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Japanese animated adaptation of Marvel's "The Monster of Frankenstein" comic book series.Japanese animated adaptation of Marvel's "The Monster of Frankenstein" comic book series.Japanese animated adaptation of Marvel's "The Monster of Frankenstein" comic book series.
Masao Komatsu
- Franken
- (voice)
- (as Masatada Komatsu)
Banjô Ginga
- Detective 1
- (voice)
Ichirô Nagai
- Grandfather
- (voice)
Yoku Shioya
- Phillip
- (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa
- Detective 2
- (voice)
Kei Tomiyama
- Skel
- (voice)
Keiko Yamamoto
- Housekeeper
- (voice)
Jôji Yanami
- Inspector Belbo
- (voice)
Louise Chamis
- Emma
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Richard Epcar
- Franken
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Greg Finley
- Victor
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Rebecca Forstadt
- Emily
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Steve Kramer
- Belbeau
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe final animated film made from the Marvel license Toei used to produce the Spider-Man and first three super sentai series.
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Monster of Frankenstein
I saw this dubbed anime version of Frankenstein under the title Monster of Frankenstein, which is the name of a Marvel comic book series from the 1970s. This is supposedly based on that which, of course, was based off of Mary Shelley's classic novel. I say supposedly because I'm not overly familiar with that series so I don't know if this is directly adapted or just loosely so. The movie starts with Frankenstein creating the monster, who then attacks his creator and falls off a cliff. From there Frankenstein returns home to his VERY annoying family and spends a lot of time freaking out, worrying that his creation is going to come after him. Eventually, he decides to hunt down the monster himself and kill it.
This isn't for kids. There's lots of blood, violence, death, and even implied cannibalism. One character has his head squeezed until he loses an eye. Frankenstein cuts into a steak and the sight of blood makes him flashback to cutting up cadavers. It's fairly graphic at times, even by today's standards. The animation is kind of like what you would see in the '80s on cartoons like G.I. Joe, for those of you who are familiar with that. It seems strange to me that this was made by Japanese people for Japanese television yet all of the characters are Anglicized. Was that a common practice then? From what I've read it wasn't dubbed and released in the US until 1984. It's not bad necessarily, but it's overlong and weird. Still, I can't think of many other cartoons like it. If you're a Frankenstein fan you should definitely check it out.
This isn't for kids. There's lots of blood, violence, death, and even implied cannibalism. One character has his head squeezed until he loses an eye. Frankenstein cuts into a steak and the sight of blood makes him flashback to cutting up cadavers. It's fairly graphic at times, even by today's standards. The animation is kind of like what you would see in the '80s on cartoons like G.I. Joe, for those of you who are familiar with that. It seems strange to me that this was made by Japanese people for Japanese television yet all of the characters are Anglicized. Was that a common practice then? From what I've read it wasn't dubbed and released in the US until 1984. It's not bad necessarily, but it's overlong and weird. Still, I can't think of many other cartoons like it. If you're a Frankenstein fan you should definitely check it out.
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By what name was Monster of Frankenstein (1981) officially released in Canada in English?
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