Shinobumonogatari: Off & Monster Season Anime Previews & Story in New Video - Monogatari News

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A special promotional video and visual for the Shinobumonogatari story in the MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season anime has been debuted on the Abema TV service. The Shinobumonogatari story will begin in the anime’s next episode.

The anime is currently streaming exclusively on the ABEMA service in Japan, with Crunchyroll also streaming the anime as it airs in Japan.

Akiyuki Simbo is serving as chief director, Midori Yoshizawa is directing, and Fuyashi Tou and Miku Ooshima are writing the scripts. Akio Watanabe is returning as character designer and chief animation director, alongside Nobuhiro Sugiyama and Kana Miyai. Satoru Kōsaki is once again composing the music.

The studio SHAFT is adapting the Off Season and Monster Season books in NisiOisin‘s Monogatari series.

NisiOisin‘s novel series began with the two-volume Bakemonogatari story in 2006, and it served as the basis for the first anime adaptation of the novels in 2009. The novel series’ “final season” ended with Zoku Owarimonogatari in September 2014, but it featured a teaser for “Monogatari Series, Next Season Tsugimonogatari.”

Four “Off Season” volumes — Orokamonogatari, Wazamonogatari, Nademonogatari, and Musubimonogatari — shipped in October 2015, January 2016, July 2016, and January 2017, respectively. The volumes tell a series of short stories set at different points throughout the series.

The novel series’ “Monster Season” launched with the Shinobumonogatari novel in July 2017. Other novels in the season include Yoimonogatari, Amarimonogatari, Ōgimonogatari, and the two-volume Shinomonogatari novel, which shipped in August 2021. The novels tell a continuation of the franchise, taking place in college.