Bungo Stray Dogs

Bungo Stray Dogs (Japanese: 文豪ストレイドッグス, Hepburn: Bungō Sutorei Doggusu, lit.'Literary Stray Dogs') is a Japanese manga series written by Kafka Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Harukawa, which has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Young Ace since 2012. Each character is named after influential authors throughout history, and their powers are based on said author's books. The series follows the members of the "Armed Detective Agency" as they try to protect Yokohama from the Port Mafia. The show mainly focuses on the weretiger Atsushi Nakajima, who joins others gifted with supernatural powers to accomplish different tasks including running a business, solving mysteries and carrying out missions assigned by the agency.

Bungo Stray Dogs
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring (left to right), Doppo Kunikida, Ranpo Edogawa, Atsushi Nakajima, Kenji Miyazawa, Osamu Dazai and Akiko Yosano
文豪ストレイドッグス
(Bungō Sutorei Doggusu)
GenreAction, mystery, supernatural
Manga
Written byKafka Asagiri
Illustrated bySango Harukawa
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
  • NA: Yen Press
ImprintKadokawa Comics A
MagazineYoung Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original run4 December 2012 – present
Volumes24
Further information
Light novel
Written byVielle Viray
Illustrated bySango Harukawa
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
  • NA: Yen Press
ImprintKadokawa Beans Bunko
Original run1 April 2014 – present
Volumes8
Manga
Bungo Stray Dogs: Wan!
Written by
  • Kafka Asagiri (original)
  • Sango Harukawa (character design)
Illustrated byKanai Neko
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
  • NA: Yen Press
MagazineYoung Ace Up
DemographicSeinen
Original run22 December 2015 – present
Volumes11
Anime television series
Directed byTakuya Igarashi
Produced by
  • Chiaki Kurakane
  • Junichirō Tamura (#1–36)
  • Mari Suzuki (#37–)
Written byYōji Enokido
Music byTaku Iwasaki
StudioBones
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, TVA, KBS, TVS, CTC, tvk, GBS, MTV, SUN, TVQ, BS11, Wowow
English network
Original run 7 April 2016 – present
Episodes61
Manga
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple
Written byBungo Stray Dogs DA Production Committee
Illustrated byGanjii
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
  • NA: Yen Press
MagazineYoung Ace Up
DemographicSeinen
Original run9 March 201829 June 2023
Volumes4
Manga
Bungo Stray Dogs: BEAST
Written byKafka Asagiri
Illustrated byShiwasu Hoshikawa
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
  • NA: Yen Press
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original run26 December 201926 January 2022
Volumes4
Anime television series
Bungo Stray Dogs Wan!
Directed bySatonobu Kikuchi
Written byKazuyuki Fudeyasu
Studio
  • Bones
  • Nomad
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTokyo MX, BS11, MBS, Wowow
Original run 13 January 2021 31 March 2021
Episodes12
Manga
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen
Written byKafka Asagiri
Illustrated byShiwasu Hoshikawa
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
  • NA: Yen Press
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 2022 – present
Volumes2
Films

Multiple light novels have been published. An anime television series adaptation produced by Bones aired in 2016 in two parts; the first season aired between April and June 2016, and the second season aired between October and December 2016. An anime film, Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple, was released in March 2018. A third season aired between April and June 2019. A fourth season aired between January and March 2023. A fifth season aired from July to September 2023.

A spin-off television series adaptation of Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! aired from January to March 2021. A live-action film, Bungo Stray Dogs The Movie: Beast, was released in Japan in January 2022.

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