During the event AnimeJapan 2024 The first promotional video for the anime adaptation for the subfranchises was revealed “Off Season” and “Monster Season” from the light novels written by Nisio Isin“Monogatari Series“. The video confirms that the premiere remains scheduled for this year in Japan, but It is still unclear whether it is a series, a movie or another type of format.
In the light novels, “Off Season” consists of four volumes (Orokamonogatari, Wazamonogatari, Nademonogatari and Musubimonogatari) and “Monster Season” six volumes (Shinobumonogatari, Yoimonogatari, Amarimonogatari, Ougimonogatari, Shinomonogatari). The synopses write:
- Monogatari Series: Off Season: Oddities have existed throughout history, with some accounts dating back as far as 600 years ago. Stories about vampires, a monkey’s paw, shikigami, wanderers in the mountain mists, killer felines, mermaids, wolves, golems and, most terrifying of all, humans, have been collected 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 specialists, 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 classy to go saving a girl who has nothing to do with you from time to time.” The female students of Naoetsu High School have disappeared one after another. When the girls’ mummified bodies are discovered, a very distinctive mark is left on the back of their necks…? Koyomi Araragi, now a first-year college student, sets off to track down the culprit!
Besides, Nisio Isin The publication of the light novels of “Monogatari Series” in August 2005 through the publisher Kodanshawith illustrations of Vofan. To date, the publisher has published a total of twenty-nine volumes, covering a variety of subfranchises whose titles always end with the suffix “-monogatari.” Regarding the anime adaptation, the studios SHAFT They have handled multiple deliveries since 2009.
Production team
- 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 in charge of directing the anime at the studios SHAFT.
- Fuyashi Tou (Nisekoi, 3-gatsu no Lion, Bishounen Tanteidan) also participates 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.
Monogatari Series Synopsis
This is a story, a kind of “phantasmagoria,” about scars that bind, monsters that lurk, and fakes that deceive. The story of Koyomi Araragi begins through a fateful encounter with the all-powerful blonde-haired, “hot-blooded, iron-blooded, and 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 her dabbling in the supernatural. Koyomi’s noble personality leads him to become even more involved in the lives of other people with supernatural afflictions. This is her desperate attempt to return to a normal human life, in a paranormal world full of tragedy, suffering and inhumanity.
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