[4] The 94-episode 1982 iteration was aired around the world, marketed as The Monster Kid,[5][6] which was the official English title.

Neither Hiroshi's classmates in the anime appear in the TV drama series.

The theme song for the TV drama series is Monster by Japanese boy band Arashi.

On the day of succession to the throne, he is ordered to go to the world of humans by the King of Kaibutsu Land for ascetic training.

Kaibutsu-kun and his attendants, Dracula, Wolfman, and Franken, travel to the world of humans and encounter several monsters or humans belonging to the demon group led by Demorina who tries to set the prince of demon back on track and take over the world.