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Bakemonogatari
化物語
GenreRomance, Occult detective, Comedy
Light novel
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byVofan
Published byKodansha
MagazineMephisto
Original runNovember 1, 2006 – December 1, 2006
Volumes2
Light novel
Kizumonogatari
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byVofan
Published byKodansha
MagazinePandora
PublishedMay 7, 2008
Light novel
Nisemonogatari
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byVofan
Published byKodansha
Original runSeptember 1, 2008 – June 10, 2009
Volumes2
Anime television series
Directed byAkiyuki Shinbo
StudioShaft
Original networkIndependent UHF Stations
Original run July 3, 2009 – September 25, 2009
Episodes12
Original net animation
Directed byAkiyuki Shinbo
StudioShaft
Released November 3, 2009 – June 25, 2010
Episodes3
Audio drama
Hyakumonogatari
Written byNisio Isin
ReleasedAugust 3, 2009
Light novel
Nekomonogatari (Black)
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byVofan
Published byKodansha
PublishedJuly 29, 2010
Light novel
Nekomonogatari (White)
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byVofan
Published byKodansha
Published2010
Light novel
Kabukimonogatari
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byVofan
Published byKodansha
Published2010
Light novel
Hanamonogatari
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byVofan
Published byKodansha
Published2011
Light novel
Otorimonogatari
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byVofan
Published byKodansha
Published2011
Light novel
Onimonogatari
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byVofan
Published byKodansha
Published2011
Light novel
Koimonogatari
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byVofan
Published byKodansha
Published2011

Bakemonogatari (化物語, "ghostory," a portmanteau of bakemono (化物, ghost or monster) and monogatari (物語, story)) is a Japanese light novel series written by Japanese novelist Nisio Isin and illustrated by Taiwanese illustrator Vofan; the series is published by Kodansha under the Kodansha Box imprint. The story centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who has recently survived a vampire attack, and finds himself mixed up with all kinds of apparitions; gods, ghosts, mythological beasts, and spirits. An anime adaptation by Shaft started airing on July 3, 2009 and went through a total of 15 episodes. The prequel novel, Kizumonogatari was recently announced as being green-lit for anime production.

Plot and settings

Bakemonogatari centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjōgahara, who never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into Koyomi's arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics. Despite being threatened by her to keep away, Koyomi offers his help, and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a strange middle-aged man living in an abandoned building, who cured him of being a vampire.

The series tends to introduce only one new heroine per chapter, each involved with a different "apparition". Most of them have an item which symbolises their spectres, such as Hitagi's stapler - the claw of a crab, Mayoi's back pack - the shell of a snail, Suruga's leggings - SARUMATA (猿股, the Japanese traditional underclothing. 'SARU' means monkey), and Nadeko's big hat and baggy jacket - the head and skin of a snake. The events of the previous chapters play an important role in the subsequent ones. The series primarily focuses on conversations between characters; it contains a fair number of parodies of other series, as well as Nisio Isin's trademark word play and metahumor.

Characters

Koyomi Araragi (阿良々木 暦, Araragi Koyomi)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya[1]
Koyomi, the main character of the story, is a third year high school student who is close to failing every class except math. Shortly before the first novel begins, he was attacked by a vampire during spring break, and became a vampire himself. Although Meme Oshino helped him become human again, there are several lingering side effects; he can see in the dark, his eyes turn red when he gets angry, and he heals much faster than the average human. He remains scared of morning sunlight despite the fact that it no longer has any negative effects on him. He started dating Hitagi at the end of Mayoi Snail.
Hitagi Senjōgahara (戦場ヶ原 ひたぎ, Senjōgahara Hitagi)
Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō[1]
Hitagi, the main character of Hitagi Crab, is a weak-looking girl with an "incurable disease". She is in the same class as Koyomi, but he has almost never heard her speak. When she was in the first year of high school, she encountered a mysterious crab, after which she became weightless. Ever since, she has avoided contact with everyone else, threatening everyone who discovers her secret. She called herself a tsundere and always speaks in an abusive style. At the end of Mayoi Snail, she admits that she loves Koyomi, and subsequently enters into a relationship with him. In the original, she overcame all of her trauma, and finally became a completely common cheerful girl. She starts calling Araragi with a cute nickname, chuckling at small things and sending e-mails full of Emojis.
Mayoi Hachikuji (八九寺 真宵, Hachikuji Mayoi)
Voiced by: Emiri Katō[1]
Mayoi, the main character of Mayoi Snail, is the ghost of a fifth-grade elementary school girl. She was killed in a traffic accident while trying to reach her mother's home, and has since unsuccessfully attempted to do so. She can only be seen by people who do not want to reach their destination. Koyomi met her in a park on Mother's Day and offered to help her find her mother's home. She makes a lot of spelling mistakes and has a habit of mispronouncing Koyomi's family name. Her family name before her parents got divorced was Tsunade (綱手) She graduates to become a "Wandering Spirit" after Araragi and Senjōgahara help her reach her destination.
Suruga Kanbaru (神原 駿河, Kanbaru Suruga)
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro[1]
Suruga, the main character of Suruga Monkey, is Koyomi's underclassman, ace of the school's basketball team and one of Hitagi's acquaintances from back in junior high school. Immediately after she entered senior high school, she became aware of Hitagi's secret and was threatened by her, just like Koyomi was. She's an admitted lesbian, fujoshi, lolicon and masochist. Back in elementary school, she inherited what she thought was a Monkey's Paw but was actually a Rainy Devil from her mother. She started stalking Koyomi after she discovered he was dating Hitagi. She became friends with Koyomi and Hitagi after Koyomi rids her of the Rainy Devil.
Nadeko Sengoku (千石 撫子, Sengoku Nadeko)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa[1]
Nadeko, the main character of Nadeko Snake, is Tsukihi’s friend back in elementary school. She always wears a waist pouch, always casts her eyes downward, has her bangs covering her eyes, has a shy personality, and can be easily amused. Koyomi played with her a lot whenever she visited his house after being invited by his sisters. She was put under a curse and was going to die until Koyomi found out and offered her his help. She refers to Koyomi as Koyomi-onii-chan.
Tsubasa Hanekawa (羽川 翼, Hanekawa Tsubasa)
Voiced by: Yui Horie[1]
Tsubasa, the main character of Tsubasa Cat, is Koyomi's classmate and the class president. Koyomi describes her as "the class president of all class presidents." Prior to the novel's beginning, she was possessed by a bakeneko during Golden Week due to stress over her family. Although it has since been resolved with the help of Shinobu and at a cost of her own memories, the problems emerge again right before the school festival because of different stress. It was revealed by the bakeneko at the end of episode 14 of the anime that the source of the aforementioned stress was her feelings for Araragi.
Meme Oshino (忍野 メメ, Oshino Meme)
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai[1]
Meme is a middle-aged man who lives in an abandoned building. Koyomi calls him "psychedelic aloha guy". Being an expert in the apparitions field, he solves Koyomi and others' problems, although with compensation.
Shinobu Oshino (忍野 忍, Oshino Shinobu)
Voiced by: Aya Hirano[2]
Shinobu is a girl who lives with Meme in the abandoned building. She appears to be an eight year old girl, but she was originally a beautiful vampire who had lived for more than 500 years. After the events at the end of Koyomi Vamp, she was left in a weakened condition with no powers or traces of her original personality, and therefore had to abandon her "Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade" (キスショット・アセロラオリオン・ハートアンダーブレード) name. She was named Shinobu by Meme at the beginning of Hitagi Crab, suggesting her kanji name Shinobu (忍), having "heart" (心) under "blade" (刃), matches with her original personality.
Karen Araragi (阿良々木 火憐, Araragi Karen)
Voiced by: Eri Kitamura[1]
Karen, the main character of Karen Bee, is one of Koyomi's sisters. She's older than Tsukihi and always doing outdoor activities. In Karen Bee, her hot-headed personality and her habit of acting before thinking lead her to be stung by a bee which leads to being poisoned with a terrible fever that lasted for 3 days. Like Hitagi, she refused any help from anyone which eventually leads to her and Koyomi fighting each other. Later it was revealed that it was set up by Kaiki. Karen and Tsukihi are nicknamed Tsuga no Ki Nichū no Fire Sisters (栂の木二中のファイヤーシスターズ, lit. Fire Sisters of Tsuga no Ki 2nd Junior High).
Tsukihi Araragi (阿良々木 月火, Araragi Tsukihi)
Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi[1]
Tsukihi, the main character of Tsukihi Phoenix, is one of Koyomi's sisters. She's the youngest of Araragi family. Unlike her sister, Karen, she is always doing indoor activities. Contrary to her personality, she constantly changes her hair style and is short-tempered to the point that Koyomi describes her as having hysteria. She is actually the reincarnation of a phoenix and has been since before she was even born. The phoenix entered the baby's body when it was still in the womb and by now both beings' minds have become one. She is immortal and the only thing that end her life is a natural death from old age. It was hinted that Kaiki was the one who sent Kagenui and Ononoki to go after Tsukihi. Tsukihi and Karen are nicknamed Tsuga no Ki Nichū no Fire Sisters (栂の木二中のファイヤーシスターズ).
Deishū Kaiki (貝木 泥舟, Kaiki Deishū)
Deishū was first introduced in Karen Bee.
Yozuru Kagenui (影縫 余弦, Kagenui Yozuru)
Yozuru was first introduced in Tsukihi Phoenix. She is an onmyōji and one of Meme's acquaintances.
Yotsugi Ononoki (斧乃木 余接, Ononoki Yotsugi)
Yotsugi was first introduced in Tsukihi Phoenix. She always address herself with the masculine first-person pronoun boku and thinks of Yozuru as her sister.

Media

Light novels

The series was first created by Nisio Isin as a series of short stories for Mephisto magazine. While his previous Zaregoto series featured large casts of characters, each Bakemonogatari story tends to introduce only one new character. The previously published stories, and some new ones, were eventually collected in two volumes as part of the Kodansha Box launch titles on November 1, 2006,[3] and December 1, 2006, respectively.[4] The first volume contains three stories titled Hitagi Crab (ひたぎクラブ), Mayoi Snail (まよいマイマイ) and Suruga Monkey (するがモンキー)[5]; the second volume comes with two newly written stories titled Nadeko Snake (なでこスネイク) and Tsubasa Cat (つばさキャット).[5]

A prequel to the series, titled Koyomi Vamp (こよみヴァンプ) was published in the first issue of Pandora magazine, it was later released as a separate volume on May 7, 2008 as Kizumonogatari (傷物語, "Damaged Goods Story").[6] The first volume of Nisemonogatari (偽物語, "Impostory"), a sequel to the series, was released on September 2, 2008,[7] and contains Karen Bee (かれんビー). The second volume, containing Tsukihi Phoenix (つきひフェニックス) was released on June 10, 2009.[8] The first volume of Nekomonogatari (猫物語, "Cat Story"), another prequel to the series was released on July 29, 2010, and contains Tsubasa Family (つばさファミリー). The second volume of Nekomonogatari which contains Tsubasa Tiger (つばさタイガー) is planned for release in October of 2010. Kodansha will release five more "Monogatari" novel series. Planned novel and releases will be Dec 2010 for Kabukimonogatari: Mayoi Kyon Shi (まよいキョンシー), Mar 2011 for Hanamonogatari: Suruga Devil, Jun 2011 for Otorimonogatari: Nadeko Medusa, Sep 2011 for Onimonogatari: Shinobu Time, and Dec 2011 for Koimonogatari: Hitagi End.

Drama CD

The drama CD titled Anime Bakemonogatari: Hyakumonogatari (アニメ 化物語 -佰物語-) – a reference to the parlour game Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai – was released on August 3, 2009.[9] The script was written by Nisio Isin and is to be bundled with the CD.[9]

Merchandise

Good Smile Company has made several chibi figures for the series, releasing them as separate sets. The first set contains the characters Koyomi Araragi, Hitagi Senjōgahara and Tsubasa Hanekawa [10]. The second set contains Suruga Kanbaru, Mayoi Hachikuji and Nadeko Sengoku [11] and The third set contains the Araragi sisters Karen and Tsukihi, as well as Shinobu Oshino.[12]. The company also made a separate, normal size figure for Hitagi Senjōgahara [13].

Anime

The anime series was announced in April 2008 and started broadcasting in July 3, 2009 on Tokyo MX.[14][15] The series is part of Kodansha's Nisio Isin Anime Project and is produced by Shaft, directed by Akiyuki Shinbo with an assistant of Tatsuya Oishi, written by Fuyashi Tō and featuring a character designs by Akio Watanabe based on Vofan's original concepts.[16] The music for the series is produced by Satoru Kōsaki under the supervision of Yota Tsuruoka.[1] The series was scheduled to be 15 episodes long but broadcasted only the first 12 episodes. The remaining three episodes were distributed on the official website, the final episode airing on June 25, 2010.[17] A flyer included with the release of Nekomonogatari volume 1 announce that the prequel novel, Kizumonogatari, would be adapted into an anime as well, again by SHAFT.[18]

Theme songs

The opening themes were written by meg rock and composed by Satoru Kōsaki featuring vocals of the heroines in the corresponding chapters.[19] The ending theme for the series, titled "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" (君の知らない物語, lit. "The Story You Don't Know") was produced by Supercell and released on August 12, 2009 featuring vocals by Nico Nico Douga- turned-pro singer, Nagi, formerly known as Gazelle,[20] and peak ranked 5th in Oricon singles charts.[21]

Opening themes
  1. "staple stable" - Chiwa Saitō (ep 2, 6, 7, 11, 12)
  2. "Kaerimichi" (帰り道, "The Road Home") - Emiri Katō (ep 4)
  3. "Ambivalent World" - Miyuki Sawashiro (ep 8)
  4. "Renai Circulation" (恋愛サーキュレーション, "Love Circulation") - Kana Hanazawa (ep 10)
  5. "sugar sweet nightmare" - Yui Horie (ep 14-15)
Ending theme
  1. "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" (君の知らない物語, "The Story You Don't Know") - Supercell

Note: DVD/BD versions of episodes always have an opening of a titular character, i.e. all Hitagi Crab episodes now have staple stable as opening, all Mayoi Snail episodes have Kaerimichi and so on.

Episode list

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Reception

The light novel series ranked sixth in the 2009 issue of Takarajimasha's light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!; Koyomi Araragi ranked sixth in the Best Male Character while Hitagi Senjōgahara ranked seventh in the Best Female Character.

The anime adaptation won the Users' Special Award in the 2nd annual DEG Japan Awards/Blu-ray Prizes.[23][24]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "スタッフ・キャスト" (in Japanese). bakemonogatari.com. Retrieved October 6, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ アニメ化物語オフィシャルガイドブック. Kodansha. ISBN 9784062154987. Retrieved October 11, 2009. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "化物語 (上)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved October 6, 2009.
  4. ^ "化物語 (下)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved October 6, 2009.
  5. ^ a b "概要" (in Japanese). bakemonogatari.com. Retrieved October 6, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "傷物語" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved October 6, 2009.
  7. ^ "偽物語 (上)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved October 6, 2009.
  8. ^ "偽物語 (下)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved October 6, 2009.
  9. ^ a b "オリジナルドラマＣＤ　佰物語 西尾維新 講談社" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved October 11, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ http://www.goodsmile.info/product/en/2748/Nendoroid+Petite+Bakemonogatari+Set+1.html
  11. ^ http://www.goodsmile.info/product/en/2817/Nendoroid+Petite+Bakemonogatari+Set+2.html
  12. ^ http://www.goodsmile.info/product/en/2848/Nendoroid+Petite+Bakemonogatari+Set+3.html
  13. ^ http://www.goodsmile.info/product/en/2863/Hitagi+Senjougahara.html
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference Story1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ "NisiOisin's Bakemonogatari Light Novels to Get Anime". Anime News Network. April 4, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2008.
  16. ^ "Bakemonogatari Anime Promo Video Posted". Anime News Network. March 18, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2009.
  17. ^ "Bakemonogatari Anime Promo Video Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
  18. ^ "NisiOisin's Kizumonogatari Light Novel Gets Anime (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  19. ^ "Director Akiyuki Shinbo interview in official website" (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2009.
  20. ^ "Supercell 1st single "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari"" (in Japanese). Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  21. ^ "君の知らない物語" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 11, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "アニメ化記念壁紙" (in Japanese). bakemonogatari.com. Retrieved October 6, 2009.
  23. ^ "Ponyo, Bakemonogatari, Conan Win Japanese BD Prizes". Anime News Network. February 18, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  24. ^ "第2回「DEGジャパン・アワード/ブルーレイ大賞」受賞作品発表｜DEGジャパン" (in Japanese). deg-japan.jp. Retrieved February 19, 2010.

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