Bungō Stray Dogs

Bungō Stray Dogs

Cover of Bungō Stray Dogs volume one.
文豪ストレイドッグス
(Bungō Sutorei Doggusu)
Genre Action[1]
Manga
Written by Kafka Asagiri
Illustrated by Sango Harukawa
Published by Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Young Ace
Original run 2012 – ongoing
Volumes 9
Novel series
Written by Kafka Asagiri
Illustrated by Sango Harukawa
Published by Kadokawa Shoten
Original run 1 April 2014 – ongoing
Volumes 3
Anime television series
Directed by Takuya Igarashi
Written by Yōji Enokido
Music by Taku Iwasaki
Studio Bones
Network Tokyo MX, TVS, CTC, tvk, GBS, MTV, SUN, TVQ, BS11
Original run April 2016 – scheduled

Bungō Stray Dogs (文豪ストレイドッグス Bungō Sutorei Doggusu, lit. Literary Stray Dogs) is a Japanese manga series written by Kafka Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Harukawa, which has been serialized in the magazine Young Ace since 2012. The series will receive an anime television series adaptation in April 2016.

Plot

The story of Bungō Stray Dogs centers around real-life authors who now have supernatural powers, and use them to solve mysteries in the "Armed Detective Agency". Real-life figures to have been featured in the series include Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Yukito Ayatsuji, Dan Brown, Agatha Christie, Osamu Dazai, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Rampo Edogawa, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Kenji Miyazawa, Doppo Kunikida, and Akiko Yosano.[1][2]

Media

Manga

Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa began publishing the manga in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen magazine Young Ace in 2012.[1] Kadokawa has compiled the series into nine tankōbon volumes.

Volume list

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBN
1 4 April 2013[3]ISBN 978-4-04-120673-7[3]
2 5 August 2013[4]ISBN 978-4-04-120835-9[4]
3 4 December 2013[5]ISBN 978-4-04-120952-3[5]
4 4 April 2014[6]ISBN 978-4-04-121093-2[6]
5 4 August 2014[7]ISBN 978-4-04-101539-1[7]
6 4 December 2014[8]ISBN 978-4-04-101540-7[8]
7 2 May 2015[9]ISBN 978-4-04-102915-2[9]
8 4 September 2015[10]ISBN 978-4-04-102916-9[10]
9 29 December 2015[11]ISBN 978-4-04-102916-9[10]

Novel

Three novels in the series, written by Asagiri and with illustrations by Harukawa, have been published by Kadokawa.[1]

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBN
1 1 April 2014[12]ISBN 978-4-04-101312-0[12]
2 1 August 2014[13]ISBN 978-4-04-101713-5[13]
3 1 May 2015[14]ISBN 978-4-04-102332-7[14]

Anime

An anime adaptation from animation studio Bones will be directed by Takuya Igarashi and written by Yōji Enokido.[1] Nobuhiro Arai and Hiroshi Kanno serve as the chief animation directors, while the former also serves as character designer along with Ryō Hirata. Taku Iwasaki composes the series' music. Kazuhiro Wakabayashi is the series' sound director at Glovision. Additionally, Yumiko Kondou is the art director, Yukari Goto is the anime's color designer, Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi is the director of photography, and Shigeru Nishiyama is the editor.[15] The series will premiere in April 2016.[16] Granrodeo will perform the anime's opening theme[17] and Luck Life will perform the anime's ending theme, titled "Namae o Yobu yo".[18] The anime will broadcast on Tokyo MX, TVS, CTC, tvk, GBS (Gifu Broadcasting), Mie TV, SUN, TVQ Kyushu and BS11.[19]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bungō Stray Dogs Gets Anime Adaptation at Studio Bones". Anime News Network. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown Gains Super Powers in Official Japanese Manga". Anime News Network. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "文豪ストレイドッグス (1)". Kadokawa Corporation (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 "文豪ストレイドッグス (2)". Kadokawa Corporation (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 "文豪ストレイドッグス (3)". Kadokawa Corporation (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 "文豪ストレイドッグス (4)". Kadokawa Corporation (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. 1 2 "文豪ストレイドッグス (5)". Kadokawa Corporation (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  8. 1 2 "文豪ストレイドッグス (6)". Kadokawa Corporation (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  9. 1 2 "文豪ストレイドッグス (7)". Kadokawa Corporation (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 "文豪ストレイドッグス (8)". Kadokawa Corporation (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "文豪ストレイドッグス (9)". Kadokawa Corporation (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  12. 1 2 "文豪ストレイドッグス 太宰治の入社試験". Kadokawa Corporation (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  13. 1 2 "文豪ストレイドッグス 太宰治と黒の時代". Kadokawa Corporation (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  14. 1 2 "文豪ストレイドッグス 探偵社設立秘話". Kadokawa Corporation (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Bungō Stray Dogs Anime's New Key Visual, Staff, 1st 3 Character Designs Unveiled". Anime News Network. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "Bungō Stray Dogs Anime's April Premiere, 3 More Character Visuals Revealed". Anime News Network. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  17. ↑ "Granrodeo Performs Bungō Stray Dogs Opening Theme Song". Anime News Network. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Luck Life Performs Bungō Stray Dogs Anime's Ending Theme". Anime News Network. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  19. ↑ Chapman, Paul (24 January 2016). "Japanese Broadcast Details Announced for "Bungo Stray Dogs"". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

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