The Bungo Stray Dogsanime television series focuses on individuals who are gifted with supernatural powers and use them for different purposes including holding a business, solving mysteries, and carrying out missions assigned by the mafia. The story mainly follows the members of the "Armed Detective Agency" and their everyday lives. It is produced by Bones was directed by Takuya Igarashi and written by Yōji Enokido.[1] Nobuhiro Arai and Hiroshi Kanno served as the chief animation directors, while the former also served as character designer along with Ryō Hirata.
Taku Iwasaki composed the series' music. Kazuhiro Wakabayashi was the series' sound director at Glovision. Additionally, Yumiko Kondou was the art director, Yukari Goto was the anime's colour designer, Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi was the director of photography, and Shigeru Nishiyama was the editor.[2]Granrodeo performed the anime's opening theme, titled "Trash Candy",[3][4] and Luck Life performed the anime's ending theme, titled "Namae wo Yobu yo" (名前を呼ぶよ, lit. "Call Out the Name").[5] The first two seasons were released on DVD and Blu-ray between June 24, 2016 and August 4, 2017.[6][7] Funimation licensed the series for English release, with the first compilation released on March 6, 2018.[8]
The first season, containing twelve episodes, aired from April 7 to June 23, 2016,[4] on Tokyo MX, Teletama, Chiba TV, tvk, GBS (Gifu Broadcasting), Mie TV, SUN, TVQ, and BS11.[9] The second season, also containing twelve episodes, aired from October 6 to December 22, 2016.[4][10] The series has been licensed for streaming by Crunchyroll.[11] Screen Mode sung the opening theme titled "Reason Living" while Luck Life once again sung the ending theme titled "Kaze ga Fuku Machi" (風が吹く街, lit. "Town Where Wind Blows").
An original video animation was bundled with the 13th limited edition volume of the manga, which was released on August 4, 2017.[12][13]
In July 2018, it was announced that the series would receive a third season.[14] The voice cast and staff reprised their roles from the past two seasons.[15] The third season aired from April 12 to June 28, 2019, broadcasting on Tokyo MX, TVA, KBS, SUN, BS11, and Wowow.[16] Granrodeo performed the third season's opening theme "Setsuna no Ai" (セツナの愛, lit. "A Moment's Love"), while Luck Life performed the third seasons' ending theme "Lily".[17]
A fourth season was announced in November 2021.[18] It aired from January 4 to March 29, 2023. Screen Mode performed the opening theme "True Story", and Luck Life performed the ending theme "Shirushi" (しるし).[19] After the broadcast of the fourth season's finale, a fifth season was announced. It aired from July 12 to September 20, 2023. The opening theme is "Kurogane no Ori" (鉄の檻, lit. "Iron Cell") by Granrodeo, while the ending theme is "Kiseki" (軌跡, lit. "Trails") by Luck Life.[20]