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Bakemonogatari (化物語) is the anime adaptation of Bakemonogatari, the first part of the Monogatari Series light novels. It is the first adaptation from Japanese animation studio Shaft. It is directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Tatsuya Oishi, and written by Fuyashi Tō.

The series started airing on July 3rd, 2009 in Japan. It was scheduled to be 15 episodes long but broadcast only the first 12 episodes on television. The remaining three episodes were distributed on the official website, the final episode airing on June 25, 2010.

These last three episodes are not available on legal streaming sites besides Amazon Video, making the English blu-ray release the only legal alternative.

Plot

See also: Bakemonogatari#Plot

The Bakemonogatari anime series follows the plot of the light novels, which chronicle the life of a high school boy named Koyomi Araragi, who after being bitten by a vampire was able to return to being human with the help of a man named Meme Oshino, although some vampire traits remained in his body.

The series opens with a brief prologue montage featuring events from Koyomi Vamp before foreshadowing the upcoming arcs through screen flashes.

Each of the five stories covering the Bakemonogatari light novels are adapted into fifteen episodes, with Hitagi Crab and Nadeko Snake adapted to two episodes, Mayoi Snail and Suruga Monkey into three episodes, and Tsubasa Cat into five episodes (three of which are released in original net animation format). Despite this, the arc-centered approach still covers a central plot which goes through all five arcs.

Episode List

No.	Title	Endcard	Original Air Date
1	Hitagi Crab, Part 1	Vofan	July 3, 2009
2	Hitagi Crab, Part 2	Iruka Shiomiya	July 10, 2009
3	Mayoi Snail, Part 1	Jin Kobayashi	July 17, 2009
4	Mayoi Snail, Part 2	Miki Yoshikawa	July 24, 2009
5	Mayoi Snail, Part 3	Hiro Mashima	July 31, 2009
6	Suruga Monkey, Part 1	Seiko Erisawa	August 08, 2009
7	Suruga Monkey, Part 2	Koge-Donbo	August 21, 2009
8	Suruga Monkey, Part 3	Hekiru Hikawa	August 28, 2009
9	Nadeko Snake, Part 1	Machiko Kyou	September 4, 2009
10	Nadeko Snake, Part 2	Akiman	September 11, 2009
11	Tsubasa Cat, Part 1	Daisuke Nishijima	September 18, 2009
12	Tsubasa Cat, Part 2	Hajime Ueda	September 25, 2009
13	Tsubasa Cat, Part 3	Rin Nadeshiko	November 3, 2009 (ONA)
14	Tsubasa Cat, Part 4	Hikaru Nakamura	November 10, 2009 (ONA)
15	Tsubasa Cat, Part 5	Akio Watanabe	November 17, 2009 (ONA)

Presentation

The series features character designs by Akio Watanabe based on VOFAN's original concepts. Bakemonogatari was made before the company had gained a large following, and as such had a notably lower budget than their modern works. Something that sets it apart from more recent adaptations is how often heavily animated scenes occur compared to the otherwise mostly static motion through out all of the series. Most of the TV series adaptations do not feature nearly as much intensive animation as this cour.

As the first animated adaptation in the series, Bakemonogatari set the precedent for the style and techniques used in all later adaptations. It not only used many of the unorthodox direction techniques of Shaft's creative head, Akiyuki Shinbo, but many new ones as well with influence from director Tatsuya Oishi. Many of these techniques have consistently been used throughout all proceeding adaptations, albeit evolved slightly. The following explains many of these techniques in detail as they were used in this first adaptation.

Eye Fixation

Eyes are constantly zoomed into and shown close up, especially to show emotion.

Head Tilts

Characters occasionally tilt their head in bizarrely dramatic ways. This technique is now an infamously iconic visual cue for Shaft and is dubbed as "The Shaft Head Tilt", as it appears in other series by the studio quite frequently as well.

Body Pans

Characters occasionally have slow pans and zooms on their entire bodies.

Screen Flashes

See also: Color scenes

Commonly, text is flashed one the screen. Sometimes these are colored screens showing animation numbers, kanji, words related to scenes, or quotes from the novel. It's speculated that these screens were originally used as means to compensate for low budget while also working as a unique technique.

Alternate Color Palettes / Intense Lighting Effects

Color change — Senjougahara with black hair and an altered color scheme to her uniform.

Characters and their clothing occasionally change color schemes in different scenes. Different shades of lighting are also used frequently.

In Bakemonogatari, most color palette swaps notably make hair darker and mutes the colors of clothing.

Abandoned Locations / Main Character Bias

Most scenes take place in architecturally interesting locations that also contrast the character designs. Commonly, only 2 - 3 characters are ever seen on screen at once, making locations appear abandoned and empty. Background characters are nonexistent, and one time side characters have their faces obscured.

It's not usually made entirely clear, but certain scenes, such as those showing characters sitting in classrooms, seem to imply that there are cases in which background characters are there, they just aren't shown. Supposedly, this technique was used to represent Koyomi and his indifference towards those around him.

Widescreen Aspect Ratio

Sometimes scenes are depicted with a cinematic ratio.

Real-life Footage & Imagery

Real life photos and footage is used quite sparingly in multiple, brief instances. For instance, a close up of a body part could show a real life image in its place or backdrop of the sky could use real footage. Some scenes depict characters with pictures of real people.

Realistic material is almost entirely absent in all the adaptations proceeding Bakemonogatari except Kizumonogatari, implying its likely a technique heavily related to director Tatsuya Oishi.

Music

The music for the series is produced by Satoru Kosaki under the supervision of Yota Tsuruoka. Kousaki also composed the opening theme songs for each of the five story arcs of the anime series, with meg rock writing the lyrics to the songs. The ending theme song, entitled "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari", is produced by Supercell and performed by Nagi (formerly known as Gazelle in Nico Nico Douga).

The five theme songs featured in the anime series were initially released as singles, with the single for "sugar sweet nightmare" bundled with selected background music tracks used in the series. A two-disc soundtrack album launched on December 21, 2011, which includes the opening and ending theme songs and all of the background music used in the anime series.

Opening Theme Songs

staple stable - Chiwa Saito (ep 1-2, 12)
Kaerimichi - Emiri Katou (ep 3-5)
Ambivalent World - Miyuki Sawashiro (ep 6-8)
Ren'ai Circulation - Kana Hanazawa (ep 9-10)
sugar sweet nightmare - Yui Horie (ep 11, 13-15)

Closing Theme Songs

Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari - Supercell

Blu-ray Changes

Studio Shaft is infamous for making major visual improvements to their blu-ray releases, especially in the late 2000's when their budget was significantly lower. While blu-ray alterations are still made in modern releases, the anime adaption of Bakemonogatari has the second highest number of them in the series with 2292 total, just behind Second Season with 2840. It should however be noted that Bakemonogatari has the highest average of changes per episode, with 176 compared to Second Season's 123.^[1]^[2]

Changes range from minimal color alterations to entire character redraws that fix inconsistencies in character design. Some background art used in the TV version were actual real life photos which were later drawn in the blu-ray release.

Changes 1 — Comparisons with the TV version on the left, Blu-ray on the right, and a combined image on the far right.

The two episodes of the Nadeko Snake arc in particular had the most amount of changes with over 800 total. One portion that was supposed to show Nadeko being attacked by the Jagirinawa merely displayed an image of the night sky. In the blu-ray, the actual scene was depicted in place of the sky image.

The few images that did display the intended scene featured very minimal animation and Nadeko shivering instead of squirming.

The blu-ray version of Bakemonogatari is the only blu-ray version of the series that is available on legal streaming sites. All other parts available are their original TV versions.

Bakemonogatari Portable

See also: Bakemonogatari Portable

A PSP game based off of the series released in Japan in 2012.

Gallery

External Links

Navigation

v • e The Monogatari Anime by Studio Shaft
Bakemonogatari	1. Hitagi Crab, Part 1 • 2. Hitagi Crab, Part 2 • 3. Mayoi Snail, Part 1 • 4. Mayoi Snail, Part 2 • 5. Mayoi Snail, Part 3 • 6. Suruga Monkey, Part 1 • 7. Suruga Monkey, Part 2 • 8. Suruga Monkey, Part 3 • 9. Nadeko Snake, Part 1 • 10. Nadeko Snake, Part 2 • 11. Tsubasa Cat, Part 1 • 12. Tsubasa Cat, Part 2 • 13. Tsubasa Cat, Part 3 • 14. Tsubasa Cat, Part 4 • 15. Tsubasa Cat, Part 5
Nisemonogatari	1. Karen Bee, Part 1 • 2. Karen Bee, Part 2 • 3. Karen Bee, Part 3 • 4. Karen Bee, Part 4 • 5. Karen Bee, Part 5 • 6. Karen Bee, Part 6 • 7. Karen Bee, Part 7 • 8. Tsukihi Phoenix, Part 1 • 9. Tsukihi Phoenix, Part 2 • 10. Tsukihi Phoenix, Part 3 • 11. Tsukihi Phoenix, Part 4
Nekomonogatari (Black)	1. Tsubasa Family, Part 1 • 2. Tsubasa Family, Part 2 • 3. Tsubasa Family, Part 3 • 4. Tsubasa Family, Part 4
Monogatari Series Second Season	1. Tsubasa Tiger, Part 1 • 2. Tsubasa Tiger, Part 2 • 3. Tsubasa Tiger, Part 3 • 4. Tsubasa Tiger, Part 4 • 5. Tsubasa Tiger, Part 5 • 6. Summary One • 7. Mayoi Jiangshi, Part 1 • 8. Mayoi Jiangshi, Part 2 • 9. Mayoi Jiangshi, Part 3 • 10. Mayoi Jiangshi, Part 4 • 11. Summary Two • 12. Nadeko Medusa, Part 1 • 13. Nadeko Medusa, Part 2 • 14. Nadeko Medusa, Part 3 • 15. Nadeko Medusa, Part 4 • 16. Summary Three • 17. Shinobu Time, Part 1 • 18. Shinobu Time, Part 2 • 19. Shinobu Time, Part 3 • 20. Shinobu Time, Part 4 • 21. Hitagi End, Part 1 • 22. Hitagi End, Part 2 • 23. Hitagi End, Part 3 • 24. Hitagi End, Part 4 • 25. Hitagi End, Part 5 • 26. Hitagi End, Part 6
Hanamonogatari	1. Suruga Devil, Part 1 • 2. Suruga Devil, Part 2 • 3. Suruga Devil, Part 3 • 4. Suruga Devil, Part 4 • 5. Suruga Devil, Part 5
Tsukimonogatari	1. Yotsugi Doll, Part 1 • 2. Yotsugi Doll, Part 2 • 3. Yotsugi Doll, Part 3 • 4. Yotsugi Doll, Part 4
Owarimonogatari	1. & 2. Ougi Formula • 3. Sodachi Riddle, Part 1 • 4. Sodachi Riddle, Part 2 • 5. Sodachi Lost, Part 1 • 6. Sodachi Lost, Part 2 • 7. Sodachi Lost, Part 3 • 8. Shinobu Mail, Part 1 • 9. Shinobu Mail, Part 2 • 10. Shinobu Mail, Part 3 • 11. Shinobu Mail, Part 4 • 12. Shinobu Mail, Part 5 • 13. Shinobu Mail, Part 6
Koyomimonogatari	1. Koyomi Stone • 2. Koyomi Flower • 3. Koyomi Sand • 4. Koyomi Water • 5. Koyomi Wind • 6. Koyomi Tree • 7. Koyomi Tea • 8. Koyomi Mountain • 9. Koyomi Torus • 10. Koyomi Seed • 11. Koyomi Nothing • 12. Koyomi Dead
Kizumonogatari	Part 1. Tekketsu • Part 2. Nekketsu • Part 3. Reiketsu
Owarimonogatari 2	14. Mayoi Hell, Part 1 • 15. Mayoi Hell, Part 2 • 16. Hitagi Rendezvous, Part 1 • 17. Hitagi Rendezvous, Part 2 • 18. Ougi Dark, Part 1 • 19. Ougi Dark, Part 2 • 20. Ougi Dark, Part 3
Zoku Owarimonogatari	1. Koyomi Reverse, Part 1 • 2. Koyomi Reverse, Part 2 • 3. Koyomi Reverse, Part 3 • 4. Koyomi Reverse, Part 4 • 5. Koyomi Reverse, Part 5 • 6. Koyomi Reverse, Part 6

References

[1] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/4hvuh8/bakemonogatari_tvbluray_comparison_a_catalog_of/

[2] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/araragi/comments/4rpte0/koyomimonogatari_tvbluray_comparison_a_catalog_of/d539xe3

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-[[Akiyuki Shinbo]]|composer = [[Satoru Kosaki]]|cover = [[Hitagi Senjougahara]]|next = [[Nisemonogatari (anime series)|Nisemonogatari]]}}'''''Bakemonogatari''''' (化物語) is the anime adaptation of ''[[Bakemonogatari]], ''first book of the ''Monogatari Series'' light novels. It is the first adaptation from Japanese animation studio [[Shaft]]. It is directed by [[Akiyuki Shinbo]] and [[Tatsuya Oishi]], written by Fuyashi Tō, and features character designs by [[Akio Watanabe]] based on [[VOFAN]]'s original concepts.
+[[Akiyuki Shinbo]]|composer = [[Satoru Kosaki]]|cover = [[Hitagi Senjougahara]]|next = [[Nisemonogatari (anime series)|Nisemonogatari]]}}'''''Bakemonogatari''''' (化物語) is the anime adaptation of ''[[Bakemonogatari]], ''the'' ''first part of the ''Monogatari Series'' light novels. It is the first adaptation from Japanese animation studio [[Shaft]]. It is directed by [[Akiyuki Shinbo]] and [[Tatsuya Oishi]], and written by Fuyashi Tō.
 The series started airing on July 3rd, 2009 in Japan. It was scheduled to be 15 episodes long but broadcast only the first 12 episodes on television. The remaining three episodes were distributed on the official website, the final episode airing on June 25, 2010.
+These last three episodes are not available on legal streaming sites besides Amazon Video, making the English blu-ray release the only legal alternative.
 ==Plot==
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 The ''Bakemonogatari'' anime series follows the plot of the light novels, which chronicle the life of a high school boy named [[Koyomi Araragi]], who after being bitten by a vampire was able to return to being human with the help of a man named [[Meme Oshino]], although some vampire traits remained in his body.
+The series opens with a brief prologue montage featuring events from [[Koyomi Vamp|''Koyomi Vamp'']] before foreshadowing the upcoming arcs through screen flashes.
 Each of the five stories covering the ''Bakemonogatari'' light novels are adapted into fifteen episodes, with ''Hitagi Crab'' and ''Nadeko Snake'' adapted to two episodes, ''Mayoi Snail'' and ''Suruga Monkey'' into three episodes, and ''Tsubasa Cat'' into five episodes (three of which are released in original net animation format). Despite this, the arc-centered approach still covers a central plot which goes through all five arcs.
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-|Vofan
+|[[VOFAN|Vofan]]
 |July 3, 2009
 |-
 |2
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 02: Hitagi Crab, Part 2|Hitagi Crab, Part 2]]'''
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 |Iruka Shiomiya
 |July 10, 2009
 |-
 |3
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 03: Mayoi Snail, Part 1|Mayoi Snail, Part 1]]'''
+|[[Bakemonogatari Episode 03: Mayoi Snail, Part 1|Mayoi Snail, Part 1]]
 |Jin Kobayashi
 |July 17, 2009
 |-
 |4
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 04: Mayoi Snail, Part 2|Mayoi Snail, Part 2]]'''
+|[[Bakemonogatari Episode 04: Mayoi Snail, Part 2|Mayoi Snail, Part 2]]
 |Miki Yoshikawa
 |July 24, 2009
 |-
 |5
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 05: Mayoi Snail, Part 3|Mayoi Snail, Part 3]]'''
+|[[Bakemonogatari Episode 05: Mayoi Snail, Part 3|Mayoi Snail, Part 3]]
 |Hiro Mashima
 |July 31, 2009
 |-
 |6
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 06: Suruga Monkey, Part 1|Suruga Monkey, Part 1]]'''
+|[[Bakemonogatari Episode 06: Suruga Monkey, Part 1|Suruga Monkey, Part 1]]
 |Seiko Erisawa
 |August 08, 2009
 |-
 |7
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 07: Suruga Monkey, Part 2|Suruga Monkey, Part 2]]'''
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 |Koge-Donbo
 |August 21, 2009
 |-
 |8
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 08: Suruga Monkey, Part 3|Suruga Monkey, Part 3]]'''
+|[[Bakemonogatari Episode 08: Suruga Monkey, Part 3|Suruga Monkey, Part 3]]
 |Hekiru Hikawa
 |August 28, 2009
 |-
 |9
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 09: Nadeko Snake, Part 1|Nadeko Snake, Part 1]]'''
+|[[Bakemonogatari Episode 09: Nadeko Snake, Part 1|Nadeko Snake, Part 1]]
 |Machiko Kyou
 |September 4, 2009
 |-
 |10
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 10: Nadeko Snake, Part 2|Nadeko Snake, Part 2]]'''
+|[[Bakemonogatari Episode 10: Nadeko Snake, Part 2|Nadeko Snake, Part 2]]
 |Akiman
 |September 11, 2009
 |-
 |11
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 11: Tsubasa Cat, Part 1|Tsubasa Cat, Part 1]]'''
+|[[Bakemonogatari Episode 11: Tsubasa Cat, Part 1|Tsubasa Cat, Part 1]]
 |Daisuke Nishijima
 |September 18, 2009
 |-
 |12
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 12: Tsubasa Cat, Part 2|Tsubasa Cat, Part 2]]'''
+|[[Bakemonogatari Episode 12: Tsubasa Cat, Part 2|Tsubasa Cat, Part 2]]
-|Hajime Ueda
+|[[Hajime Ueda]]
 |September 25, 2009
 |-
 |13
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 13: Tsubasa Cat, Part 3|Tsubasa Cat, Part 3]]'''
+|[[Bakemonogatari Episode 13: Tsubasa Cat, Part 3|Tsubasa Cat, Part 3]]
 |Rin Nadeshiko
 |November 3, 2009 (ONA)
 |-
 |14
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 14: Tsubasa Cat, Part 4|Tsubasa Cat, Part 4]]'''
+|[[Bakemonogatari Episode 14: Tsubasa Cat, Part 4|Tsubasa Cat, Part 4]]
 |Hikaru Nakamura
 |November 10, 2009 (ONA)
 |-
 |15
-|'''[[Bakemonogatari Episode 15: Tsubasa Cat, Part 5|Tsubasa Cat, Part 5]]'''
+|[[Bakemonogatari Episode 15: Tsubasa Cat, Part 5|Tsubasa Cat, Part 5]]
-|Akio Watanabe
+|[[Akio Watanabe]]
 |November 17, 2009 (ONA)
 |}
-== Introduced Characters ==
+== Presentation ==
+The series features character designs by [[Akio Watanabe]] based on [[VOFAN]]'s original concepts. Bakemonogatari was made before the company had gained a large following, and as such had a notably lower budget than their modern works. Something that sets it apart from more recent adaptations is how often heavily animated scenes occur compared to the otherwise mostly static motion through out all of the series. Most of the TV series adaptations do not feature nearly as much intensive animation as this cour.
-* [[Koyomi Araragi]]
-* [[Tsubasa Hanekawa]]
+As the first animated adaptation in the series, Bakemonogatari set the precedent for the style and techniques used in all later adaptations. It not only used many of the unorthodox direction techniques of [[Shaft]]'s creative head, [[Akiyuki Shinbo]], but many new ones as well with influence from director [[Tatsuya Oishi]]. Many of these techniques have consistently been used throughout all proceeding adaptations, albeit evolved slightly. The following explains many of these techniques in detail as they were used in this first adaptation.
-* [[Meme Oshino]]
+[[File:Eye.gif|thumb|218x218px]]
-* [[Shinobu Oshino]]
-* [[Hitagi Senjougahara]]
+=== Eye Fixation ===
-* [[Mayoi Hachikuji]]
+Eyes are constantly zoomed into and shown close up, especially to show emotion.
-* [[Suruga Kanbaru]]
-* [[Nadeko Sengoku]]
+=== Head Tilts ===
-* [[Black Hanekawa]]
+[[File:Head tilt.jpg|thumb|220x220px]]
-* [[Karen Araragi]]
+Characters occasionally tilt their head in bizarrely dramatic ways. This technique is now an infamously iconic visual cue for [[Shaft]] and is dubbed as "The Shaft Head Tilt", as it appears in other series by the studio quite frequently as well.
-* [[Tsukihi Araragi]]
+=== Body Pans ===
+Characters occasionally have slow pans and zooms on their entire bodies.
+=== Screen Flashes ===
+{{See also|Color scenes}}[[File:Black-scene.jpg|thumb|233x233px]]
+Commonly, text is flashed one the screen. Sometimes these are colored screens showing animation numbers, kanji, words related to scenes, or quotes from the novel. It's speculated that these screens were originally used as means to compensate for low budget while also working as a unique technique.
+=== Alternate Color Palettes / Intense Lighting Effects ===
+[[File:Color change.jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Senjougahara]] with black hair and an altered color scheme to her uniform. ]]
+Characters and their clothing occasionally change color schemes in different scenes. Different shades of lighting are also used frequently.
+In ''Bakemonogatari'', most color palette swaps notably make hair darker and mutes the colors of clothing.
+=== Abandoned Locations / Main Character Bias ===
+Most scenes take place in architecturally interesting locations that also contrast the character designs. Commonly, only 2 - 3 characters are ever seen on screen at once, making locations appear abandoned and empty. Background characters are nonexistent, and one time side characters have their faces obscured. [[File:Bikes.png|thumb|260x260px]]
+It's not usually made entirely clear, but certain scenes, such as those showing characters sitting in classrooms, seem to imply that there are cases in which background characters are there, they just aren't shown. Supposedly, this technique was used to represent Koyomi and his indifference towards those around him.
+=== Widescreen Aspect Ratio ===
+Sometimes scenes are depicted with a cinematic ratio.
+=== Real-life Footage & Imagery ===
+[[File:Real.png|thumb|280x280px]]
+Real life photos and footage is used quite sparingly in multiple, brief instances. For instance, a close up of a body part could show a real life image in its place or backdrop of the sky could use real footage. Some scenes depict characters with pictures of real people.
+Realistic material is almost entirely absent in all the adaptations proceeding Bakemonogatari except [[Kizumonogatari (movie)|Kizumonogatari]], implying its likely a technique heavily related to director Tatsuya Oishi.
+== Music ==
+The music for the series is produced by [[Satoru Kosaki]] under the supervision of Yota Tsuruoka. Kousaki also composed the opening theme songs for each of the five story arcs of the anime series, with meg rock writing the lyrics to the songs. The ending theme song, entitled "[[Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari]]", is produced by Supercell and performed by Nagi (formerly known as Gazelle in Nico Nico Douga).
+The five theme songs featured in the anime series were initially released as singles, with the single for "sugar sweet nightmare" bundled with selected background music tracks used in the series. A [[Bakemonogatari Complete Soundtrack|two-disc soundtrack album]] launched on December 21, 2011, which includes the opening and ending theme songs and all of the background music used in the anime series.
+==='''Opening Theme Songs'''===
+#[[Staple stable|staple stable]] - Chiwa Saito (ep 1-2, 12)
+#[[Kaerimichi]] - Emiri Katou (ep 3-5)
+#[[Ambivalent World]] - Miyuki Sawashiro (ep 6-8)
+#[[Ren'ai Circulation]] - Kana Hanazawa (ep 9-10)
+#[[Sugar sweet nightmare|sugar sweet nightmare]] - Yui Horie (ep 11, 13-15)
+==='''Closing Theme Songs'''===
+#[[Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari]] - Supercell
 == Blu-ray Changes ==
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 The blu-ray version of Bakemonogatari is the only blu-ray version of the series that is available on legal streaming sites. All other parts available are their original TV versions.
+== Bakemonogatari Portable ==
-==Music==
+{{See also|Bakemonogatari Portable}}
-The music for the series is produced by [[wikipedia:Satoru Kōsaki|Satoru Kōsaki]] under the supervision of Yota Tsuruoka. Kousaki also composed the opening theme songs for each of the five story arcs of the anime series, with meg rock writing the lyrics to the songs. The ending theme song, entitled "[[Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari]]", was produced by Supercell and was performed by Nagi (formerly known as Gazelle in Nico Nico Douga).
+A PSP game based off of the series released in Japan in 2012.
-The five theme songs featured in the anime series were initially released as singles, with the single for "sugar sweet nightmare" bundled with selected background music tracks used in the series. A [[Bakemonogatari Complete Soundtrack|two-disc soundtrack album]] is confirmed to be launched on December 21, 2011, which includes the opening and ending theme songs and all of the background music used in the anime series.
-==='''Opening Theme Songs'''===
-#[[Staple stable|staple stable]] - Chiwa Saito (ep 1-2, 12)
-#[[Kaerimichi]] - Emiri Katou (ep 3-5)
-#[[Ambivalent World]] - Miyuki Sawashiro (ep 6-8)
-#[[Ren'ai Circulation]] - Kana Hanazawa (ep 9-10)
-#[[Sugar sweet nightmare|sugar sweet nightmare]] - Yui Horie (ep 11, 13-15)
-==='''Closing Theme Songs'''===
-#[[Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari]] - Supercell
 == Gallery ==
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+Bakemonogatari Concept Art - Nadeko Sengoku.jpg
+Bakemonogatari Concept Art - Meme Oshino2.jpg
+Bakemonogatari Concept Art - Meme Oshino.jpg
+Bakemonogatari Concept Art - Black Hanekawa.jpg
+Bakemonogatari Concept Art - Characters Heights.jpg
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 bake bluray cover.jpg|Cover for the blu-ray set.
+bake bluray back.jpg|Back cover of the set.
 bake bluray set.jpg|Western blu-ray set.
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 * [http://www.aniplexusa.com/bakemonogatari/ English website]
 * [http://www.bakemonogatari.com/ Japanese website]
+* [https://kitsu.io/anime/bakemonogatari Bakemonogatari (anime) at Kitsu]
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 == References ==
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+[[es:Bakemonogatari (anime)]]
+[[ru:Bakemonogatari (аниме)]]
+[[it:Bakemonogatari (anime)]]
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