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Bakemonogatari (化物語?, "ghostory," a portmanteau of bakemono (化物?, ghost or monster) and monogatari (物語?, story)) is a Japanese popular light novel series written by Japanese novelist Nisio Isin and illustrated by Taiwanese illustrator Vofan; the series is published by Kodansha under the Kodansha Box imprint.
Bakemonogatari
Original character design by Vofan
Anime character design by Watanabe Akio
Official Website:
http://www.bakemonogatari.com/
Opening 1 (Hitagi Crab):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbCOp5TOvxM
Opening 2 (Mayoi Snail):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIOnrjdPxUA
Opening 3 (Suruga Monkey):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drs2rVnvGok
Opening 4 (Nadeko Snake):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gua9FkbbheQ
Plot:
"Bakemonogatari centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjōgahara, who never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into Koyomi's arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics. Despite being threatened by her to keep away, Koyomi offers his help, and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a strange middle-aged man living in an abandoned building, who cured him of being a vampire."
The series tends to introduce only one new heroine per chapter, each involved with a different "apparition". Most of them have an item which symbolises their spectres, such as Hitagi's stapler - the claw of a crab, Mayoi's back pack - the shell of a snail, Suruga's arm - the arm of a monkey, and Nadeko's big hat and baggy jacket - the head and skin of a snake. The events of the previous chapters play an important role in the subsequent ones. The series primarily focuses on conversations between characters; it contains a fair number of parodies of other series, as well as Nisio Isin's trademark word play and metahumor.
The series was first created by Nisio Isin as a series of short stories for Mephisto magazine. While his previous Zaregoto series featured large casts of characters, each Bakemonogatari story tends to introduce only one new character. The previously published stories, and some new ones, were eventually collected in two volumes as part of the Kodansha Box launch titles on November 1, 2006, and December 1, 2006, respectively. The first volume contains three stories titled Hitagi Crab (ひたぎクラブ?), Mayoi Snail (まよいマイマイ?) and Suruga Monkey (するがモンキー?); the second volume comes with two newly written stories titled Nadeko Snake (なでこスネイク?) and Tsubasa Cat (つばさキャット?).
An anime adaptation by Shaft started airing on July 3, 2009 and went through a total of 15 episodes.
Source: wiki
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Kizumonogatari:
Original character design by Vofan
Anime character design by Watanabe Akio
Official Website:
http://www.kizumonogatari-movie.com/
A prequel to the series, titled Koyomi Vamp (こよみヴァンプ?) was published in the first issue of Pandora magazine, it was later released as a separate volume on May 7, 2008 as Kizumonogatari (傷物語?, "Scar Story").
It was announced as being green-lit for an anime movie production by Shaft.
Plot:
"I think it's about time I talked about Kiss-Shot-Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade. I believe it's something I have to do. I met her in the spring break between my second and third years of high school. That meeting had such impact, and was also quite devastating..."
Source: ANN
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Nisemonogatari:
Original character design by Vofan
Anime character design by Watanabe Akio
Official Website:
http://www.nisemonogatari-anime.com/
The first volume of Nisemonogatari (偽物語?, "Impostory"), a sequel to the series, was released on September 2, 2008, and contains Karen Bee (かれんビー?). The second volume, containing Tsukihi Phoenix (つきひフェニックス?) was released on June 10, 2009.
An anime adaptation will begin airing in January 2012.
Plot:
"The black swindler Kaiki Deishu, who once deceived Hitagi, returns to town and spreads the incantation which cursed Nadeko before.
Koyomi's sisters Karen and Tsukihi try to capture Deishu but..."
Source: MAL
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Nekomonogatari:
The first volume of Nekomonogatari (猫物語?, "Cat Story"), another prequel to the series was released on July 29, 2010, and contains Tsubasa Family (つばさファミリー?). The second volume of Nekomonogatari which contains Tsubasa Tiger (つばさタイガー?) was released on October 29, 2010.
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Kabukimonogatari:
Kabukimonogatari containing Mayoi Jiang Shi (まよいキョンシー?) was released on December 24, 2010.
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Hanamonogatari:
Hanamonogatari containing Suruga Devil (するがデビル?) was released on March 31, 2011.
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Otorimonogatari:
Otorimonogatari containing Nadeko Medusa (なでこメドゥーサ?) was released on June 30, 2011.
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Onimonogatari:
Onimonogatari containing Shinobu Time (しのぶタイム?) was released on September 28, 2011.
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Koimonogatari:
Koimonogatari containing Hitagi End (ひたぎエンド?) was released on December 22, 2011.