Anime 'Bungo Stray Dogs' Eighth Anniversary Project Begins

March 6th, 2023 (Tokyo, Japan): The anime "Bungo Stray Dogs" will celebrate its eighth anniversary since its first TV broadcast on April 7th, 2016.
To commemorate and celebrate the eighth anniversary of "Bungo Stray Dogs" with fans all over the world, the "Eighth Anniversary Eight Major Projects" will begin on Sunday, April 7th, 2024! Here are the first half of the Eight Major Projects along with the commemorative logo.

Eighth Anniversary Eight Major Projects (First Half)

◆Eighth Anniversary Commemorative Memoirs with Animate International
[Event period: April 7th (Sun.), 2024 - April 6th (Sun.), 2025]

◆RED゜ TOKYO TOWER Collaboration
[Event period: April 19th (Fri.), 2024 - May 26th (Sun.), 2024]

◆Tobu Zoo Collaboration
[Event period: July 13th (Sat.), 2024 onwards]

◆First Avenue Tokyo Station B1 Event Space Ichiban Plaza & Hotel New Otani Collaboration
[Event period: August 9th (Fri.), 2024 onwards]

The "Eighth Anniversary Eight Major Projects" will start from the "Eighth Anniversary Commemorative Memoirs with Animate International". Throughout the anniversary period, physical and online Animate stores worldwide will be reprinting previous specially drawn seasonal illustrations to sell as commemorative memorial goods.

These illustrations will include seasonal drawings for Halloween and New Year's, as well as several illustrations, including the first illustration of the "Gakuen Bungo Stray Dogs" series, now a customary April Fool's project. All these will be time-limited items displaying the Eighth Anniversary Logo, so be sure not to miss out!

The "RED゜TOKYO TOWER Collaboration" featuring the Sky Casino will be held from April 19th (Fri.). The second collaboration, "Tobu Zoo Collaboration" will be held in July, and in August, the "First Avenue Tokyo Station B1 Event Space Ichiban Plaza & Hotel New Otani Collaboration" has been scheduled, featuring a pop-up store with a wide selection of limited and pre-sales merchandise, fun projects, as well as hotel stays in concept rooms.

Details of each project will be announced on the special eighth anniversary page of the official anime website (https://bungosd.com/8th-anniversary/) and the official X account (@bungosd_anime).

Other "Eighth Anniversary Eight Major Projects" will be announced shortly, so please look forward to them!

■What is Bungo Stray Dogs? A superpower battle action manga series featuring characters named after famous literary figures such as Atsushi Nakajima, Osamu Dazai, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Bungo Stray Dogs was first published in "Young Ace" in 2012 by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa 35, and as of December 2022, over 12 million copies of the related books in this series have been sold.
A two-cour TV anime aired in 2016, and in March 2018, the movie "Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple" was screened in over 170 theaters nationwide across Japan. The third season aired in April 2019, and the spin-off chibi anime "Bungo Stray Dogs Wan!" aired in January 2021, followed by a fourth season in January 2023 and a fifth season in July 2023.

■Main Casts
Atsushi Nakajima: Yūto Uemura
Osamu Dazai: Mamoru Miyano
Doppo Kunikida: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Ranpo Edogawa: Hiroshi Kamiya
Junichirō Tanizaki: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Kenji Miyazawa: Kitsune Kagura
Akiko Yosano: Yu Shimamura
Kyouka Izumi: Sumire Morohoshi
Yukichi Fukuzawa: Rikiya Koyama
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa: Kenshō Ono
Chuuya Nakahara: Kishō Taniyama
Saigiku Jouno: Yūki Kaji
Tetchou Suehiro: Yōhei Azakami
Michizou Tachihara: Yuu Hayashi
Teruko Okura: Makoto Koichi
Ōuchi Fukuchi: Akio Ōtsuka
Fyodor D.: Akira Ishida
Nikolai G.: Takehito Koyasu
Sigma: Shōya Chiba

■Main Staff
Original Story: Kafka Asagiri
Manga: Sango Harukawa (Young Ace)
Director: Takuya Igarashi
Series Structure: 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: Yōta Andō 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

■Anime Official Website
https://bungosd.com

■Anime Official X (Twitter)
@bungosd_anime

■Copyright
©Kafka Asagiri, Sango Harukawa/KADOKAWA/Bungo Stray Dogs Partners