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Bungou Stray Dogs
Synopsis: For weeks, the Atsushi Nakajima orphanage was tormented by a mystical tiger that only he seems to be unaware of. Suspected of being behind the strange incidents, the 18-year-old is abruptly expelled from the orphanage and left hungry, homeless and wandering around the city.
While starving on a river bank, Atsushi saves a very eccentric man named Osamu Dazai drowning. Enthusiast of extravagant suicide and supernatural detective, Dazai has investigated the same tiger that has terrorizing the boy. Together with Dazai partner Doppo Kunikida, they solve the mystery, but their resolution leaves atsushi at a tight point. As several strange events occur, Atsushi is coerced to join his company of supernatural investigators, assuming unusual cases that the police cannot deal with, alongside their numerous enigmatic colleagues.
Table of Content
- Information
- Trailer/OP
- Curiosities
- Characters
- Summary
- FAQ
- Meaning
- Related
Information
Anime Names
- Anime Name: Bungou Stray Dogs
- Anime Name in Japanese: 文豪ストレイドッグス
- Anime Name in English: Bungo Stray Dogs
- Other names: Literary Stray Dogs
Production information
- Producers: Lantis, Movic, KlockWorx, Bandai Namco Live Creative, Glovision, Lawson HMV Entertainment, Sony PCL
- Licensors: Funimation, Crunchyroll
- Studios: Bones
Anime Information
- Type: TV
- Episodes: 12
- Date: April 7, 2016 - June. 23, 2016 - Thursdays at 0105 (JST)
- Genres: Action, comedy, mystery, supernatural
- Subjects: Super power
- Target: Seinen
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Anime Reviews
- Rating: 7.821
- Popularity: 604354
Video Trailer/Opening
Curiosities
- The name of the main characters is based on famous writers such as Dazai Osamu, Nakajima Atsushi and Akutagawa Ryuunosuke.
- The anime is set in Yokohama, Japan, but also features famous places from other parts of the world, such as the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
- The main character, Atsushi Nakajima, is based on a real character of Japanese literature, also called Nakajima Atsushi.
- The anime presents a secret organization called Port Mafia, which is based on a real criminal organization that existed in Yokohama in the early twentieth century.
- The anime has an adaptation in manga, which was released before the anime version.
- The anime has a wide variety of supernatural powers, which are based on literary skills from the writers who inspired the characters.
- The anime has an amazing soundtrack, which includes songs from famous Japanese bands like Granrodeo and Screen Mode.
- The anime has a large fan base around the world, which have created many theories and speculation about the story and the characters.
Main Characters
- Atsushi Nakajima (Yuto Uemura) - protagonist of the story, a young man who has the power to become a tiger.
- Osamu Dazai (Mamoru Miyano) - Member of the ATSUSHI armed detective agency and mentor, has the power to cancel any supernatural ability.
- Doppo Kunikida (Yoshimasa Hosoya) - Member of the Armed Detectives Agency, has the power to materialize anything that writes in a notebook.
- RANPO EDOGAWA (Hiroshi Kamiya) - Member of the armed detective agency, has an incredible deduction skills.
- Akiko Yosano (Sumire MoroHoshi) - Aed Detecting Agency, has the power to cure any injury instantly.
- Chuuya Nakahara (Kensho Ono) - Member of the Porto Mafia, has the power to control gravity.
- Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Junichi Suwabe) - Member of the Porto Mafia, has the power to control the shadows.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (Takuya Eguchi) - Member of the Guild, has the power to transform any object into a lethal weapon.
Summary and events
- Atsushi Nakajima, a young orphan, is expelled from his orphanage and ends up joining the armed detective agency, an organization that deals with supernatural cases in Yokohama.
- Atsushi meets agency members, including leader Dazai Osamu, and skilled fighter, Akutagawa Ryunosuke.
- The agency is hired to investigate a case involving a supernatural tiger that is attacking people in the city.
- Atsush discovers that he himself has supernatural skills and is able to turn into a tiger.
- The agency faces Guilda, a criminal organization that also deals with supernatural cases and is involved in the case of Tiger.
- The guild kidnaps Atsushi and tries to use it as bait to attract the agency.
- The agency rescues Atsushi and wages a final battle against the guild, with the help of a former guild member Nakahara Chuuya.
- The agency emerges victorious and Atsushi becomes an official team member.
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Meaning of Bungou Stray Dogs
Let's look at the translation of each word and explanation of the anime's name:
文豪ストレイドッグス
- 文豪 (Bungo) - means "literary writer"
- ストレイドッグス (Stray Dogs) - means "stray dogs"
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