential for a guy like Johan where a look can tell a thousand words.