beck & monster

BECK & Monster are two new great anime series. BECK is a patched up old dog. But this is not so much the story of Beck the dog. It's much more the story of the people living around that weird dog and, of course, music. J-rock has a big part of this anime. When the young school boy Koyuki meet Becks owner Ryuusuke, a legendary local rock star even though he's almost as young as Koyuki, Koyuki gets more and more interested in rock and less interested in his old J-pop favourites. He also has something going on with Ryuusukes kid sister Maho. Nice animation, interesting stories and loads of music and crazy dialoges in engrish. So far I've just seen six episodes but they are very promising.
Monster is something completely different. A very dark anime series set in Germany during the 90's. Almost like a crossing between Seven and the Fugative with a shade of kraut rock. The young and very talented japanese doctor Tenma works as a surgeon in a German hospital. One day he saves the life of a young boy, something that will change his life dramatically. People starts to die around him and the police suspects that he's the murderer. But he's not. Somehow it seems like it's the young boy Johan who's responsible. Dr Tenma starts to look for the truth about the kid he saved. Who is this Johan? The tracks lead back to a military orphanage in the old East Germany. Great and scary stuff, a must see. And finally a serial killer with my name!! Although the series starts a bit slow, now, 32 episodes later, I can hardly wait for the next episodes. It's so damn exciting! Another nice touch is the end theme, the beautiful David Sylvian song For the Love of Life. David Sylvian!! That's perfection.