A new character PV trailer has been released for the upcoming Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season anime, which features the young ghost girl Mayoi Hachikuji. The first episode is expected to premiere in a 50-minute time slot and will stream weekly in Japan on ABEMA starting July 6, 2024.
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Akiyuki Shinbo returns as main director for the anime, with Midori Yoshizawa (Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 assistant director) as assistant director, Akio Watanabe (returning) as character designer, Fuyashi To (returning) and Shinbo are series writers, Hisaharu Iijima (returning) is art director, Yasuko Watanabe (Zoku Owarimonogatari) is color designer, Hiyori Hashimoto (Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story, assistant composition director of RWBY Ice Queendom) and Mizuho Ishikawa (composer of Zom 100) as composition directors. Shaft is in charge of producing the animation.
Meanwhile, the main voice cast for Monogatari Off and Monster Season includes:
• Hiroshi Kamiya as Koyomi Araragi • Emiri Kato as Mayoi Hachikuji • Kana Hanazawa as Nadeko Sengoku • Saori Hayami as Yotsugi Ononoki • Yuka Iguchi as Tsukihi Araragi • Chiwa Saito as Hitagi Senjougahara • Kaori Mizuhashi as Ougi Oshino • Maaya Sakamoto as Shinobu Oshino • Marina Inoue as Sodachi Oikura • Miyuki Sawashiro as Suruga Kanbaru
Monogatari Off and Monster Season are the first new entries in the Monogatari Series since 2019's Zoku Owarimonogatari, excluding the compilation film Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp from January 2024.
The series began with Bakemonogatari in 2009, directed by Tatsuya Oishi, who also directed 2016's Kizumonogatari Trilogy. The other previous Monogatari anime series was directed by Tomoyuki Itamura (Call of the Night, The Case Study of Vanitas).
This anime series is based on the light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Vofan. The Out of Season books include several entries including Orokamonogatari, Wazamonogatari, Nademonogatari, and Musubimonogatari, all of which were released between 2015 and 2017.ト
Meanwhile, Monster Season titles include Shinobumonogatari, Yoimonogatari, Amarimonogatari, Ougimonogatari and Shimonogatari Parts 1 and 2, released from 2017 to 2021. The Monogatari series began with the release of Bakemonogatari Parts 1 and 2 in 2017. 2006.
Kodansha USA released the novel series in English, describing Bakemonogatari Part 1 as:
There was a girl at their school who was always sick. She often arrives late, leaves early or doesn't show up, and of course skips exercise. She was beautiful, and the boys whispered that she was a convent princess. As the self-proclaimed biggest loser in the class soon finds out, they just don't know what kind of monster she is.
So begins a story about mysterious diseases of supernatural origin but deeply revealing the human psyche, a collection of case files that brings a sense of surprise as well as irreverent humor. .
Source: Nisio Isin's official Twitter