What You Must Know about Bungou Stray Dogs Season 4?
Bungou Stray Dogs has become one of the most popular anime series in Japan and the world over. Its first season premiered in June 2016 and to the delight of its fans, the creators aired its next season the same year in October. With the release of its installment third, fans are eagerly hoping for its forthcoming season. However,there is no official announcement regarding the same so far. Yet the recent episodes indicate the arrival of its chapter 4.
Here’s the information about Bungou Stray Dogs Season 4 that you must not miss out:
Bungou Stray Dogs Season 4: Plot
The anime series is an adaptation of a comic series that is serialized in Young Ace every month. Each season comprises 17-18 chapters from the series. The story follows a boy named Atsushi Nakajima who rescues Osamu Dazai’s life. Atsushi has the supernatural power to transform into a white tiger in the moonlight. Nakajima finds a place in a detective agency, named Armed Detective Agency after his encounter with Dazai. At the agency, he uses his magical powers to crack criminal cases that lie beyond the ordinary non-magical world. Dazai becomes the folly of the Port Mafia after he recruits Atsushi. Atsushi’s escape, in the end, leaves the audience in suspense.
Bungou Stray Dogs Season 4 will continue the Decay of Angel arc which has not finished yet. Don’t be surprised to see a new criminal agency, Decay of Angels with Dostoevsky and Nikolai Gogol, Bram Stoker, Ochi Fukuchi, and Sigma as its group members. Season 3 portrayed the story till chapter 53 from the original manga series, so there is much more to come.
Bungou Stray Dogs Season 4: Release Date
Nothing has been said about the upcoming season of this anime series but according to various sources, the anime series is currently in production. Speculation hint towards the premiere of season 4 by the end of 2022 or in early 2023. We may also hear a piece of good news by mid-2022. Currently, Season 1-3 of Bungou Stray Dogs are streaming on Crunchyroll and Funimation. Hoping to binge-watch season 4 soon on the same platforms.
Bungou Stray Dogs Season 4: Cast
Bungou Stray Dogs have an interesting concept of naming characters on celebrated authors of the literary world. Its gripping story has never failed to amuse the audience. Our story’s central characters, Atsushi Nakajima and Osamu Dazai will be introduced to the world again through the voice of Yuto Uemura and Mamoru Miyano respectively. The former has been seen as a voice actor in a host of television series while the latter has many outstanding titles against his name as well.
Besides, another supporting voice cast of Bungou Stray Dogs includes Kensho Ono evil Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Yoshimasa Hosoya as detective Doppo Kunikida, Hiroshi Kamiya as detective Ranpo Edogawa, Toshiyuki Toyonaga as detective Junichiro Tanizaki, Shimamura as detective Akiko Yosano and Kisho Taniyama as Chuya Nakahara.
It is a safe bet to say that many key characters can make a comeback as and when the series is officially renewed.
With scarce information available about the plot, cast, and character of Bungou Stray Dogs Season 4, we cannot throw much light on it right now. Hoping that concrete details pour in soon. Till then keep watching this space for more.
Bungou Stray Dogs: About the crew!
- Director: Takuya Igarashi
- Series Composition: Yoji Enokido
- Character Designer: Nobuhiro Arai
- Art Director: Yumiko Kondo
- Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
- Music: Taku Iwasaki
- Animation Production: BONES
Bungou Stray Dogs Season 4 Source Material Information:
Asagiri had the idea set in his head to bring back all the late and famous authors and poets as supernatural beings. Sango Harukawa, an anime illustrator, was able to create character designs for Atsushi and Dazai which helped him write the story and create the world of Bungou Stray Dogs.
Kafka says that he wanted the characters Atsushi and Dazai to contrast each other with some minor revisions made in the process of creating the series. Asagiri wrote the main manga series, along with the light novels aimed at casual readers.
Across 22 volumes the series contains more than 90 chapters with 4 chapters averaging per volume. Bungou Stray Dogs has also been published in the west by Yen Press, the first volume of which was released in December 2016.
As of now, a total of 21 translated volumes by Kevin Gifford have been published. The light novel too written and illustrated by the same was later published in April 2014 and is ongoing as well. Until 2019, 7 volumes of the light novel have been published by Kadokawa.
As of 2021, yet another manga series titled, Bungou Stray Dogs: Dead Apple was added to the ongoing source material for the Bungou Universe.
Where to watch Bungou Stray Dogs season 4?
You may watch the series on Netflix.
