Kodoani.com – Anime production team based on manga Bungo Stray Dogs of Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa announced on Wednesday that the anime will get a fifth season in July. The staff has revealed the first promotional video and images from character designer and animation director Nobuhiro Arai:
The fourth season of the anime premiered in Japan on January 4. The final episode of the season aired on Wednesdays.
The returning main cast includes director Takuya Igarashi, script supervisor and writer Yoji Enokido, character designer and animation director Nobuhiro Arai, and animation studio BONES. The main cast of Yūto Uemura (Atsushi Nakajima), Mamoru Miyano (Osamu Dazai), Sumire Morohoshi (Kyōka Izumi), Kensho Ono (Ryunosuke Akutagawa), and Kishō Taniyama (Chūya Nakahara) will also return. SCREEN performed the anime’s opening theme song “True Story”. Luck Life performed the ending theme song “Shirushi/°C.”
The first television anime adaptation aired from April to June 2016. The second 12-episode anime series aired from October to December 2016. The anime’s third season premiered in April. 2019.
An animated film titled Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple premiered in Japan in March 2018.