KADOKAWA has officially launched a 10th anniversary project for the Bungo Stray Dogs anime series, which first aired in April 2016. The project will celebrate the series’ decade-long run in April 2026 with a year-long series of events and collaborations leading up to the anniversary.
To commemorate the occasion, KADOKAWA unveiled the official 10th anniversary logo and announced a slate of twelve “Pre-Celebration Projects” that will roll out monthly throughout 2025 and through April 2026. The first three initiatives have been revealed alongside the logo.
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All-Night Screening Events
The celebration will begin in April 2025 with all-night screening events of the anime’s earlier seasons.
Season 1 Screening
- Date & Time: April 19 (Saturday), 22:30 – 04:50 JST (tentative)
- Venue: Cinem@rt Shinjuku
- Guests: Masahiko Minami (President, BONES Inc.) and Hiroshi Kato (Editor)
- Ticket Price: 3,850 yen (tax included)
- Sales Period: March 29 (Saturday), 10:00 – April 18 (Friday), 16:00 JST
- Special Gift: Season 1-themed postcards
- Tickets: https://w.pia.jp/t/bungosd/
Season 2 Screening
- Date & Time: April 26 (Saturday), 22:45 – 05:30 JST (tentative)
- Venue: Cinem@rt Shinjuku
- Guests: Yoji Enokido (Series Composition) and Kafka Asagiri (Original Creator)
- Ticket Price: 3,850 yen (tax included)
- Sales Period: April 5 (Saturday), 10:00 – April 25 (Friday), 16:00 JST
- Special Gift: Season 2-themed postcards
Each event includes a guest talk session prior to the screening.
Chuya Nakahara Memorial Museum Collaboration – 3rd Edition
The third edition of the Bungo Stray Dogs collaboration with the Chuya Nakahara Memorial Museum will be held from May 8 to June 30, 2025, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, japan. The exhibition returns after a seven-year hiatus and will feature a panel exhibition, photo spots, and original merchandise available at Animate Hofu.
Additional events include a themed café and collaborative exhibits at the Yuda Onsen Tourist Hub “Kitsune no Ashi Ato,” along with a regional stamp rally.
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Kadokawa Bunko Collaboration Cover Project
Returning for its ninth year, the Kadokawa Bunko collaboration project will feature two new Bungo Stray Dogs-themed book covers, scheduled for release in June 2025. Further information will be announced at a later date.
Natsume-sensei’s Wandering Journey
A new initiative, “Natsume-sensei’s Wandering Journey,” will launch on April 1, 2025. The calico cat character from the anime will make surprise appearances in Animate stores across Japan and overseas as part of a promotional campaign running throughout the year.
About Bungo Stray Dogs
Bungo Stray Dogs (Literary Stray Dogs) is a manga series written by Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa. It has been serialized in Kadokawa’s Young Ace magazine since 2012. The series has multiple light novels, manga spin-offs, and live-action stage plays. Studio Bones is handling the animation of the series, which caught up to the manga after the latest season. Season 5 ended with Episode 11, but a continuation was already teased after the finale. You can see the main staff and cast from Season 5 below.
Cast:
- Yuto Uemura as Atsushi Nakajima
- Mamoru Miyano as Osamu Dazai
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Doppo Kunikida
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Ranpo Edogawa
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Junichiro Tanizaki
- Kitsune Kagura as Kenji Miyazawa
- Yu Shimamura as Akiko Yosano
- Sumire Morohoshi as Kyoka Izumi
- Rikiya Koyama as Yukichi Fukuzawa
- Kensho Ono as Ryunosuke Akutagawa
- Kisho Taniyama as Chuya Nakahara
- Yuki Kaji as Saigiku Jono
- Yohei Azakami as Tetcho Suehiro
- Yuu Hayashi as Michizo Tachihara
- Makoto Koichi as Teruko Okura
- Akio Otsuka as Ochi Fukuchi
- Akira Ishida as Fyodor D.
- Takehito Koyasu as Nikolai G.
- Shoya Chiba as Sigma
Staff:
- Original Story: Kafka Asagiri
- Manga: Sango Harukawa (Young Ace)
- Director: Takuya Igarashi
- Series Composition and Script: 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: Yota Ando 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
Source: Press Release, Bungo Stray Dogs Official Website
©Kafka ASAGIRI, Sango HARUKAWA/KADOKAWA/Bungo Stray Dogs Partners
