Bungo Stray Dogs Unveils 10th Anniversary Project With 12 Months of Special Events

KADOKAWA has officially launched a 10th anniversary project for the Bungo Stray Dogs anime series, which first aired in April 2016. The project will celebrate the series’ decade-long run in April 2026 with a year-long series of events and collaborations leading up to the anniversary.

To commemorate the occasion, KADOKAWA unveiled the official 10th anniversary logo and announced a slate of twelve “Pre-Celebration Projects” that will roll out monthly throughout 2025 and through April 2026. The first three initiatives have been revealed alongside the logo.

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All-Night Screening Events

The celebration will begin in April 2025 with all-night screening events of the anime’s earlier seasons.

Season 1 Screening

• Date & Time: April 19 (Saturday), 22:30 – 04:50 JST (tentative)
• Venue: Cinem@rt Shinjuku
• Guests: Masahiko Minami (President, BONES Inc.) and Hiroshi Kato (Editor)
• Ticket Price: 3,850 yen (tax included)
• Sales Period: March 29 (Saturday), 10:00 – April 18 (Friday), 16:00 JST
• Special Gift: Season 1-themed postcards
• Tickets: https://w.pia.jp/t/bungosd/

Season 2 Screening

• Date & Time: April 26 (Saturday), 22:45 – 05:30 JST (tentative)
• Venue: Cinem@rt Shinjuku
• Guests: Yoji Enokido (Series Composition) and Kafka Asagiri (Original Creator)
• Ticket Price: 3,850 yen (tax included)
• Sales Period: April 5 (Saturday), 10:00 – April 25 (Friday), 16:00 JST
• Special Gift: Season 2-themed postcards

Each event includes a guest talk session prior to the screening.

Chuya Nakahara Memorial Museum Collaboration – 3rd Edition

The third edition of the Bungo Stray Dogs collaboration with the Chuya Nakahara Memorial Museum will be held from May 8 to June 30, 2025, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, japan. The exhibition returns after a seven-year hiatus and will feature a panel exhibition, photo spots, and original merchandise available at Animate Hofu.

Additional events include a themed café and collaborative exhibits at the Yuda Onsen Tourist Hub “Kitsune no Ashi Ato,” along with a regional stamp rally.

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Kadokawa Bunko Collaboration Cover Project

Returning for its ninth year, the Kadokawa Bunko collaboration project will feature two new Bungo Stray Dogs-themed book covers, scheduled for release in June 2025. Further information will be announced at a later date.

Natsume-sensei’s Wandering Journey

A new initiative, “Natsume-sensei’s Wandering Journey,” will launch on April 1, 2025. The calico cat character from the anime will make surprise appearances in Animate stores across Japan and overseas as part of a promotional campaign running throughout the year.

About Bungo Stray Dogs

Bungo Stray Dogs (Literary Stray Dogs) is a manga series written by Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa. It has been serialized in Kadokawa’s Young Ace magazine since 2012. The series has multiple light novels, manga spin-offs, and live-action stage plays. Studio Bones is handling the animation of the series, which caught up to the manga after the latest season. Season 5 ended with Episode 11, but a continuation was already teased after the finale. You can see the main staff and cast from Season 5 below.

Cast:

• Yuto Uemura as Atsushi Nakajima
• Mamoru Miyano as Osamu Dazai
• Yoshimasa Hosoya as Doppo Kunikida
• Hiroshi Kamiya as Ranpo Edogawa
• Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Junichiro Tanizaki
• Kitsune Kagura as Kenji Miyazawa
• Yu Shimamura as Akiko Yosano
• Sumire Morohoshi as Kyoka Izumi
• Rikiya Koyama as Yukichi Fukuzawa
• Kensho Ono as Ryunosuke Akutagawa
• Kisho Taniyama as Chuya Nakahara
• Yuki Kaji as Saigiku Jono
• Yohei Azakami as Tetcho Suehiro
• Yuu Hayashi as Michizo Tachihara
• Makoto Koichi as Teruko Okura
• Akio Otsuka as Ochi Fukuchi
• Akira Ishida as Fyodor D.
• Takehito Koyasu as Nikolai G.
• Shoya Chiba as Sigma

Staff:

• Original Story: Kafka Asagiri
• Manga: Sango Harukawa (Young Ace)
• Director: Takuya Igarashi
• Series Composition and Script: Yoji Enokido
• Character Designer and Chief Animation Director: Nobuhiro Arai
• Prop Design: Fumihiro Katagai
• Art Director: Yumiko Kondo
• Color Design: Yukari Goto
• Photography Director: Go Kanbayashi
• 3DCG Directors: Yota Ando and Yuki Oguri
• Editor: Shigeru Nishiyama
• Music: Taku Iwasaki
• Music Production: Lantis
• Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
• Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (soundbox) and Sachiko Nishi (soundbox)
• Sound Production: Glovision
• Opening Theme Artist: GRANRODEO
• Ending Theme Artist: LUCK LIFE
• Animation by: BONES
• Presented by: Bungo Stray Dogs Partners

Source: Press Release, Bungo Stray Dogs Official Website
©Kafka ASAGIRI, Sango HARUKAWA/KADOKAWA/Bungo Stray Dogs Partners