Bakemonogatari (TV)
Alternative title:
Ghost Story
Phantom Stories
化物語 (Japanese)
Themes:
absurdity,
dark comedy,
ecchi,
fanservice,
harem,
magic and occult,
magical girl,
spirits,
vampires,
youkai
Objectionable content:
Significant
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:
3595 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
15
Episode titles: We have 15
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 (eps 14-15)
Ending Theme:
"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" (君の知らない物語) by supercell
Official website:
化物語 (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 10
Reviews: Show:
Bakemonogatari ‒ Episodes 13-15 (Apr 13, 2017)
Bakemonogatari ‒ Episode 12 (Apr 6, 2017)
Bakemonogatari ‒ Episode 11 (Mar 30, 2017)
Bakemonogatari ‒ Episode 10 (Mar 23, 2017)
Bakemonogatari ‒ Episode 9 (Mar 16, 2017)
Bakemonogatari ‒ Episode 8 (Mar 9, 2017)
Bakemonogatari ‒ Episode 7 (Mar 2, 2017)
Bakemonogatari ‒ Episode 6 (Feb 21, 2017)
Bakemonogatari ‒ Episode 5 (Feb 16, 2017)
Bakemonogatari ‒ Episode 4 (Feb 9, 2017)
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Bakemonogatari's Release Delayed in Australia (Mar 1, 2013)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 18-24 (Nov 20, 2012)
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Interest:
Bakemonogatari Production Note Book Offered in August (Jul 31, 2012)
Bakemonogatari Portable PSP Game's TV Ad Streamed (Mar 9, 2012)
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Press Releases:
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Blu-ray (Region A) |
Bakemonogatari [Limited Edition] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2012-11-20 |
Blu-ray (Region B) |
Bakemonogatari - Part 1 [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2013-08-26 (from $68.52) |
Bakemonogatari - Part 2 [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2013-09-23 (from $71.94) |
Bakemonogatari - Complete Collection [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2014-11-24 (from $89.99) |
DVD (Region 2) |
Bakemonogatari - Part 1 (Sub.DVD) 2013-07-01 |
Bakemonogatari - Part 2 (Sub.DVD) 2013-07-29 |
Bakemonogatari - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2014-10-27 |
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Series Director: Tatsuya Oishi
Director: Akiyuki Simbo
Series Composition: Fuyashi Tou
Storyboard:
Ei Aoki (ep 10) Michio Fukuda (eps 6, 8) Nobuhiro Sugiyama (ep 9) Nobuyuki Takeuchi (eps 1-5) Tatsuya Oishi (eps 6-8, 15) Tomoyuki Itamura (eps 11-12, 14) Toshimasa Suzuki (ep 13)
Episode Director:
Jun Fukuda (ep 6) Shin Itagaki (OP 2) Shin Ōnuma (ep 9) Tatsuya Oishi (4 episodes eps 1, 8, 12, 15 )Tomoyuki Itamura (assist. eps. 7, 8; eps 2-3, 11, 14) Toshimasa Suzuki (assist. ep. 6, 8; eps 7, 12-13) Yoshinobu Tokumoto (ep 4) Yoshito Mikamo (eps 5, 10) Yukihiro Miyamoto (ep 1)
Music: Satoru Kōsaki
Original creator: NisiOisin
Original Character Design: VOfan
Character Design: Akio Watanabe
Art Director: Hisaharu Iijima
Chief Animation Director: Akio Watanabe
Animation Director:
Akio Watanabe (8 episodes eps 1-2, 8, 11-15 )Keiichi Ishida (eps 6, 9) Kenichi Ishimaru (ep 14) Kimiko Yashiro (eps 6, 9) Masahiro Kitajima (ep 4) Megumi Noda (eps 6, 9) Nobuhiro Sugiyama (5 episodes eps 2, 4, 7, 11, 13 )Nobuyuki Takeuchi (eps 3-5) Rondo Mizukami (eps 4, 13) Taisuke Iwasaki (eps 4, 13-15) Takao Hasegawa (ep 9) Yasuhito Murakami (ep 4) Yoshiaki Itō (ep 13) Yuka Takemori (eps 6, 9)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Shinichiro Eto
2nd Key Animation:
Chie Tanaka (ep 15) Hiroshi Tatezaki (ep 15) Mai Tsutsumi (ep 4) Maki Ando (ep 1) Masato Okada (eps 1-2, 14-15) Miho Ayabe (ep 1) Miho Sekimoto (eps 4, 15) Misako Izumi (ep 4) Reina Tsuchiya (eps 1-2, 4, 11) Sawako Shigematsu (ep 1) Takato Fukuyama (ep 2) Tamako Miyanishi (ep 15) Yoshito Narimatsu (ep 15) Zen Nagata (ep 14)
Animation Check: Miyuki Nakajima
Assistant Animation Director:
Akihisa Takano (ep 13) Chiyoko Sakamoto (ep 15) Gen'ichirou Abe (ep 15) Genki Matsumoto (ep 15) Hiroki Yamamura (ep 15) Kazuya Shiotsuki (eps 5, 13) Miyako Nishida (ep 15) Naoto Nakamura (ep 15) Nobuhiro Sugiyama (eps 6, 8) Nobuyuki Takeuchi (4 episodes eps 6, 9, 11, 15 )Rondo Mizukami (7 episodes eps 2-3, 5, 7-9, 11 )Taisuke Iwasaki (7 episodes eps 2-3, 5, 7-9, 11 )Takashi Naoya (ep 11) Toshifumi Akai (ep 15) Yasuhito Murakami (6 episodes eps 2-3, 5, 8, 11, 13 )Yoshiaki Itō (eps 3, 11)
Assistant recording Engineer: Takuma Kishi
Background Art:
Asuka Komiyama (Asahi Production) Daisuke Suzuki (Ryubido) Harumi Okamoto (Bamboo) Hiroshi Yoshikawa (Asahi Production) Katsuki Matsumoto (Ryubido) Kayo Kojio (Bamboo) Kazuaki Itō (Ryubido) Ken'ichi Nishimine (Ryubido) Kenshin Kō (Asahi Production) Kentarō Funato (Ryubido) Kiyoto Miyashita (Asahi Production) Mariko Akiyama (HIJIRI) Masako Iwamuro (Ryubido) Minoru Ōkouchi (Asahi Production) Naoki Isogai (Ryubido) Natsumi Ueno (Asahi Production) Nobuo Numai (Atelier Rourke 07) Osamu Tayama (Asahi Production) Ryousuke Asakura (Ryubido) Sanae Morooka (Asahi Production) Shōko Ochiai (Bamboo) 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 Satō (ep 8) Kensuke Katsu Maki Saitou Sakura Komatsu Yasuko Watanabe (ep 5)
Color setting: Izumi Takizawa
Editing: Rie Matsubara
End Card Illustration Episode 4: Miki Yoshikawa
Ending Animation: Hajime Ueda (ED for eps. 4, 6, 7, 9)
Finish Animation:
Daisuke Yoshizawa Kanako Satō (DIGITAL@SHAFT; 11 episodes eps 1-4, 8, 10-15 )Kensuke Katsu (DIGITAL@SHAFT) Rieko Ishii (DIGITAL@SHAFT) Tomoko Saitō Yasuko Watanabe (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Finish Check:
Izumi Takizawa (DIGITAL@SHAFT) Kanako Satō (eps 7-8) Kensuke Katsu (DIGITAL@SHAFT) Rieko Ishii (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
In-Between Animation:
Chiyō Nishikawa (Shaft) Haru Yanagida Jun'ya Ōtake (Shaft) Kenta Nagaya (Shaft) Mitsuru Sasaki (Shaft) Mizue Kuwamoto (Shaft) Sakura Shida (Shaft) Sayaka Miyadera (Shaft) Shima Katō Tomoyuki Arai Toshitaka Higata Yasue Katori (Shaft) Yōsuke Aburaya (Shaft) Yuki Tateishi (Shaft)
Key Animation:
Ai Yamazaki (ep 14) Akie Muratsukasa (ep 5) Akihiko Hayafune (ep 4) Akio Watanabe (eps 1, 11-12) Ani Katō (ep 5) Asami Moriya (No Side; ep 9) Asami Moromasa (ep 14) Atsuko Sugawara (eps 10, 14) Atsushi Komatsu (ep 5) Ayako Kanemaru (ep 3) Ayako Suzuki (OP 2) Ayumi Tsukishita (ep 14) Beom Seok Hong (eps 3, 14) Chie Ōtsuki (ep 7) Chie Yoshimoto (No Side; ep 9) Eigo Nomura (No Side; ep 9) Eisuke Matsubara (ep 5) Emi Satō (ep 14) Erika Arakawa (ep 3) Erkin Kawabata (ep 15) Etsuko Minami (ep 14) Etsuko Yokoyama (ep 13) Fumio Fukushima (ep 4) Gen'ichirou Abe (OP 4-5; 8 episodes eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 10-12, 15 )Genki Matsumoto (SHAFT; 9 episodes eps 1-2, 6, 8-9, 11-13, 15 )Haruka Satō (ep 13) Hideyasu Okamoto (ep 3) Hideyuki Yoshida (ep 8) Hiroaki Shigeta (ep 3) Hiroki Yamamura (eps 14-15) Hironobu Dannoura (eps 7, 10) Hironori Sawada (Ad Cosmo; ep 9) Hironori Tanaka (OP 2-3; eps 8, 10, 15) Hiroshi Dobashi (ep 4) Hiroshi Hariki (Ad Cosmo; eps 6, 9) Hiroshi Kohara (ep 3) Hirotaka Nii (eps 7, 10) Hiroyuki Ōkaji (ep 1) Hiroyuki Yoshida (ep 5) Hiroyuki Yoshii (eps 10, 15) Hisashi Shimokawa (ep 2) Hitoshi Kagiyama (eps 12-13) Hitoshi Miyazuru (ep 11) Isamu Utsuki (ep 4) Issei Aragaki (ep 2) Itsuki Takemoto (ep 14) 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) 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, 14) Kenji Fukazawa (Ad Cosmo; eps 6, 9) Kentarō Fujita (ep 4) Kōhei Yamazaki (Ad Cosmo; ep 9) Kōji Furuya (eps 3, 14) Kōji Kawaguchi (ep 4) Kōta Michishita (ep 2) Kumiko Kawashima (ep 1) Kunihiko Kimura (ep 2) Kurika Sugimoto (ep 4) Kyōhei Ogura (ep 13) Mai Tsutsumi (eps 1-3, 6) Maki Hashimoto (eps 10, 14) Makoto Iino (ep 14) Makoto Itō (Ad Cosmo; ep 9) Mamiko Nakanishi (ep 2) Manabu Shioda (ep 14) Manae Mori (Studio Gimlet; ep 9) Masaaki Susowake (ep 11) Masaharu Uemura (ep 15) Masahiko Matsuo (ep 5) Masahiro Andō (eps 12-13) Masahiro Yoshizaki (ep 7) Masaki Tamakoshi (ep 4) Masako Onozawa (eps 12-13) Masashi Iwayama (ep 9) Masato Nishikawa (ep 5) Masato Okada (eps 8, 13) Mayumi Fujita (ep 7) Mayumi Yamamoto (ep 4) Megumi Imai (ep 13) Megumi Kouno (OP 2) Megumi Noda (eps 6, 9) Mia Kanazawa (ep 5) Michihiro Kosaka (ep 8) Miho Ayabe (eps 5, 8, 15) Miki Konno (ep 3) Misako Izumi (ep 15) Miyuki Furukawa (ep 15) Miyuki Koga (ep 1) Motohiro Taniguchi (eps 2, 6-8, 12) Naoko Hayashi (eps 2-3) Naoko Teraoka (ep 13) Naomi Ide (ep 3) Naoto Nakamura (ep 7) Natsuki Inoue (ep 3) Nobuetsu Andō (ep 4) Nobuhiro Sugiyama (eps 1, 12) Nobumichi Kawamura (ep 4) Nobuyuki Takeuchi (12 episodes eps 1-3, 5, 7-8, 10-15 )Noriko Yamashita (Ad Cosmo; ep 9) Norinobu Kyō (ep 3) Osamu Sakata (ep 15) Rei Ikagawa (ep 5) Reina Tsuchiya (eps 5, 13, 15) Rie Aoki (ep 3) Rie Fujiwara (ep 14) Rie Kaneko (ep 3) Rika Sugano (Ad Cosmo; eps 6, 9) Rondo Mizukami (eps 6, 12) Ryo Imamura (SHAFT; OP3, OP4, OP5; 10 episodes eps 1-2, 6, 8-13, 15 )Ryosuke Kimiya (ep 14) Satomi Kawashima (eps 7, 14) Satomi Yamanaka (ep 3) Satoshi Hata (ep 1) Shigeki Satō (Ad Cosmo; ep 9) Shigeki Sunada (10 episodes eps 1-3, 7-8, 10-13, 15 )Shiho Tanaka (ep 3) Shin Itagaki (OP 2) Shin Tanoue (ep 4) Shinobu Sasaki (ep 11) Shintaro Tsubota (eps 6, 14) Shizuo Tanaka (Tokyo Animation Center; ep 9) Shōichi Funaki (ep 7) Shunsuke Masuda (eps 7, 10, 14) Taeko Ōgi (ep 14) Taisuke Iwasaki (eps 6, 8, 12) Takafumi Furusawa (eps 12-13) Takahiro Toyomasu (Ad Cosmo; ep 6) Takako Hasegawa (ep 4) Takanori Suzuki (ep 15) Takao Ozone (ep 4) Takao Suzuki (Tokyo Animation Center; ep 9) Takashi Kojima (eps 13, 15) Takato Fukuyama (ep 7) Takeo Ōhira (eps 6, 9) Takeo Yoshioka (ep 5) Tatsuya Ikeda (ep 10) Tatsuya Oishi (eps 1-2) Tatsuyuki Maeda (ep 10) Teruhiko Yamazaki (ep 7) Tetsuya Wakano (ep 2) Tomoaki Takase (ep 15) Tomohiro Kamitani (Ad Cosmo; ep 9) Tomoko Shimizu (ep 3) Tomoko Tsuji (ep 10) Tomomi Kumata (Ad Cosmo; eps 6, 9) Tomoyasu Kurashima (ep 3) Tomoyuki Itamura (ep 11) Tomoyuki Ōshita (ep 6) Toshi Takahashi (ep 1) Toshiaki Ōhashi (ep 2) Toshihiro Irie (ep 3) Toshimasa Suzuki (ep 12) Toshiyuki Satō (ep 10) Tsuguru Fukuda (ep 10) Tsukasa Nishiyama (ep 2) Tsutomu Matsūra (ep 2) Wataru Hasegawa (ep 14) 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) Yōko Iizuka (ep 5) Yoritada Shigesa (ep 14) Yoshiaki Itō (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 (eps 10, 14) Yoshito Narimatsu (eps 1, 8) Yōsuke Imakubo (eps 7, 10) Yousuke Nakajima (ep 5) Yūgo Mizutani (ep 15) Yui Ushio (Ad Cosmo; ep 9) Yūichirō Yamada (eps 5, 8) Yūji Miyashita (OP 2; eps 1, 7) Yuka Koichi (ep 3) Yuka Takemori (Ad Cosmo; eps 6, 9) Yūki Hara (ep 7) Yuki Koike (ep 3) Yuki Komatsu (ep 1) Yukihiro Kitano (eps 1-2) Yukiko Ban (ep 9) Yukito Shinkai (ep 14) Yūko Fujii (Studio Gimlet; ep 9) Yūko Hineno (ep 5) Yuko Kimura (eps 6, 9) Yumi Shimizu (ep 2) Yūsuke Nakamura (ep 11) Yuta Shiraishi (Ad Cosmo; eps 6, 9) Yuta Tsuchiya (ep 15) Zen Nagata (ep 5)
Photography:
Azusa Tamura (Asahi Production) Haruhi Gotō (Asahi Production) Kōji Tsuchiya (DIGITAL@SHAFT) Minoe Ōkubo (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 Advancement:
Hiroaki Takahashi (ep 11) Hoshihei Fujita (eps 2, 7, 12-15) Ken'ichirō Yano (ep 14) Kosuke Onitsuka (eps 9-10) Nobuto Fushimi (ep 6) Shin Mizuno (ep 6) Taro Tanaka (ep 4) Yasuyo Saitō (eps 12-13) Yuware Watanabe (ep 8)
Production manager: Yasuyo Saitō
Recording engineer: Yasushi Nagura
Sound Effects: Hidemi Tanaka
Sound Producing Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Theme Song Lyrics: meg rock (OP 1-5)
Theme Song Performance:
Chiwa Saitō (OP1) Emiri Katō (OP2) Kana Hanazawa (OP4) Miyuki Sawashiro (OP3) Nagi Yanagi (ED w/supercell) supercell (ED) Yui Horie (OP5)
Visual Director: Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Visual Effects: Motoi Sakai
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2nd Key Animation:
APPP Bee Train Buyuu (ep 15) Def.c GAINAX Neox SILVER LINK. Studio Bambino Studio Mark Studio Pastoral Studio Wombat WHITE FOX
Animation Production: SHAFT
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2009-07-07) AT-X (2009-08-07) BS Japan (2009-07-12) Chiba Television (2009-07-07) Mainichi Broadcasting System (2009-07-04) Television Kanagawa (2009-07-05) Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2009-07-05) Tokyo MX (2009-07-03) TV Hokkaido (2009-07-09) TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2009-07-08)
Cable Broadcasting: J:COM
Finish Animation:
AI Core DEXS DIGITAL@SHAFT Dream Force Fan Out Frontline Hayashi M.S.J Musashino Production MAP Triple A
In-Between Animation:
ACCEL AI APPP Core Def.c DEXS Fan Out Frontline Hayashi M.S.C M.S.J Musashino Production MAP Nakamura Production Rising Force SHAFT Studio Izena Studio Pastoral Triple A
In-Between Animation Cooperation: Buyuu (ep 10)
Key Animation:
AD Cosmo (eps 6, 9) Anime R Noside SHAFT Studio Blanc. Studio Gimlet Studio Pastoral Tokyo Animation Center |
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Blu-Ray Authoring: Q-Tec (Aniplex US Release.)
Distributor: MVM (UK & Ireland)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand) Aniplex Channel Crunchyroll Daisuki FUNimation Entertainment (US, Canada, UK, Ireland) Hulu Viewster (UK, Ireland) |
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Distributor: Mirage Entertainment |
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Adaptation: Ophelie De San Bartholome
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Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Latin America)
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Latin America)
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Distributor: Peppermint Anime
Dubbing: Oxygen Sound Studios
Internet Streaming: Wakanim (German speaking countries)
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Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Brazil)
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Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd. |
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