Humanoid Monster Bem
Humanoid Monster Bem (Japanese: 妖怪人間ベム, Hepburn: Yōkai Ningen Bemu) is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series, which first aired on Fuji TV between October 7, 1968 and March 31, 1969, on its 19:30–20:00 timeslot.
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Logo of the 2019 anime | |
| 妖怪人間ベム (Yōkai Ningen Bemu) | |
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| Genre | Horror, adventure |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Noboru Ishiguro Hideo Wakabayashi |
| Written by | Akira Adachi |
| Studio | Dai'ichi Dōga |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | 7 October 1968 – 31 March 1969 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Harada |
| Written by | Junki Takegami |
| Studio | Studio Comet |
| Original network | Animax, Tokyo MX |
| Original run | 1 April 2006 – 7 October 2006 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Shunsuke Kariyama Noriyoshi Sakuma |
| Written by | Masafumi Nishida |
| Original network | NTV |
| Original run | October 22, 2011 – December 24, 2011 |
| Episodes | 10 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Shunsuke Kariyama |
| Produced by | Hidehiro Kawano |
| Written by | Masafumi Nishida |
| Studio | Toho |
| Released | December 15, 2012 |
| Runtime | 124 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| BEM | |
| Directed by | Yoshinori Odaka |
| Written by | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Music by | Soil & Pimp Sessions Michiru |
| Studio | LandQ Studios |
| Licensed by | Funimation |
| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVA, TVO |
| Original run | July 14, 2019 – October 13, 2019 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Live-action film | |
| Yokai Ningen Bela | |
| Directed by | Tsutomu Hanabusa |
| Written by | Daisuke Hozaka |
| Music by | Minami Nozaki |
| Studio | ADK Emotions |
| Released | September 11, 2020 |
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The series was later remade into a second anime television series, which premiered in April 2006 in Japan on Animax, featuring a new cast, with a total of 26 episodes also produced.
A live-action television drama adaptation premiered on NTV on October 22, 2011. A film was released on December 15, 2012.
For the series' 50th anniversary, a third anime television series adaptation titled BEM was confirmed to be in production. The third series aired from July 14 to October 13, 2019. A new film titled BEM: Become Human, was released on October 2, 2020. It streamed on Funimation's website on October 29, 2020.
A spin-off live-action film Yokai Ningen Bela was released on September 11, 2020.