Monogatari (series)

Monogatari
	Cover of the first light novel Bakemonogatari, featuring Hitagi Senjōgahara
物語
Genre	Mystery; Paranormal; Psychological;
Light novel
Written by	Nisio Isin
Illustrated by	Vofan
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Vertical;
Imprint	Kodansha Box
Magazine	Mephisto (2005–2006); Pandora (2008); Bessatsu (2013)
Original run	August 10, 2005 – present
Volumes	29
Anime television series
First Season
Directed by	Akiyuki Shinbo; Tatsuya Oishi (#1–15); Tomoyuki Itamura (#16–30);
Produced by	Atsuhiro Iwakami; Mitsutoshi Kubota; Masayuki Haryu (#1–15); Takuya Matsushita (#16–30);
Written by	Composition:; Shaft; Akiyuki Shinbo; Scripts:; Yukito Kizawa; Muneo Nakamoto;
Music by	Satoru Kōsaki
Studio	Shaft
Licensed by	AUS: Hanabee; NA: Aniplex of America; UK: MVM Films;
Original network	Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Saitama, TVK, TV Aichi, CTC, TVQ, TVH, BS Japan
Original run	2009 – 2012 Bakemonogatari:; July 3, 2009 – September 25, 2009 (TV); November 3, 2009 – June 25, 2010 (ONA); Nisemonogatari:; January 8, 2012 – March 18, 2012; Nekomonogatari (Black):; December 31, 2012 ;
Episodes	30
	First Season arcs:; Bakemonogatari (15 episodes); Nisemonogatari (11 episodes); Nekomonogatari (Black) (4 episodes);
Anime television series
Second Season
Directed by	Akiyuki Shinbo; Tomoyuki Itamura; Naoyuki Tatsuwa (#6–9); Yuki Yase (#14–17);
Produced by	Atsuhiro Iwakami; Mitsutoshi Kubota; Takuya Matsushita;
Written by	Composition:; Shaft; Akiyuki Shinbo; Scripts:; Yukito Kizawa; Muneo Nakamoto;
Music by	Satoru Kōsaki (#1–23); Kei Haneoka (#24–28);
Studio	Shaft
Licensed by	AUS: Hanabee; NA: Aniplex of America; UK: MVM Films;
Original network	Tokyo MX, Chiba TV, tvk, TV Saitama, Tochigi TV, GTV, MBS, TV Aichi, TVh, TVQ Kyushu, BS11
Original run	2013 – 2014 Nekomonogatari (White):; July 7, 2013 – August 4, 2013; Kabukimonogatari:; August 18, 2013 – September 8, 2013; Otorimonogatari:; September 22, 2013 – October 13, 2013; Onimonogatari:; October 27, 2013 – November 17, 2013; Koimonogatari:; November 24, 2013 – December 29, 2013; Hanamonogatari:; August 16, 2014; ;
Episodes	28
	Second Season arcs:; Nekomonogatari (White) (5 episodes); Kabukimonogatari (4 episodes); Hanamonogatari (5 episodes); Otorimonogatari (4 episodes); Onimonogatari (4 episodes); Koimonogatari (6 episodes);
Anime television series
Final Season
Directed by	Akiyuki Shinbo; Tomoyuki Itamura (#1–36);
Produced by	Takuya Matsushita; Atsuhiro Iwakami (#1–36); Mitsutoshi Kubota (#1–36); Tatsuya Ishikawa (#37–42); Kazuki Sōmiya (#37–42); Tomoki Yunoguchi (#37–42);
Written by	Composition:; Shaft; Akiyuki Shinbo; Scripts:; Yukito Kizawa; Muneo Nakamoto;
Music by	Kei Haneoka (#1–17, 29–42); Satoru Kōsaki (#18–28);
Studio	Shaft
Licensed by	AUS: Hanabee; NA: Aniplex of America; UK: MVM Films;
Original network	Tokyo MX, BS11, GYT, GTV, TV Saitama, CTC, tvk, MBS, TVh, TV Aichi, TVQ
Original run	2014 – 2019 Tsukimonogatari:; December 31, 2014; Owarimonogatari I:; October 3, 2015 – December 19, 2015; Koyomimonogatari:; January 10, 2016 – March 27, 2016 (ONA); Owarimonogatari II:; August 12, 2017 – August 13, 2017; Zoku Owarimonogatari:; May 18, 2019 – June 22, 2019 ;
Episodes	42
	Final Season arcs:; Tsukimonogatari (4 episodes); Owarimonogatari I (13 episodes); Koyomimonogatari (12 episodes); Owarimonogatari II (7 episodes); Zoku Owarimonogatari (6 episodes);
Anime
Off & Monster Season
Directed by	Akiyuki Shinbo; Midori Yoshizawa;
Written by	Composition:; Shaft; Akiyuki Shinbo;
Studio	Shaft
Related media
	Bakemonogatari (manga adaptation); Kizumonogatari (prequel, anime film series); Hyakumonogatari (audio drama); Bakemonogatari Portable (video game);

Monogatari (物語, "Story") is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Vofan. The plot centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who survives a vampire attack and finds himself helping girls involved with a variety of apparitions, ghosts, beasts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena, which often serve as proxies for their emotional and mental issues. Since November 2006, Kodansha published 29 volumes in the series under its Kodansha Box imprint. All of the series' story arcs share the common title suffix -monogatari (物語).

Shaft has animated the Monogatari series several times since 2009. The first season of the anime adaptation consists of 30 episodes, which were broadcast in Japan between July 2009 and December 2012. The second season consists of 28 episodes broadcast between July and December 2013, and the "final season" consists of 42 episodes broadcast between December 2014 and June 2019. A prequel anime film trilogy, Kizumonogatari, was released in 2016 and 2017. In January 2024, Shaft and Aniplex announced the production of an anime adaptation of the "Off Season" and "Monster Season" novels. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Oh! great and titled Bakemonogatari, was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from March 2018 to March 2023.

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