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Gakuen Bungo Stray Dogs Game Reveals November 6 Launch Date, Opening Movie
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The staff for Gakuen Bungo Stray Dogs (Bungo Stray Dogs School), NextNinja's new smartphone game based on the Bungo Stray Dogs franchise, unveiled the opening movie and the November 6 release date on Saturday.
GRANRODEO performs the opening theme song "Magatsu Yoru wa Ao Nari."
The game tells a "what if" story based on the worldview of the anime in the franchise. The game features the characters in a school life setting.
Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa launched the Bungo Stray Dogs manga in Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine in December 2012, and the series is ongoing. Yen Press is publishing the manga and novel series in English.
The manga's first television anime adaptation aired from April to June 2016, and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan. The anime's second 12-episode series aired from October to December 2016, and Crunchyroll again streamed the series as it aired. Funimation and Crunchyroll released the series on home video with an English dub. The anime's third season premiered in April 2019, and Crunchyroll and Funimation both streamed the season. The anime's fourth season premiered in Japan in January 2023. The season's final episode aired that March. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and it is also streaming an English dub.
The anime's fifth season premiered in July 2023, and ended in September 2023. The 11th and final episode ended with the words "To Be Continued."
An anime film titled Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple opened in Japan in March 2018. Crunchyroll began streaming the film in September 2018, and Funimation began streaming the film in June 2019.
Sources: Gakuen Bungo Stray Dogs game's YouTube channel, 4Gamer (簗島)
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