Anime Spotlight - Bungo Stray Dogs
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Key Staff
- Director: Takuya Igarashi
- (Ouran High School Host Club, Sailor Moon Sailor Stars, Soul Eater)
- Series Composition: Yoji Enokido
- (FLCL, Revolutionary Girl Utena (TV), Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie, Sailor Moon SuperS (TV))
Story
Prolific author vs Prolific author
Supernatural power battle action
Atsushi Nakajima comes across eccentric people on the verge of starvation after being kicked out of the orphanage -- Osamu Dazai has a suicidal hobby and works hard at trying to drown himself in the middle of the day. Doppo Kunikida wears glasses, and nervously handles his notebook. They worked at "Armed Detective Agency" that is rumored to solve disputes that the army and police couldn't step into. Luck has it that Atsushi is asked to accompany them in their trip to defeat the "man-eating tiger" that is causing a commotion around town... A fictional city of Yokohama. The characters harbor names of prolific authors. Sparks fly from supernatural powers based on their names. Wildly strange prolific author supernatural power battle begins here!
Characters
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Atsushi Nakajima
Ability name: ???VA: Yuto Uemura Came out to Yokohama after being kicked out of an orphanage that faced difficulties after an assault by the man-eating tiger. Met Dazai on the verge of having to steal from starvation, and ends up helping work at the detective agency. Has no self-confidence as he lived a life as a "good for nothing" with no parents or friends. |
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Osamu Dazai
Ability name: No Longer HumanVA: Mamoru Miyano Member of "Armed Detective Agency", a group with supernatural talent. Suicide aficionado that seeks a place to die, but dislikes pain. Wishes for a murder-suicide with a beautiful woman if possible. Carefree and elusive, his previous job that nobody can figure out is said to be one of the "seven wonders of the detective agency". |
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Doppo Kunikida
Ability Name: Doppo Poetry GuestVA: Yoshimasa Hosoya Member of "Armed Detective Agency", a group with supernatural talent. Carries a notebook with "Ideals" written on the cover, and uses the contents of the notebook as a guide for life. Prim and proper square-headed man who hates changes in schedules more than anything else, but since his partner is the free-roaming Dazai, his troubles are never-ending. |
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Rampo Edogawa
Ability Name: Super SleuthingVA: Hiroshi Kamiya Master sleuth and member of "Armed Detective Agency", a group with supernatural talent. Has a keen observation talent that is acknowledged by his colleagues as superior, and his master sleuthing guides many difficult cases asked by the police to resolution. Confident, and often speaks and acts in a shameless, childish manner. Motto is "All's well if I'm well." |
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Jun-ichiro Tanizaki
A flirtatious-looking young man wearing an oversized shirt and pinning his bangs down.
VA: Toshiyuki Toyonaga |
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Kenji Miyazawa
Ability Name: Be Not Defeated by the RainVA: Hiroyuki Kagura A member of "Armed Detective Agency", a group with supernatural talent. Until scouted by the agency president, he lived in a rural area that didn't even have electricity. Doesn't know how to doubt, and believes anyone can be understood with enough conversation. Called "Ken-chan" from "all sorts of people" in town, and has a wide social network. |
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Akiko Yosano
Ability Name: Thou Shalt Not DieVA: Yu Shimamura A member of "Armed Detective Agency", a group with supernatural talent. A lady with modern bob hairstyle. A skilled doctor indispensable for a detective agency that often gets into fights, but all members fear falling under her care. Any statements that take women lightly akin to that of the previous generation in her presence are not recommended. |
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Naomi Tanizaki
A beautiful girl in a sailor suit type uniform with long flowing black hair.
VA: Chiaki Omigawa |
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Yukichi Fukuzawa
The president of "Armed Detective Agency" full of outlaws. Doesn't show himself in the open much, but proudly takes charge in times of need. A dignified man of character, even the frivolous Rampo gets up and moving if it is an order from Yukichi.
VA: Rikiya Koyama |
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Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Ability Name: RashomonVA: Kensho Ono A constituent of the ominous Port Mafia that uses the port area as their territory. Wears a black coat and walks around town with a frigid look on his face, it is as if he was the grim reaper. Beyond the reach of army police, and also feared within the detective agency with the saying, "don't meet him. if you bump into him, run." |
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Chuya Nakahara
Ability Name: To the Sadness of Becoming TaintedVA: Kisho Taniyama An officer of the Port Mafia, and hates Osamu Dazai of the Armed Detective Agency. Small-framed but agile and uses powerful martial arts. Loves wearing a black hat. |
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Motojiro Kajii
Ability Name: LemonadeVA: Wataru Hatano A constituent of the Port Mafia. Bomber wanted for the bombing of the Maruzen Building. Mad scientist who gloats that "death" is the "ultimate science". |
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Ichiyou Higuchi
Intelligent, beautiful women that wears slacks. Part of a mobile squad that works directly for the leader of the Port Mafia, and has the authority to mobilize the military squad "Black Lizard". Calls her boss Akutagawa "senpai" and thinks fondly of him.
VA: Asami Seto |
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Kyoka Izumi
Ability Name: Demon White SnowVA: Sumire Morohoshi A quiet girl in traditional Japanese clothing. Her true identity is a constituent of the Port Mafia. Has a supernatural power that kills, and was raised as an assassin after the syndicate took her in. |
Cast
- Atsushi Nakajima
- Yuto Uemura
- Osamu Dazai
- Mamoru Miyano
- Doppo Kunikida
- Yoshimasa Hosoya
- Rampo Edogawa
- Hiroshi Kamiya
- Jun-ichiro Tanizaki
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga
- Kenji Miyazawa
- Hiroyuki Kagura
- Akiko Yosano
- Yu Shimamura
- Naomi Tanizaki
- Chiaki Omigawa
- Yukichi Fukuzawa
- Rikiya Koyama
- Ryunosuke Akutagawa
- Kensho Ono
- Chuya Nakahara
- Kisho Taniyama
- Motojiro Kajii
- Wataru Hatano
- Ichiyou Higuchi
- Asami Seto
- Kyoka Izumi
- Sumire Morohoshi
Staff
- Original story
- Kafka Asagiri
- Manga
- Sango Harukawa (serialized in "Young Ace")
- Director
- Takuya Igarashi
- Screenplay
- Yoji Enokido
- Character Design
- Nobuhiro Arai
- Chief Animation Directors
- Nobuhiro Arai, Hiroki Kanno
- Weapon Design
- Fumihiro Katagai
- Prop Design/Sub Character Design
- Ryo Hirata
- Art Director
- Yumiko Kondo
- Color Coordinator
- Yukari Goto
- Director of Photography
- Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi
- Editing
- Shigeru Nishiyama
- Music
- Taku Iwasaki
- Music Production
- Lantis
- Sound Director
- Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
- Sound Production
- Glovision Inc.
- Opening Theme Artist
- GRANRODEO
- Ending Theme Artist
- LUCK LIFE
- Animation Production
- BONES
- Produced by
- Bungo Stray Dogs Partners
©2016 Kafka ASAGIRI,Sango HARUKAWA/PUBLISHED BY KADOKAWA/Bungo Stray Dogs Partners
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