Bungo Stray Dogs

Bungo Stray Dogs
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring (left to right), Doppo Kunikida, Ranpo Edogawa, Atsushi Nakajima, Kenji Miyazawa, Osamu Dazai, and Akiko Yosano
文豪ストレイドッグス (Bungō Sutorei Doggusu)
Genre	Action, mystery, supernatural[1]
Manga
Written by	Kafka Asagiri
Illustrated by	Sango Harukawa
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Imprint	Kadokawa Comics A
Magazine	Young Ace
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	4 December 2012 – present
Volumes	25 (List of volumes)
Further information Light novel Written by Kafka Asagiri Illustrated by Sango Harukawa Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA: Yen Press Imprint Kadokawa Beans Bunko Original run 1 April 2014 – present Volumes 8 (List of volumes) Manga Bungo Stray Dogs: Wan! Written by Kafka Asagiri (original) Sango Harukawa (character design) Illustrated by Kanai Neko Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA: Yen Press[2] Magazine Young Ace Up Demographic Seinen Original run 22 December 2015 – present Volumes 12 (List of volumes) Anime television series Directed by Takuya Igarashi Produced by Chiaki Kurakane Junichirō Tamura (#1–36) Mari Suzuki (#37–) Written by Yōji Enokido Music by Taku Iwasaki Studio Bones Licensed by NA: Crunchyroll[a][3] UK: Anime Limited[4] Original network Tokyo MX, TVA, KBS, TVS, CTC, tvk, GBS, MTV, SUN, TVQ, BS11, Wowow English network SEA: Aniplus Asia[5] Original run 7 April 2016 – present Episodes 61[b] (List of episodes) Manga Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple Written by Bungo Stray Dogs DA Production Committee Illustrated by Ganjii Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA: Yen Press Magazine Young Ace Up Demographic Seinen Original run 9 March 2018 – 29 June 2023 Volumes 4 (List of volumes) Manga Bungo Stray Dogs: BEAST Written by Kafka Asagiri Illustrated by Shiwasu Hoshikawa Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA: Yen Press Magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace Demographic Shōnen Original run 26 December 2019 – 26 January 2022 Volumes 4 (List of volumes) Anime television series Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! Directed by Satonobu Kikuchi Written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu Studio Bones Nomad Licensed by Crunchyroll[6] Original network Tokyo MX, BS11, MBS, Wowow Original run 13 January 2021 – 31 March 2021 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Manga Bungo Stray Dogs: Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen Written by Kafka Asagiri Illustrated by Shiwasu Hoshikawa Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA: Yen Press Magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace Demographic Shōnen Original run July 2022 – present Volumes 2 (List of volumes) Films Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (2018 anime film) Bungo Stray Dogs The Movie: Beast (2022 live-action film)
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Bungo Stray Dogs (Japanese: 文豪ストレイドッグス, Hepburn: Bungō Sutorei Doggusu, lit. 'Literary Stray Dogs'), also abbreviated as B-S-D, is a Japanese manga series written by Kafka Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Harukawa, which has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Young Ace since 2012. Each character is named after influential authors throughout history, and their powers are based on said author's books. The series follows the members of the Armed Detective Agency as they try to protect Yokohama from organizations such as the Port Mafia. The story mainly focuses on the weretiger Atsushi Nakajima, who joins others gifted with supernatural powers to accomplish different tasks including solving mysteries and carrying out missions assigned by the agency.

As of 2024, ten light novels have been published. An anime television series adaptation produced by Bones aired in 2016 in two parts; the first season aired between April and June 2016, and the second season aired between October and December 2016. An anime film, Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple, was released in March 2018. A third season aired between April and June 2019. A fourth season aired between January and March 2023. A fifth season aired from July to September 2023.

A spin-off television series adaptation of Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! aired from January to March 2021. A live-action film, Bungo Stray Dogs The Movie: Beast, was released in Japan in January 2022.

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