List of Bungo Stray Dogs episodes
The anime series television Bungo Stray Dogs centers 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 color 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 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 being out on March 6, 2018[8]
The series was split into two halves: the first half, containing twelve episodes, premiered on 7 April 2016 and ended on 23 June 2016,[4] being broadcast on Tokyo MX, Teletama, Chiba TV, tvk, GBS (Gifu Broadcasting), Mie TV, SUN, TVQ Kyushu, and BS11.[9] The second half, also containing twelve episodes, premiered on 6 October 2016 and ended on 22 December 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 manga volume, which was released on 31 August 2017.[12][13]
On 21 July 2018, it has been announced that the series would receive a third season.[14] The cast and staff will reprise their roles from the previous two seasons.[15] The third season premiered from 12 April 2019 and ended on 28 June 2019, broadcast on Tokyo MX, TVA, KBS, SUN, BS11, and Wowow.[16] Granrodeo performed the third seasons' opening theme "Setsuna no Ai," and Luck Life performed the third seasons' ending theme "Lily."[17]
The anime is licensed in North America by Crunchyroll (with home video distribution from Funimation) and in the United Kingdom by Anime Limited.[18][19]
Episode list
Season 1
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [20][a] | Directed by [20] | Storyboarded by [20] | Original air date [21] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Fortune Is Unpredictable and Mutable" Transliteration: "Jinsei Banji Saiō ga Tora" (Japanese: 人生万事塞翁が虎) | Takuya Igarashi | Takuya Igarashi | April 7, 2016 |
| 2 | 2 | "A Certain Bomb" Transliteration: "Aru Bakudan" (Japanese: 或る爆弾) | Ikurō Satō | Takuya Igarashi | April 14, 2016 |
| 3 | 3 | "Yokohama Gangster Paradise" Transliteration: "Yokohama Gyangusutā Paradaisu" (Japanese: ヨコハマ ギャングスタア パラダヰス) | Kazuhiro Yoneda | Taizo Yoshida | April 21, 2016 |
| 4 | 4 | "The Tragedy of the Fatalist" Transliteration: "Unmeironsha no Himi" (Japanese: 運命論者の悲み) | Daigo Yamagishi | Michio Fukuda | April 28, 2016 |
| 5 | 5 | "Murder on D Street" | Hiroki Ikeshita | Takahiro Ikezoe | May 5, 2016 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Azure Messenger" Transliteration: "Ao no Shito" (Japanese: 蒼の使徒) | Yoshiyuki Asai | Takuya Igarashi | May 12, 2016 |
| 7 | 7 | "Love for the Disease Called Ideals" Transliteration: "Risō to Iu Yamai wo Aisu" (Japanese: 理想という病を愛す) | Ikurō Satō | Takuya Igarashi | May 19, 2016 |
| 8 | 8 | "Teaching Them To Kill; Then To Die" Transliteration: "Hito wo Koroshite Shine yo Tote" (Japanese: 人を殺して死ねよとて) | Kazuhiro Yoneda | Takahiro Ikezoe | May 26, 2016 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Beauty Is Quiet Like a Stone Statue" Transliteration: "Utsukushiki Hito wa Sabi to Shite Sekizō no Gotoku" (Japanese: うつくしき人は寂として石像の如く) | Hiroki Ikeshita | Taizo Yoshida | June 2, 2016 |
| 10 | 10 | "Rashoumon and the Tiger" Transliteration: "Rashōmon to Tora" (Japanese: 羅生門と虎) | Daigo Yamagishi | Takahiro Ikezoe | June 9, 2016 |
| 11 | 11 | "First, an Unsuitable Profession for Her" Transliteration: "Sono Ichi『Kanojo ni Mukanai Shokugyō』" (Japanese: 其の一『彼女には向かない職業』) | Sayaka Morikawa | Taizo Yoshida | June 16, 2016 |
| "Second, an Ecstatic Detective Agency" Transliteration: "Sono Ni『Uchōten Tanteisha』" (Japanese: 其の二『有頂天探偵社』) | |||||
| 12 | 12 | "Borne Back Ceaselessly into the Past" Transliteration: "Taemanaku Kako e Oshimodosare nagara" (Japanese: たえまなく過去へ押し戻されながら) | Ikurō Satō | Takahiro Ikezoe | June 23, 2016 |
Season 2
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [22][a] | Directed by [22] | Storyboarded by [22] | Original air date [23] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | "The Dark Age" Transliteration: "Kuro no Jidai" (Japanese: 黒の時代) | Yoshiyuki Asai | Takuya Igarashi | October 6, 2016 |
| 14 | 2 | "Nowhere to Return" Transliteration: "Modorenai Basho" (Japanese: 戻れない場所) | Hiroki Ikeshita | Takuya Igarashi | October 13, 2016 |
| 15 | 3 | "A Room Where We Can Someday See the Ocean" Transliteration: "Itsuka Umi no Mieru Heya de" (Japanese: いつか海の見える部屋で) | Ikurō Satō | Takuya Igarashi | October 20, 2016 |
| 16 | 4 | "Bungo Stray Dog" Transliteration: "Bungō Sutorei Doggu" (Japanese: 文豪ストレイドッグ) | Yoshiyuki Asai | Takuya Igarashi | October 27, 2016 |
| 17 | 5 | "Three Companies Conflict" Transliteration: "Sansha Teiritsu" (Japanese: 三社鼎立) | Sayaka Morikawa | Hideyo Yamamoto | November 3, 2016 |
| 18 | 6 | "The Strategy of Conflict" | Takanori Yano | Taizo Yoshida | November 10, 2016 |
| 19 | 7 | "Will of Tycoon" Transliteration: "Wiru obu Taikūn" (Japanese: ウィル・オブ・タイクーン) | Ikurō Satō | Yoshiyuki Asai | November 17, 2016 |
| 20 | 8 | "Though the Mind May be Wrong" Transliteration: "Atama wa Machigau Koto ga Atte mo" (Japanese: 頭は間違うことがあっても) | Sayaka Morikawa | Hiroko Utsumi | November 24, 2016 |
| 21 | 9 | "Double Black" Transliteration: "Futatsu no Kuro" (Japanese: 双つの黒) | Takanori Yano | Taizo Yoshida | December 1, 2016 |
| 22 | 10 | "Poe and Rampo" Transliteration: "Sono Ichi『Pō to Ranpo』" (Japanese: 其の一『ポオと乱歩』) | Takebumi Anzai | Michio Fukuda | December 8, 2016 |
| "Moby Dick, Swimming in the Sky" Transliteration: "Sono Ni『Ama no Umi o Yuku Hakugei no Arite』" (Japanese: 其の二『天の海をゆく白鯨のありて』) | |||||
| 23 | 11 | "Rashoumon, the Tiger, and the Last Emperor" Transliteration: "Rashōmon to Tora to Saigo no Tai-kun" (Japanese: 羅生門と虎と最後の大君) | Ikurō Satō | Michio Fukuda | December 15, 2016 |
| 24 | 12 | "If I May Shed Away My Burden Now" Transliteration: "Moshi Kyō Kono Nimotsu o Oroshite Yoi no nara" (Japanese: 若し今日この荷物を降ろして善いのなら) | Takuya Igarashi | Takuya Igarashi | December 22, 2016 |
| 25[b] | OVA | "Walking Alone" Transliteration: "Hitori Ayumu" (Japanese: 独り歩む) | Ikurō Satō | Hiroko Utsumi | August 4, 2017 |
Season 3
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [24][a] | Directed by [24] | Storyboarded by [24] | Original air date [25] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 1 | "Dazai, Chuuya, Fifteen Years Old" Transliteration: "Dazai, Chūya, Jūgo-sai" (Japanese: 太宰、中也、十五歳) | Ikurō Satō | Takuya Igarashi | April 12, 2019 |
| 27 | 2 | "God of Fire" Transliteration: "Aragami wa Ima" (Japanese: 荒神は今) | Takahiro Hasui | Takuya Igarashi | April 19, 2019 |
| 28 | 3 | "Only a Diamond Can Polish a Diamond" Transliteration: "Daiya wa Daiya-de Shika" (Japanese: ダイヤはダイヤでしか) | Ikurō Satō | Takuya Igarashi | April 26, 2019 |
| 29 | 4 | "My Ill Deeds Are the Work of God" Transliteration: "Toga Ataeru wa Kami no Gō" (Japanese: 咎与うるは神の業) | Daisuke Chiba | Michio Fukuda | May 3, 2019 |
| 30 | 5 | "Slap the Stick & Addict" | Takahiro Hasui | Takahiro Hasui | May 10, 2019 |
| 31 | 6 | "Herurisu!" Transliteration: "Sono Ichi『Herurisu!』" (Japanese: 其の一『ヘルリス！』) | Yoshiyuki Asai | Yoshiyuki Asai | May 17, 2019 |
| "Portrait of a Father" Transliteration: "Sono Ni『Chichi no Shōzō』" (Japanese: 其の二『父の肖像』) | |||||
| 32 | 7 | "Fitzgerald Rising" Transliteration: "Fittsujerarudo Raijingu" (Japanese: フィッツジェラルド・ライジング) | Ikurō Satō | Michio Fukuda | May 24, 2019 |
| 33 | 8 | "The Masked Assassin" Transliteration: "Kamen no Ansatsusha" (Japanese: 仮面ノ暗殺者) | Daisuke Chiba | Yoshiyuki Asai | May 31, 2019 |
| 34 | 9 | "Cannibalism (Part One)" Transliteration: "Tomogui (Sono Ichi)" (Japanese: 共喰い（其の一）) | Takanori Yano | Taizo Yoshida | June 7, 2019 |
| 35 | 10 | "Cannibalism (Part Two)" Transliteration: "Tomogui (Sono Ni)" (Japanese: 共喰い（其の二）) | Takahiro Hasui | Takahiro Hasui | June 14, 2019 |
| 36 | 11 | "Cannibalism (Part Three)" Transliteration: "Tomogui (Sono San)" (Japanese: 共喰い（其の三）) | Ikurō Satō | Yoshiyuki Asai | June 21, 2019 |
| 37 | 12 | "Echo" Transliteration: "Ekō" (Japanese: 回向) | Takuya Igarashi | Takuya Igarashi | June 28, 2019 |
Home media releases
Japan
Season 1
| Name | Date | Discs | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 | June 24, 2016[26] | 1 | 1–2 |
| Volume 2 | July 29, 2016[27] | 1 | 3–4 |
| Volume 3 | August 26, 2016[28] | 1 | 5–6 |
| Volume 4 | September 30, 2016[29] | 1 | 7–8 |
| Volume 5 | October 28, 2016[30] | 1 | 9–10 |
| Volume 6 | November 25, 2016[31] | 1 | 11–12 |
Season 2
| Name | Date | Discs | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 7 | December 23, 2016[32] | 1 | 13–14 |
| Volume 8 | January 27, 2017[33] | 1 | 15–16 |
| Volume 9 | February 24, 2017[34] | 1 | 17–18 |
| Volume 10 | March 24, 2017[35] | 1 | 19–20 |
| Volume 11 | April 28, 2017[36] | 1 | 21–22 |
| Volume 12 | May 26, 2017[37] | 1 | 23–24 |
Season 3
| Name | Date | Discs | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 13 | June 21, 2019[38] | 1 | 26–28 |
| Volume 14 | July 24, 2019[39] | 1 | 29–31 |
| Volume 15 | August 23, 2019[40] | 1 | 32–34 |
| Volume 16 | September 25, 2019[41] | 1 | 35–37 |
North America
| Name | Date | Discs | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season One | March 6, 2018[42] | 2 | 1–12 |
| Season Two | September 4, 2018[43] | 2 | 13–24 |
| Season Three | June 9, 2019[44] | 2 | 13–24 |
| Seasons One and Two | September 17, 2019[45] | 2 | 1–24 |
Australia
| Name | Date | Discs | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season One | February 20, 2019[46] | 2 | 1–12 |
| Season Two | February 20, 2019[47] | 2 | 13–24 |
Notes
- ^ a b c English translated titles are taken from Crunchyroll.
- ^ This OVA is officially counted as the 25th overall episode of the TV series.
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