Monogatari Series will return with a YOASOBI opening
On the official site for the anime adaptation for the "Off Season" and "Monster Season" sub-franchises of the light novels written by Nisio Isin, "Monogatari Series," a new promotional video for the project was revealed. The video confirms that the premiere is scheduled for July 6 in Japan, and shows a snippet of the main theme song titled "UNDEAD" and performed by YOASOBI.
In light novels, "Off Season" consists of four volumes (Orokamonogatari, Wazamonogatari, Nademonogatari and Musubimonogatari) and "Monster Season" consists of six volumes (Shinobumonogatari, Yoimonogatari, Amarimonogatari, Ougimonogatari, Shinomonogatari). The synopses write:
- Monogatari Series: Off Season: Rarities have existed throughout history, with some tales dating back 600 years. Stories about vampires, a monkey's paw, shikigami, wanderers in the mist of the mountains, killer cats, mermaids, wolves, golems and, most terrifying of all, humans, have been picked up by so-called "oddity specialists". The purpose of these specialists is to combat, regulate, and most importantly, solve the many mysteries behind the circumstances that create these oddities. Monogatari Series: Off Season follows eight protagonists—some stuntmen, others the oddities themselves—as they interact with the world of aberrations, often falling into dangerous situations due to their own antics.
- Monogatari Series: Monster Season: "It's elegant to go around saving a girl who has nothing to do with you from time to time." The students of Naoetsu High School have disappeared one after another. When the mummified bodies of the girls are discovered, a very distinctive mark is left on the back of their necks...? Koyomi Araragi, now a first-year college student, sets out to track down the culprit!
On the other hand, Nisio Isin began publishing the light novels of the "Monogatari Series" in August 2005 through the Kodansha publishing house, with illustrations by Vofan. To date, the publisher has published a total of twenty-nine volumes, covering a variety of sub-franchises whose titles always end with the suffix "-monogatari". Regarding the anime adaptation, SHAFT studios has been in charge of multiple installments since 2009.
Voice Cast
- Yuka Iguchi as Tsukihi Araragi
- Kana Hanazawa as Nadeko Sengoku
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Suruga Kanbaru
- Chiwa Saitou as Hitagi Senjougahara
- Emiri Katou as Mayoi Hachikuji
- Maaya Sakamoto as Shinobu Oshino
Production Equipment
- Akiyuki Shinbou (Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica, Nisekoi, 3-gatsu no Lion) is in charge of supervising the project and is also in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Midori Yoshizawa (Go-toubun no Hanayome, 3-gatsu no Lion, Fate/EXTRA Last Encore, Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Gaiden) is directing the anime at SHAFT Studios.
- Fuyashi Tou (Nisekoi, 3-gatsu no Lion, Bishounen Tanteidan) is also involved in writing and supervising the scripts.
- Akio Watanabe (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai, Grisaia no Meikyuu, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
Synopsis of Monogatari Series
This is a story, a kind of "phantasmagoria," about scars that bind, monsters that lurk, and fakes that deceive. Koyomi Araragi's story begins through a fateful encounter with the all-powerful blond-haired, "hot-blooded, iron-blooded, cold-blooded" vampire, later introduced as Shinobu Oshino. Their tragic encounter ends Araragi's life as a human and his subsequent rebirth as a vampire, a monster. However, this encounter is only the beginning of his intrusions into the supernatural. Koyomi's noble personality leads him to become even more involved in the lives of other people with supernatural afflictions. This is their desperate attempt to return to a normal human life, in a paranormal world filled with tragedy, suffering, and inhumanity.
Source: Comic Natalie
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