Monogatari (series)

Monogatari
Cover of the first light novel Bakemonogatari, featuring Hitagi Senjōgahara
物語
Genre
Light novel
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byVofan
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintKodansha Box
MagazineMephisto (2005–2006)
Pandora
(2008)
Bessatsu
(2013)[5]
Original runAugust 10, 2005present
Volumes29 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
First Season
Directed by
Produced by
  • Atsuhiro Iwakami
  • Mitsutoshi Kubota
  • Masayuki Haryu (#1–15)
  • Takuya Matsushita (#16–30)
Written by
  • Composition:
  • Shaft[d]
  • Akiyuki Shinbo
  • Scripts:
  • Yukito Kizawa
  • Muneo Nakamoto
Music bySatoru Kōsaki
StudioShaft
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, MBS, TV Saitama, tvk, TV Aichi, Chiba TV, TVQ Kyushu, TVh, BS Japan
Original run
2009–2012
  • Bakemonogatari:
    July 3 – September 25, 2009 (TV)
    November 3, 2009 – June 25, 2010 (ONA)
    Nisemonogatari:
    January 8 – March 18, 2012
    Nekomonogatari (Black):
    December 31, 2012
Episodes30 (List of episodes)

First Season arcs:

  1. Bakemonogatari (15 episodes)
  2. Nisemonogatari (11 episodes)
  3. Nekomonogatari (Black) (4 episodes)
Anime television series
Second Season
Directed by
Produced by
  • Atsuhiro Iwakami
  • Mitsutoshi Kubota
  • Takuya Matsushita
Written by
  • Composition:
  • Shaft[d]
  • Akiyuki Shinbo
  • Scripts:
  • Yukito Kizawa
  • Muneo Nakamoto
Music by
  • Satoru Kōsaki (#1–23)
  • Kei Haneoka (#24–28)
StudioShaft
Licensed by
  • AUS: Hanabee
  • NA: Aniplex of America
  • UK: MVM Films
Original networkTokyo MX, MBS, TV Saitama, tvk, TV Aichi, Chiba TV, TVQ Kyushu, TVh, Tochigi TV, GTV, BS11
Original run
2013–2014
  • Nekomonogatari (White):
    July 7 – August 4, 2013
    Kabukimonogatari:
    August 18 – September 8, 2013
    Otorimonogatari:
    September 22 – October 13, 2013
    Onimonogatari:
    October 27 – November 17, 2013
    Koimonogatari:
    November 24 – December 29, 2013
    Hanamonogatari:
    August 16, 2014
Episodes28 (List of episodes)

Second Season arcs:

  1. Nekomonogatari (White) (5 episodes)
  2. Kabukimonogatari (4 episodes)
  3. Hanamonogatari (5 episodes)
  4. Otorimonogatari (4 episodes)
  5. Onimonogatari (4 episodes)
  6. Koimonogatari (6 episodes)
Anime television series
Final Season
Directed by
  • Akiyuki Shinbo[i]
  • Tomoyuki Itamura (#1–36)[j]
Produced by
  • Takuya Matsushita
  • Atsuhiro Iwakami (#1–36)
  • Mitsutoshi Kubota (#1–36)
  • Tatsuya Ishikawa (#37–42)
  • Kazuki Sōmiya (#37–42)
  • Tomoki Yunoguchi (#37–42)
Written by
  • Composition:
  • Shaft[d]
  • Akiyuki Shinbo
  • Scripts:
  • Yukito Kizawa
  • Muneo Nakamoto
Music by
  • Kei Haneoka (#1–17, 29–42)
  • Satoru Kōsaki (#18–28)
StudioShaft
Licensed by
  • AUS: Hanabee
  • NA: Aniplex of America
  • UK: MVM Films
Original networkTokyo MX, MBS, TV Saitama, tvk, TV Aichi, Chiba TV, TVQ Kyushu, TVh, Tochigi TV, GTV, BS11
Original run
2014–2019
  • Tsukimonogatari:
    December 31, 2014
    Owarimonogatari I:
    October 3 – December 19, 2015
    Koyomimonogatari:
    January 10 – March 27, 2016 (ONA)
    Owarimonogatari II:
    August 12–13, 2017
    Zoku Owarimonogatari:
    May 18 – June 22, 2019
Episodes42 (List of episodes)

Final Season arcs:

  1. Tsukimonogatari (4 episodes)
  2. Owarimonogatari I (13 episodes)
  3. Koyomimonogatari (12 episodes)
  4. Owarimonogatari II (7 episodes)
  5. Zoku Owarimonogatari (6 episodes)
Original net animation
Off & Monster Season
Directed by
  • Akiyuki Shinbo[k]
  • Midori Yoshizawa
Produced by
  • Akiko Yodo
  • Tatsuya Ishikawa
  • Yoshiyuki Shioya
  • Maho Nishibe
Written by
  • Composition:
  • Shaft[d]
  • Akiyuki Shinbo
  • Scripts:
  • Miku Ōshima
Music by
  • Satoru Kōsaki (#1–6)
  • Yuria Miyazono (#6.5)
  • Kei Haneoka (#7–14)
StudioShaft
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Released
2024
  • Orokamonogatari:
    July 6, 2024 ("Tsukihi Undo")
    Nademonogatari:
    July 13 – August 10, 2024
    Wazamonogatari:
    August 17, 2024 ("The Beautiful Princess")
    August 24–31, 2024 ("Acerola Bon Appétit")
    Shinobumonogatari:
    September 14 – October 19, 2024
Episodes14 (List of episodes)
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Monogatari (物語, "Story") is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Vofan. The plot centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who survives a vampire attack and finds himself helping girls involved with a variety of apparitions, ghosts, beasts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena, which often serve as proxies for their emotional and mental issues. Since November 2006, Kodansha published 29 volumes in the series under its Kodansha Box imprint. All of the series' story arcs share the common title suffix -monogatari (物語).

Shaft has animated the Monogatari series several times since 2009. The "first season" of the anime adaptation consists of 30 episodes, which were broadcast in Japan between July 2009 and December 2012. The second season consists of 28 episodes broadcast between July and December 2013, and the "final season" consists of 42 episodes broadcast between December 2014 and June 2019. A prequel anime film trilogy, Kizumonogatari, was released in 2016 and 2017. An anime adaptation of the "Off Season" and "Monster Season" novels aired from July to October 2024. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Oh! great and titled Bakemonogatari, was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from March 2018 to March 2023.

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  4. ^ Creamer, Nick (August 7, 2015). "Monogatari is a Disaster". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "西尾維新最新作『終物語』、別冊少年マガジン10月号に異例の先行掲載" [Nisio Isin's latest work, Owarimonogatari, was featured in the October issue of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine for the first time]. Oricon News. Oricon. August 8, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2020.


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