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Bungo Stray Dogs

Bungo Stray Dogs

20168.31 Season60 EpisodesReturning Series

Overview

Stalked by a beastly white tiger, Atsushi Nakajima has no idea that the menace lives inside him—a power that catches the attention of the Armed Detective Agency. Using inhuman abilities to combat crime, this team takes Atsushi under the wing of their most eccentric member, Dazai. Together, they tear through mafia-muddled mysteries while enemies keep an eye on the tiger’s lofty bounty.

Created by Kafka Asagiri
Written by Kafka Asagiri
Produced by Chiaki Kurakane, Mari Suzuki, Junichiro Tamura
NetworksTokyo MX

Top Cast

Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

Osamu Dazai (voice)

Yuto Uemura

Yuto Uemura

Atsushi Nakajima (voice)

Masaaki Mizunaka

Masaaki Mizunaka

Shirase (voice)

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Mark Twain

Sumire Morohoshi

Sumire Morohoshi

Kyouka Izumi

Junichi Suwabe

Junichi Suwabe

Odasaku Oda

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Lovecraft

Takayuki Sugo

Takayuki Sugo

Herman Melville

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Ango Sakaguchi

Mitsuru Miyamoto

Mitsuru Miyamoto

Rintarou Mori

Themes & Keywords

detectiveliteraturesupernaturalrivalrymafiaconspiracyganggunfightbased on mangafightingsuper powerseinenanimeurban fantasy

About Bungo Stray Dogs

Bungo Stray Dogs is a animation, action & adventure, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy, crime series that first aired in 2016 exploring themes of detective, literature, supernatural, rivalry, mafia, conspiracy. Created by Kafka Asagiri, it stars Mamoru Miyano, Yuto Uemura, Masaaki Mizunaka. Stalked by a beastly white tiger, Atsushi Nakajima has no idea that the menace lives inside him—a power that catches the attention of the Armed Detective Agency. Using inhuman abilities to combat crime, this team takes Atsushi under the wing of their most eccentric member, Dazai. Together, they tear through mafia-muddled mysteries while enemies keep an eye on the tiger’s lofty bounty.

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