Bungo Stray Dogs | |
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Season 1 | |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Release | |
Original network | Tokyo MX |
Original release | April 7 June 23, 2016 | –
Season chronology | |
The first season of the Bungo Stray Dogs anime television series is produced by Bones was directed by Takuya Igarashi and written by Yōji Enokido.[1] It is based on the manga series of the same name written by Kafka Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Harukawa. The season focuses on a weretiger named Atsushi Nakajima who joins into the "Armed Detective Agency" who investigate multiple cases while dealing with multiple organizations.
The season aired from April 7 to June 23, 2016, on networks Tokyo MX, Teletama, Chiba TV, tvk, GBS (Gifu Broadcasting), Mie TV, SUN, TVQ, and BS11.[2] Nobuhiro Arai and Hiroshi Kanno served as the chief animation directors, while the former also served as character designer along with Ryō Hirata. A total of six Blu-ray and DVD volumes collected the series from June 24 to November 25, 2016.[3][4] Funimation released the entire first season on March 6, 2018,[5] while another compilation was released on September 17, 2019.[6] Madman released the season's DVD and Blu-ray on February 20, 2019.[7] Madman Entertainment released the DVD box on February 20, 2019 in Australia.[7]
Taku Iwasaki composed the series' music. The season uses two theme songs: Granrodeo performed the opening theme, titled "Trash Candy",[8][9] and Luck Life performed the ending theme, titled "Namae wo Yobu yo" (名前を呼ぶよ, lit. "Call Out The Name").[10]
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