The latest character PV trailer supporting the upcoming Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season anime series focuses on middle-aged supernatural expert Meme Oshino. The anime will begin streaming weekly in Japan on ABEMA starting July 6, 2024. Episode one is listed in a 50-minute runtime.
The character trailer compiles moments from the past as Oshino helps Koyomi Araragi deal with the supernatural forces around him, while also acting almost as a mentor.
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Akiyuki Shinbo was appointed as the 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 (return) and Shinbo as series writers, Hisaharu Iijima (return) as art director, Yasuko Watanabe (Zoku Owarimonogatari) as color designer, Hiyori Hashimoto (return) Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story, assistant editor RWBY Ice Queendom ) and Mizuho Ishikawa (Zom 100 general staff) as compilation director. Shaft is responsible for the animation of the series.
Meanwhile, the anime's main voice cast includes:
• Hiroshi Kamiya as Koyomi Araragi • Emiri Kato as Mayoi Hachikuji • Yui Horie as Tsubasa Hanekawa • 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 latest installments 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 the Kizumonogatari trilogy from 2016 to 2017. Other previous Monogatari anime were directed by Tomoyuki Itamura (Call of the Night , The Case Study of Vanitas). Crunchyroll is currently streaming past seasons.
The series adaptation is based on the light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Vofan. The off-season books include several entries including Orokamonogatari, Wazamonogatari, Nademonogatari, and Mussubimonogatari, released between 2015 and 2017.
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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 2006.
Kodansha USA released the novel series in English, describing Bakemonogatari Part 1 as:
There is a girl at their school who is 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 that have supernatural origins but profound revelations about human psychology, a collection of case files that brings a sense of surprise as well as humor. impiety.
Source: Nisio Isin Anime's official Twitter
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