Bungou Stray Dogs: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Nakajima Atsushi was kicked out of his orphanage, and now he has no place to go and no food. While he is standing by a river, on the brink of starvation, he rescues a man whimsically attempting suicide. That man is Dazai Osamu, and he and his partner Kunikida are members of a very special detective agency. They have supernatural powers and deal with cases that are too dangerous for the police or the military. They're tracking down a tiger that has appeared in the area recently, around the time Atsushi came to the area. The tiger seems to have a connection to Atsushi, and by the time the case is solved, it is clear that Atsushi's future will involve much more of Dazai and the rest of the detectives!

Season 1 starting in April 2016 and season 2 is scheduled for October 2016, with an episode order of 12 episodes for each season.

Series details

• Title: Bungou Stray Dogs
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Anime, Crime, Supernatural
• Premiere date: 2016-04-08
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 13687
• IMDb ID: tt5679720
• TVDB ID: 305075

Cast and credited roles

• Mamoru Miyano — Osamu Dazai
• Hiroshi Kamiya — Ranpo Edogawa
• Rikiya Koyama — Yukichi Fukuzawa
• Sumire Morohoshi — Kyouka Izumi
• Yoshimasa Hosoya — Doppo Kunikida
• Hiroyuki Kagura — Kenji Miyazawa
• Kishō Taniyama — Chuuya Nakahara
• Toshiyuki Toyonaga — Jun`ichirou Tanizaki
• Chiaki Omigawa — Naomi Tanizaki
• Yū Shimamura — Akiko Yosano
• Wataru Hatano — Motojirou Kajii
• Asami Seto — Ichiyou Higuchi

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-04-08; final listed air date 2016-06-24; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-10-05; final listed air date 2018-03-03; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 2019-04-12; final listed air date 2019-06-28; episode order: 12.
• Season 4: premiered 2023-01-04; final listed air date 2023-03-29; episode order: 13.
• Season 5: premiered 2023-07-12; final listed air date 2023-09-20.

Source and licence

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