VerticalDemographicMagazineOriginal runMarch 14, 2018 – presentVolumes7 OtherMonogatari ( 物語, lit. 'Story') is a Japanese series written by and illustrated by illustrator Vofan. Since November 2006, has published 25 novels in the series under their, with plans for at least three more novels as of October 2019. The story centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who survives a vampire attack and subsequently finds himself helping girls involved with a variety of apparitions, deities, ghosts, mythological beasts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena.has animated the Monogatari series multiple times since 2009. The first season of the adaptation consists of 30 episodes, released from July 2009 to December 2012. The second season consists of 28 episodes, released between July and December 2013.
The third and final season consists of 42 episodes released from December 2014 to June 2019. An anime film trilogy, was released in 2016 and 2017. A adaptation by of the series' first arc, Bakemonogatari, began serialization in Kodansha's in March 2018. See also:The Monogatari series revolves around Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate of his, the reclusive Hitagi Senjōgahara, falls down the stairs into Koyomi's arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs nothing, in defiance of physics.
Despite being threatened by her to keep away, Koyomi offers his help and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a strange middle-aged man living in an abandoned building, who cured him of being a vampire. Once Koyomi helps solve Hitagi's problem, she decides to become his friend.As the series progresses, Koyomi finds himself involved with other girls, each afflicted by different 'oddities', including the ghost of a child called Mayoi Hachikuji; his underclassman Suruga Kanbaru; Nadeko Sengoku, a friend of his sisters; his classmate Tsubasa Hanekawa; and his own younger sisters Karen and Tsukihi. To deal with the spectres, Koyomi relies on guidance from Oshino and, later, from Shinobu, the same vampire who attacked him, now with the appearance of an eight-year-old girl.Most heroines have an item that symbolises their spectres, such as Hitagi's stapler (the claw of a crab), Mayoi's backpack (the shell of a snail), Suruga's arm (the arm of a monkey), Nadeko's hat and jacket (the head and skin of a snake), and Karen's (the colors of a bee).
Although incorporating elements of fantasy, horror, and action, it primarily focuses on conversations between characters, containing parodies of other series, as well as 's trademark and.Media Light novels. Main article:The anime adaptation of Bakemonogatari aired between July 3 and September 25, 2009 on. The series is part of Kodansha's Nisio Isin Anime Project and is produced by, directed by and chief directed by, with scripts by Fuyashi Tō and featuring a by based on Vofan's original concepts. The music for the series is produced by under the supervision of Yota Tsuruoka. The series was scheduled to be 15 episodes long, but only the first 12 episodes were broadcast. The remaining three episodes were distributed on the official website between November 3, 2009 and June 25, 2010. At 2012, announced that they had acquired Bakemonogatari for a North America release.
The series was released in North America on on November 20, 2012.An 11-episode anime adaptation of Nisemonogatari aired from January 8 to March 18, 2012, produced by the same staff as Bakemonogatari, but with Tomoyuki Itamura replacing Tatsuya Oishi as director. A four-episode anime television series adaptation of Nekomonogatari (Kuro) ( 猫物語(黒), 'Cat Story (Black)') aired back-to-back on December 31, 2012. Two Blu-ray and DVD compilation volumes were released: the first on March 6, 2013 and the second on April 3, 2013.
A 26-episode anime television series titled Monogatari Series Second Season, spanning five of the six novels from Nekomonogatari (Shiro) ( 猫物語(白), 'Cat Story (White)') to Koimonogatari, aired between July 7 and December 29, 2013.A five-episode anime television series, adapting the remaining novel of the second series, Hanamonogatari, aired as a marathon on August 16, 2014, and a four-episode adaptation of the first novel of the third series, Tsukimonogatari, aired in a marathon on December 31, 2014. A 12-episode anime television series adapting two more novels of the third series, titled Owarimonogatari, aired between October 3 and December 19, 2015. A series of adapting the prequel novel Kizumonogatari were produced, with the first one, Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu, premiering on January 8, 2016, the second film, Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu, premiering on August 19, 2016, and the third and final film, Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu, premiering on January 6, 2017. A web anime series adapting Koyomimonogatari became available for download on the and from January 9, 2016.
A seven-episode anime television series, an adaptation of the third Owarimonogatari novel, aired on August 12 and 13, 2017. An adaptation of Zoku Owarimonogatari was released in theaters on November 10, 2018 and as two Blu-ray and DVD volumes on February 27, 2019 and March 27, 2019. It aired on TV as six episodes between May 18 and June 22, 2019.The anime adaptation does not follow the order of the novels.
Kizumonogatari was planned to be released in 2012 after Bakemonogatari, but due to production issues, it was delayed until 2016. Hanamonogatari was originally planned to be animated in its original place from the novels, but it got postponed to air after Monogatari Series Second Season. In the Blu-ray box set of Monogatari Series Second Season though, Hanamonogatari is listed as the third arc. Koyomimonogatari in the novels was released before Owarimonogatari, but in the anime adaptation, it was released on the and app after Kizumonogatari I and Owarimonogatari.Manga On January 10, 2018, Nisio Isin announced via that Bakemonogatari would receive a adaptation. On February 13, 2018, revealed three pieces of character art and opened a contest for Twitter users to guess the identity of the artist who would illustrate the series. On February 28, 2018, it was announced that manga artist would be illustrating the series. The manga launched in the 15th issue of Kodansha's magazine on March 14, 2018.
The special edition of the first volume contained a short prose story by Nisio Isin and a short manga titled 'Bake 'mono' gatari' ( 化“者”語) by Oh! Great.The manga will be released in North America by in October 2019. No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN1June 15, 2018( SE)October 1, 20192August 17, 2018( SE)January 7, 20203November 16, 2018( SE)March 3, 20204January 17, 2019( SE)May 26, 20205April 17, 2019( SE)July 7, 20206July 17, 2019( SE)——7October 17, 2019( SE)——Other media A titled Original Drama CD Hyakumonogatari ( オリジナルドラマCD 佰物語, Orijinaru Dorama Shīdi Hyakumonogatari), a reference to the parlor game, was released on August 3, 2009.
The script was written by Nisio Isin and is bundled with the CD.A titled Bakemonogatari Portable ( 化物語 ポータブル) developed by was released on August 23, 2012.has made several petit figures for the series, releasing them as separate sets. The first set contains the characters Koyomi Araragi, Hitagi Senjōgahara and Tsubasa Hanekawa. Vertical, Inc. Archived from on August 25, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018. Bakemonogatari (Vol.
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