A new season of “Bungo Stray Dogs” is in the works! Teaser visual released!

Bungo Stray Dogs” has announced the production of a new season.

Bungo Stray Dogs” is a cross-genre battle action work in which characters named after real-life literary giants such as Atsushi Nakajima, Osamu Dazai, and Ryunosuke Akutagawa are active. The manga was first serialized by Kafuka Asagiri and 35 Harukawa in “Young Ace” in 2013, and the series of related books has sold over 8.5 million copies (as of November 2021).

A two-course TV anime aired in 2016, the movie “Bungo Stray Dogs DEAD APPLE” screened in over 170 theaters nationwide in March 2018, the third season of the TV anime will air in April 2019, and the spin-off “Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! will be broadcast in January 2021.

In 2022, the stage show “Bungo Stray Dogs STORM BRINGER” and the first live-action movie of the series, “Bungo Stray Dogs BEAST” are scheduled to be released.

|A new season of “Bungo Stray Dogs” is in the works! Teaser visual released!

It has been 5 and a half years since the broadcast of the TV anime. Finally, a new season of “Bungo Stray Dogs” will be produced.

As the main staff, Takuya Igarashi is in charge of the director, Yoji Enokido is in charge of the series composition and script, Nobuhiro Arai is in charge of the character design and chief animation director, and Vons is in charge of the animation production. The familiar staff who have been involved in the anime since its beginning will continue to be in charge of the new season of “Bungo Stray Dogs”.

In conjunction with the announcement of the new season, a teaser visual drawn by Nobuhiro Arai, the character designer and chief animation director, has been released. After a deadly battle with the Port Mafia and the Guild, the Armed Detective Agency has confronted the “Majin” Fyodor, but what new enemy will stand in their way? 　Stay tuned for more information.

|Congratulatory comments from the staff and cast have arrived!

We have received congratulatory comments from the cast and main staff of “Bungo Stray Dogs” about the decision to produce a new season.

■Yusho Uemura (Atsushi Nakajima)
Congratulations on your decision to produce a new season! Bunsto, and Atsushi Nakajima, are an important part of my life. I’m truly happy to be able to see the future of Atsushi and his friends! Please continue to support me!

■Mamoru Miyano (Osamu Dazai)
Thanks to your support, we have decided to produce a new season! The entire staff and cast are filled with gratitude! I am so happy to think that I will be able to play my favorite character, Osamu Dazai, again. I would like to stay close to his life and weave his words. Please look forward to it!

■Sumire Morohoshi (as Kyoka Izumi)
To everyone who has supported Bungo Stray Dogs so far, thank you so much for everything! I’m very happy to be able to bring you another series, and I’m excited to see what kind of image we’ll get of Kyoka. Please wait for it with anticipation!

■Kensho Ono (Akutagawa Ryuunosuke)

Congratulations on your decision to produce a new season!
I am very happy to be able to play Akutagawa again. I’m happy to be able to play Akutagawa again, but at the same time, both Atsushi and Akutagawa are growing up fast, and I’m determined not to be left behind by them.
I’m determined to lock on to Mr. Dazai and the human tigers for the new season!

■Taniyama Kisho (Nakahara Nakaya Battle)
The popularity of Bunsto is awesome! I can’t thank you enough for all the fans.
I hope we get to see more of Nakaya!

■Yoji Enokido (series composition, script)

The new season of the anime Bungo Stray Dogs is about to begin.
Please look forward to this tumultuous series where the armed detective agency is trapped in an unprecedented crisis.
Your “guess” may change.

■Nobuhiro Arai (Character Design, Chief Animation Director)

Congratulations to the Bungo Stray Dogs on their new season.
Thanks to everyone’s support.
In my life as an animator, it’s not often that I come across a work of this caliber.
I will cherish drawing them.

|Movie “Bungo Stray Dogs BEAST” visual, preview and music information released!

For the movie “Bungo Stray Dogs BEAST”, which will be released on January 7, 2022 (Friday), the visual, preview and music information of the movie have been released.

▲Movie “Bungo Stray Dogs BEAST” Book Visual

The visual shows Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Shohei Hashimoto), Atsushi Nakajima (Hiroki Torigoe), Sakunosuke Oda (Kenshi Taniguchi) and Osamu Dazai (Lassei Tabuchi) confronting each other against the backdrop of the Port Mafia Building and the chaotic city of Yokohama.

In addition to Akutagawa, Atsushi, Oda, and Dazai, who also appear in this visual, the cast of the stage show “Bungo Stray Dogs” has gathered together, focusing on members of the Armed Detective Agency and Port Mafia. It is a powerful video that richly depicts the world view of the “Bunsto” series.

The theme song will be “Clockwise Torque” by GRANRODEO, who also sang the opening song for the anime series three times, and the music will be by Taku Iwasaki, who has been in charge of the musical accompaniment for the entire anime series.
In addition, new cuts of the characters and the second special offer for advance tickets were also newly announced.
For more details, please check the official website of the film.

|Film Information

■Movie「Bungo Stray Dogs BEAST」
January 7, 2022 (Gold) Public

＜Cast＞
Shohei Hashimoto, Hiroki Torigoe, Kenshi Taniguchi, Takao Tabuchi, etc.
 

■Bungo Stray Dogs New Season
＜STAFF＞

Original Story: Kafka Asagiri
Manga: Harukawa 35 (serialized in “Young Ace”)
Director: Takuya Igarashi
Series Composition/Screenplay: Yoji Enokido
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Nobuhiro Arai
Animation Production: BONES

(C)Kafuka Asagiri/35 Harukawa/KADOKAWA/Bungo Stray Dogs Production Committee
(C)Bungo Stray DogsBEAST Film Partners