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Bakemonogatari

Bakemonogatari

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Ghostory, Monstory
Japanese: 化物語

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 15
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 3, 2009 to Jun 25, 2010
Producers: Aniplex, SHAFT
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.531 (scored by 22710 users)
Ranked: #652
Popularity: #58
Members: 46,588
Favorites: 2,075
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2 based on the top anime page.

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Synopsis

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, myths, and spirits.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Related Anime

Adaptation: Bakemonogatari
Summary: Bakemonogatari Recap Special
Prequel: Kizumonogatari

Characters & Voice Actors

Araragi, Koyomi
Araragi, Koyomi
Main
Kamiya, Hiroshi
Japanese
Kamiya, Hiroshi
Senjougahara, Hitagi
Senjougahara, Hitagi
Main
Saito, Chiwa
Japanese
Saito, Chiwa
Araragi, Karen
Araragi, Karen
Supporting
Kitamura, Eri
Japanese
Kitamura, Eri
Araragi, Tsukihi
Araragi, Tsukihi
Supporting
Iguchi, Yuka
Japanese
Iguchi, Yuka

Staff

Oishi, Tatsuya
Co-Director
Shinbou, Akiyuki
Director
Tsuruoka, Yota
Sound Director
Oonuma, Shin
Episode Director


Write a review | More reviews (30)Reviews

Jun 27, 2010
8th_Sin
"To be blunt, I just enjoy talking to you... so I want to talk with you more."
"If our opinions clash, let's talk it over." (Dialogs from episode 5)

'Bakemonogatari', cleverly translated as 'Ghostory' or 'Monstory', is about five not-so-normal girls that Araragi Koyomi, a vampire himself, encounters and attempt to save them from abnormalities that's been troubling them.


Character: 10/10
The main characters of 'Bakemonogatari' are among the most unique and complex I have yet to encounter.

Heroine Senjougahara Hitagi is a tsundere like half of all modern heroines in anime, but she is also 「ドS」, a sadist to an extreme degree, which is more common for side characters read more
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Oct 12, 2009
Splendiferous
Now with Bakemonogatari on a temporary airing hiatus due to airing times being bought in packets of 12, I will write a review for what I view as THE masterpiece of this season.

Summarized review: Bakemonogatari is hands down one of the most unique shows I have ever seen, not because of its story, but simply in the way it is presented. There are the flashing panels of text that many people pause the show just to read, there is the most self-aware tsundere character that everyone cannot help but adore, there is the unusual colour scheme that makes itself apparent in many a scene; the read more
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Recommendations

same art and strange plot
Along with Maria+Holic both are a quintessence of SHAFT's craziness and their great ideas.

Opening Theme

#01: "staple stable" by Chiwa Saito (eps 2, 6-7, 11-12)
#02: "Kaerimichi (帰り道)" by Emiri Katou (ep 4)
#03: "ambivalent world" by Miyuki Sawashiro (ep 8)
#04: "Ren'ai Circulation (恋愛サーキュレーション)" by Kana Hanazawa (ep 10)
#05: "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; performed by nagi (Gazelle)

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