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Shaft's Bakemonogatari Manga Trailer Revealed

Bakemonogatari manga received a special trailer by studio SHAFT. The same studio also did the anime adaptation of the series, which is based on the Monogatari light novel. Akiyuki Shinbo directed the trailer (and also did the storyboard), while Akio Watanabe provided character designs. Yukihiro Miyamoto is credited as unit director.

The trailer premiered in August 2021, but this is the first time it’s been uploaded online and available to fans all over the world. In addition to the trailer release, a special edition of Volume 16 of the manga which features the stills from the video is now on sale.

Bakemonogatari manga trailer by SHAFT

The video includes voice lines by the main cast from the anime:

  • Hiroshi Kamiya as Koyomi Araragi
  • Chiwa Saito as Hitagi Senjougahara 
  • Emiri Kato as Mayoi Hachikuji
  • Miyuki Sawashiro as Suruga Kanbaru
  • Kana Hanazawa as Nadeko Sengoku
  • Yui Horie as Tsubasa Hanekawa

Monogatari is a light novel series written by Nisi Oisin and illustrated b Vofan. The series started serialization in 2006 and although volumes cover different arcs, the titles of each one end with -monogatari. Bakemonogatari is a manga adaptation of the light novel, illustrated by Oh! Great. It has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine since 2018 and currently has 152 chapters, compiled into 15 volumes.

The franchise received an anime adaptation titled Bakemonogatari by studio SHAFT in the Summer of 2009. Nisemonogatari and Nisemonogatari (Black) followed in 2012. Monogatari Series: Second Season aired in 2013 and covered 6 arcs of the light novel. The remaining arcs – Tsukimonogatari , Owarimonogatari, Koyomimonogatari, Owarimonogatari II, and Zoku Owarimonogatari were also adapted to anime.

Source: Official Twitter
©Nisi Oisin, Vofan, Oh! Great/Kodansha, Shaft
Special thanks to Sarcataclysmal for additional information.

Tamara Lazic

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