Kodoani.com – Anime production staff Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season unveiled a new promotional video for the anime on Friday, teasing YOASOBI's previously announced song “Undead”. The video also reveals that the show will air exclusively on the ABEMA service in Japan starting July 6.
The video below reveals the story of Orokamonogatari and Nademonogatari. Akiyuki Simbo is serving as director and Midori Yoshizawa is directing the anime. Fuyashi Tou returned to oversee the series' scripts with Simbo and Miku Ooshima writing the scripts. Akio Watanabe also returns as character designer and animation director (along with Nobuhiro Sugiyama and Kana Miyai). Satoru Kōsaki once again composed music. Studio SHAFT returns to adapt the Off Season and Monster Season books in NisiOisin's Monogatari series.
NisiOisin's novel series began with the two-volume story Bakemonogatari in 2006, and it was the basis for the first anime adaptation of the novel in 2009. The “final season” of the novel series ended with Zoku Owarimonogatari in September 2014, but it included a trailer for “Monogatari Series, Next Season Tsugimonogatari.”
The four “Off Season” volumes — Orokamonogatari, Wazamonogatari, Nademonogatari and Mussubimonogatari — were published in October 2015, January 2016, July 2016 and January 2017, respectively. The volumes tell a series of short stories set set at different points throughout the series.
The “Monster Season” novel series debuted with the Shinobumonogatari novel in July 2017. Other novels in this season include Yoimonogatari, Amarimonogatari, Ōgimonogatari, and the two-volume Shinomonogatari novel, published in August 2021. The novel tells about the sequel to the series. franchise, which takes place at a university.
The latest novel in the series is Ikusamonogatari, published in May 2023.