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Bakemonogatari (TV)

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Alternative title:
Истории чудовищ (Russian)
قصة الوحش (Arabic)
化物語 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Although there are still traces of the brief period he became a vampire, third year high school student Koyomi Araragi is human again. He happens upon others with their own supernatural problems and finds that he can empathize. Koyomi becomes involved in their lives, seeking to help them and occasionally asking for advice from Meme Oshino, the homeless man who helped him become human again.
User Ratings: 507 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 252 votes (sub:236, raw:4, Spa.sub:3, dub:3, ?:2, Rus.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Kor.sub:1)
 Excellent: 129 votes (sub:122, dub:3, Por.sub:2, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 62 votes (sub:57, Spa.sub:2, raw:1, ?:1, dub:1)
 Good: 20 votes (sub:17, Spa.sub:2, Por.sub:1)
 Decent: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:2)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:4, Spa.sub:1)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:5)
Seen in part or in whole by 1742 users, rank: #336
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.832 (Excellent-.16), std. dev.: 1.8909, rank: #54
Weighted mean: 8.743 (Excellent-.25), rank: #60 (seen all: 8.87 / seen some: 8.87 / won't finish: 4.06)
Bayesian estimate: 8.719 (Excellent-.28), rank: #20
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 15
Episode titles: We have 14
Vintage: 2009-07-03
Opening Theme:
#1: "staple stable" by Chiwa Saito (eps 2,6-7,11-12)
#2: "Kaerimichi (帰り道)" by Emiri Katou (ep 4)
#3: "ambivalent world" by Miyuki Sawashiro (ep 8)
#4: "Renai Circulation (恋愛サーキュレーション)" by Kana Hanazawa (ep 10)
#5: "sugar sweet nightmare" by Yui Horie
Ending Theme:
"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (君の知らない物語)" by supercell
Official website:
化物語 (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 5
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Tatsuya Oishi

Director: Akiyuki Shinbo

Series Composition: Fuyashi Tou

Script:
Muneo Nakamoto (Seven Days War - eps. 6-10)
Yukito Kizawa (Seven Days War - ep.1-5,11,12)

Storyboard:
Michio Fukuda (eps 6, 8)
Nobuhiro Sugiyama (ep 9)
Nobuyuki Takeuchi (eps 1-5)
Tatsuya Oishi (eps 6-8)
Tomoyuki Itamura (eps 11-12)

Episode Director:
Jun Fukuda (ep 6)
Shin Oonuma (ep 9)
Tatsuya Oishi (eps 1, 8, 12)
Tomoyuki Itamura (Eps. 2, 3, 11,assist. ep. 7, 8)
Toshimasa Suzuki (Eps. 7, 12, assist. ep. 6, 8)
Yoshinobu Tokumoto (ep 4)
Yoshito Mikan (ep 5)
Yukihiro Miyamoto (ep 1)

Music: Satoru Kousaki

Original creator: NisiOisin

Original Character Design: VOfan

Character Design: Akio Watanabe

Art director: Toshiharu Iijima

Chief Animation Director: Akio Watanabe

Animation director:
Akio Watanabe (5 episodes

eps 1-2, 8, 11-12
)
Keiichi Ishida (eps 6, 9)
Kimiko Yashiro (eps 6, 9)
Masahiro Kitajima (ep 4)
Megumi Noda (eps 6, 9)
Nobuhiro Sugiyama (eps 2, 4, 7, 11)
Nobuyuki Takeuchi (eps 3-5)
Rondo Mizugami (ep 4)
Taisuke Iwasaki (ep 4)
Takao Hasegawa (ep 9)
Yasuhito Murakami (ep 4)
Yuka Takemori (eps 6, 9)

Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka

Director of Photography: Shinichiro Eto

2nd Key Animation:
Mai Tsutsumi (ep 4)
Maki Ando (ep 1)
Masato Okada (eps 1-2)
Miho Ayabe (ep 1)
Miho Sekimoto (ep 4)
Misako Izumi (ep 4)
Reina Tsuchiya (eps 1-2, 4, 11)
Sawako Shigematsu (ep 1)
Takato Fukuyama (ep 2)

Animation Check: Miyuki Nakajima

Assistant Animation Director:
Kazuya Shiotsuki (ep 5)
Nobuhiro Sugiyama (eps 6, 8)
Nobuyuki Takeuchi (eps 6, 9, 11)
Rondo Mizugami (7 episodes

eps 2-3, 5, 7-9, 11
)
Taisuke Iwasaki (7 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7-9, 11
)

Takashi Naoya (ep 11)
Yasuhito Murakami (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 8, 11
)

Yoshiaki Ito (eps 3, 11)

Background Art:
Asuka Komiyama (Asahi Production)
Daisuke Suzuki (Ryubido)
Hiroshi Yoshikawa (Asahi Production)
Kazuaki Ito (Ryubido)
Ken'ichi Nishimine (Ryubido)
Kenshin Kō (Asahi Production)
Kentarō Funato (Ryubido)
Kiyoto Miyashita (Asahi Production)
Masako Iwamuro (Ryubido)
Minoru Okochi (Asahi Production)
Naoki Isogai (Ryubido)
Natsumi Ueno (Asahi Production)
Osamu Tayama (Asahi Production)
Ryousuke Asakura (Ryubido)
Sanae Morooka (Asahi Production)
Sumiyo Okamura (Ryubido)
Takuya Sodeyama (Asahi Production)
Tomokazu Ishizeki (Ryubido)
Tomomi Ōmura (Ryubido)
Toshiaki Mitsunaka (Asahi Production)
Yasuteru Baba (Asahi Production)
Yuka Yamauchi (Ryubido)
Yukihiro Saitō (Ryubido)

Color Key:
Eri Umemoto
Izumi Takizawa
Kanako Sato (ep 8)
Kensuke Katsu
Maki Saitou
Sakura Komatsu
Yasuko Watanabe (ep 5)

Color setting: Izumi Takizawa

Editing: Rie Matsuhara

Ending Animation: Hajime Ueda (ED for eps. 4, 6, 7, 9)

Finish Animation:
Daisuke Yoshizawa
Kanako Sato (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Kensuke Katsu (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Rieko Ishii (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Tomoko Saito
Yasuko Watanabe (DIGITAL@SHAFT)

Finish Check: Kanako Sato

In-Between Animation:
Haru Yanagida
Kenta Nagaya (Shaft)
Mizue Kuwamoto (Shaft)
Shima Katō
Tomoyuki Arai
Toshitaka Higata
Yasue Katori (Shaft)

Key Animation:
Akie Muratsukasa (ep 5)
Akihiko Hayafune (ep 4)
Akio Watanabe (eps 1, 11-12)
Ani Katō (ep 5)
Asami Moriya (No Side - Ep. 9)
Atsuko Sugawara (ep 10)
Atsushi Komatsu (ep 5)
Ayako Kanemaru (ep 3)
Chie Ōtsuki (ep 7)
Chie Yoshimoto (No Side - Ep. 9)
Chikara Matsuura (ep 2)
Eigo Nomura (No Side - Ep. 9)
Eisuke Matsubara (ep 5)
Erika Arakawa (ep 3)
Fumio Fukushima (ep 4)
Gan'ichirō Abe (6 episodes

eps 1, 3, 8, 10-12
)
Hideyasu Okamoto (ep 3)
Hideyuki Yoshida (ep 8)
Hiroaki Shigeta (ep 3)
Hiroki Koike (ep 3)
Hiroki Tanaka (eps 8, 10)
Hironobu Dannoura (eps 7, 10)
Hironori Sawada (Ad Cosmo - Ep. 9)
Hiroshi Dobashi (ep 4)
Hiroshi Hariki (Ad Cosmo - Eps. 6, 9)
Hiroshi Kohara (ep 3)
Hirotaka Nii (eps 7, 10)
Hiroyuki Ohkaji (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Yoshida (ep 5)
Hiroyuki Yoshii (ep 10)
Hisashi Shimokawa (ep 2)
Hitoshi Kagiyama (ep 12)
Hitoshi Miyazuru (ep 11)
Isamu Utsuki (ep 4)
Junko Matsushita (Ad Cosmo - Ep. 9)
Kana Miyai (ep 2)
Kanta Suzuki (ep 11)
Kaori Ikeda (ep 10)
Kaori Yamada (ep 3)
Kaoru Suzaki (ep 10)
Katsushi Suzuki (ep 10)
Katsuyuki Yamazaki (ep 11)
Kayoko Ishikawa (ep 11)
Kazunari Niigaki (ep 2)
Kazuyuki Ōshita (ep 3)
Kazuyuki Toshida (ep 4)
Kazuyuki Yamayoshi (eps 6, 9)
Keiji Shigesawa (ep 5)
Ken Mukaigawara (ep 2)
Ken'ichi Hirata (eps 3, 10)
Kenji Fukazawa (Ad Cosmo - Eps. 6, 9)
Kentarō Fujita (ep 4)
Kōji Furuya (ep 3)
Kouhei Yamazaki (Ad Cosmo - Ep. 9)
Kouji Kawaguchi (ep 4)
Kouta Michishita (ep 2)
Kumiko Kawashima (ep 1)
Kunihiko Kimura (ep 2)
Kurika Sugimoto (ep 4)
Mai Tsutsumi (eps 1-3, 6)
Maki Hashimoto (ep 10)
Makoto Ito (Ad Cosmo - Ep. 9)
Mamiko Nakanishi (ep 2)
Manae Mori (Studio Gimlet - Ep. 9)
Masaaki Susowake (ep 11)
Masahiko Matsuo (ep 5)
Masahiro Ando (ep 12)
Masahiro Yoshisaki (ep 7)
Masaki Tamakoshi (ep 4)
Masako Onosawa (ep 12)
Masashi Iwayama (ep 9)
Masato Nishikawa (ep 5)
Masato Okada (ep 8)
Mayumi Fujita (ep 7)
Mayumi Yamamoto (ep 4)
Megumi Noda (eps 6, 9)
Mia Kanazawa (ep 5)
Michihiro Kosaka (ep 8)
Miho Ayabe (eps 5, 8)
Miki Konno (ep 3)
Miyuki Koga (ep 1)
Motohiro Taniguchi (eps 2, 6-8, 12)
Motoki Matsumoto (SHAFT - Ep. 1,2,6,8,9,11,12)
Naoko Hayashi (eps 2-3)
Naomi Ide (ep 3)
Naoto Nakamura (ep 7)
Natsuki Inoue (ep 3)
Nobuhiro Sugiyama (eps 1, 12)
Nobumichi Kawamura (ep 4)
Nobuyuki Takeuchi (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7-8, 10-12
)

Noriko Yamashita (Ad Cosmo - Ep. 9)
Norinobu Kyō (ep 3)
Rei Ikagawa (ep 5)
Reina Tsuchiya (ep 5)
Rie Aoki (ep 3)
Rie Kaneko (ep 3)
Rika Sugano (Ad Cosmo - Eps. 6, 9)
Rondo Mizugami (eps 6, 12)
Ryo Imamura (SHAFT - Eps. 1, 2, 6, 8-12)
Satomi Kawashima (ep 7)
Satomi Yamanaka (ep 3)
Satoshi Hata (ep 1)
Shigeki Sato (Ad Cosmo - Ep. 9)
Shigeki Sunada (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 7-8, 10-12
)

Shiho Tanaka (ep 3)
Shin Tanoue (ep 4)
Shinetsu Andou (ep 4)
Shinobu Sasaki (ep 11)
Shintaro Tsubota (ep 6)
Shizuo Tanaka (Tokyo Animation Center - Ep. 9)
Shouichi Funaki (ep 7)
Shunsuke Masuda (eps 7, 10)
Taisuke Iwasaki (eps 6, 8, 12)
Takafumi Furusawa (ep 12)
Takahiro Toyomasu (Ad Cosmo - Ep. 6)
Takako Hasegawa (ep 4)
Takao Kosone (ep 4)
Takao Suzuki (Tokyo Animation Center - Ep. 9)
Takato Fukuyama (ep 7)
Takeo Ōhira (eps 6, 9)
Takeo Yoshioka (ep 5)
Takeyasu Kurashima (ep 3)
Tatsuya Ikeda (ep 10)
Tatsuya Oishi (eps 1-2)
Tatsuyuki Maeda (ep 10)
Teruhiko Yamazaki (ep 7)
Tetsuya Wakano (ep 2)
Tomohiro Kamiya (Ad Cosmo - Ep. 9)
Tomoko Shimizu (ep 3)
Tomoko Tsuji (ep 10)
Tomomi Kumata (Ad Cosmo - Eps. 6, 9)
Tomoyuki Itamura (ep 11)
Tomoyuki Oshita (ep 6)
Toshi Takahashi (ep 1)
Toshiaki Ōhashi (ep 2)
Toshihiro Irie (ep 3)
Toshimasa Suzuki (ep 12)
Toshiyuki Sato (ep 10)
Tsukasa Fukuda (ep 10)
Tsukasa Nishiyama (ep 2)
Yasuhito Murakami (eps 1, 7, 12)
Yasuko Chiba (Ad Cosmo - Eps. 6, 9)
Yasutoshi Iwasaki (ep 5)
Yasuyuki Suzuki (ep 4)
Yasuyuki Tada (ep 4)
Yoko Iizuka (ep 5)
Yoshiaki Ito (ep 12)
Yoshiaki Taniguchi (ep 7)
Yoshiaki Tomita (Ad Cosmo - Ep. 9)
Yoshiki Mizuno (Ad Cosmo - Eps. 6, 9)
Yoshiko Nakamura (ep 7)
Yoshimi Horiguchi (ep 2)
Yoshimi Imagawa (ep 4)
Yoshinori Deno (ep 2)
Yoshio Yoshimatsu (ep 10)
Yoshito Narimatsu (eps 1, 8)
Yosuke Imakubo (eps 7, 10)
Yousuke Nakajima (ep 5)
Yui Ushio (Ad Cosmo - Ep. 9)
Yuichiro Yamada (eps 5, 8)
Yuji Miyashita (eps 1, 7)
Yuka KOICHI (ep 3)
Yuka Takemori (Ad Cosmo - Eps. 6, 9)
Yuki Komatsu (ep 1)
Yukihiro Kitano (eps 1-2)
Yukiko Ban (ep 9)
Yuko Fujii (Studio Gimlet - Ep. 9)
Yūko Hineno (ep 5)
Yuko Kimura (eps 6, 9)
Yumi Shimizu (ep 2)
Yuta Shiraishi (Ad Cosmo - Eps. 6, 9)
Yuuki Hara (ep 7)
Yuusuke Nakamura (ep 11)
Zen Nagata (ep 5)

Photography:
Azusa Tamura (Asahi Production)
Haruhi Gotō (Asahi Production)
Kōji Tsuchiya (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Manoe Ookubo (Asahi Production)
Noriyuki Murakami (Asahi Production)
Rei Egami (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Shinichiro Eto (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Shouhei Uchimura (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Yui Tanaka (Asahi Production)
Yuki Hama (Asahi Production)

Production Assistance:
Hiroki Kato
Kazumasa Amitani
Kimihito Tagami

Production manager: Yasuyo Saitō

Special Effects: Jin Hibino

Theme Song Performance:
Chiwa Saito (OP1)
Emiri Katou (OP2)
Kana Hanazawa (OP4)
Miyuki Sawashiro (OP3)
supercell (ED)
Yui Horie (OP5)

Visual Director: Nobuyuki Takeuchi

Visual Effects: Motoi Sakai

 

Hiroshi Kamiya as Koyomi Araragi

Aya Hirano as Shinobu Oshino

Chiwa Saito as Hitagi Senjougahara

Emiri Katou as Mayoi Hachikuji

Eri Kitamura as Karen Araragi

Kana Hanazawa as Nadeko Sengoku

Miyuki Sawashiro as Suruga Kanbaru

Takahiro Sakurai as Meme Oshino

Yui Horie as Tsubasa Hanekawa

Yuka Iguchi as Tsukihi Araragi

Fumihiko Tachiki as Senjougahara father

Japanese companies 

2nd Key Animation:
Bee Train
SILVER LINK

Animation Production: SHAFT

Backgrounds:
Asahi Production
Ryūbidō

Broadcaster:
AT-X (2009-08-07)
BS Japan (2009-07-12)
Chiba TV (2009-07-07)
MBS (2009-07-04)
Tokyo MX TV (2009-07-03)
TV Aichi (2009-07-07)
TV Hokkaido (2009-07-09)
TV Kanagawa (2009-07-05)
TV Saitama (2009-07-05)
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2009-07-08)

Finish Animation:
AI
Core
DEXS
DIGITAL@SHAFT
Dream Force
Fan Out
Frontline
Hayashi
MSJ
Triple A

In-Between Animation:
AI
Core
DEXS
Fan Out
Frontline
Hayashi
MAP
MSJ
SHAFT
Triple A

Key Animation:
AD Cosmo
Anime R
Noside
SHAFT
Studio Gimlet
Studio Pastoral
Tokyo Animation Center

Photography:
Asahi Production
DIGITAL@SHAFT

Photography Assistance:
Line Farm
Trans Arts Co.

Production:
Aniplex
Kodansha
SHAFT

Production Assistance: Mushi Productions (ep 4)

 
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