Urasawa's Monster to Air on SyFy and Chiller this October

Urasawa’s Monster to Air on SyFy and Chiller this October

Joseph Luster August 21, 2009

Viz announced earlier today that the anime based on Naoki Urasawa’s horror/suspense manga, Monster, will start airing on SyFy’s Ani-Monday block, beginning on October 12th. A new episode will play each Monday after that, and will then be rebroadcast on SyFy’s sister network, Chiller.

Sounds like a pretty good fit for the series, and perhaps it will even attract new readers to Urasawa’s original manga, which is released under Viz’s Signature label. It’s also rated TV-MA, so it would seem to be uncut, content-wise. We’ll all see come October, and who knows, this could open the floodgates for more mature anime on US television if successful.