The film project for this franchise with Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple came out back on March 3rd, 2018 and now the home video side has been set for it. Kadokawa has set a November 28th, 2018 release where the DVD is priced at 8,800 yen and the Blu-ray at 9,800 yen. It’s coming with a deluxe booklet with story and interview material while the on-disc extra so far is just the trailer for the film.
The series comes from the manga that began in 2012 in the Young Ace magazine from writer Kafka Asagiri and artist Harukawa35.
The TV series adaptation was produced by Bones with Takuya Igarashi directing based on the screenplay by Yoji Enokido. Nobuhiro Arai served as both character designer and chief animation director.
The Japanese cast includes Yūto Uemura as Atsushi Nakajima, Mamoru Miyano as Osamu Dazai, Kensho Ono as Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kishō Taniyama as Chūya Nakahara, Sumire Morohoshi as Kyōka Izumi, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Doppo Kunikida, Hiroshi Kamiya as Ranpo Edogawa, Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Junichirō Tanizaki, Hiroyuki Kagura as Kenji Miyazawa, Yu Shimamura as Akiko Yosano, Chiaki Omigawa as Naomi Tanizaki, Rikiya Koyama as Yukichi Fukuzawa, Mitsuru Miyamoto as Ougai Mori, Sora Amamiya as Elise, Junichi Suwabe as Sakunosuke Oda, Jun Fukuyama as Ango Sakaguchi, and Akira Ishida as Fyodor D.
Plot Concept: Nakajima Atsushi was kicked out of his orphanage, and now he has no place to go and no food. While he is standing by a river, on the brink of starvation, he rescues a man whimsically attempting suicide. That man is Dazai Osamu, and he and his partner Kunikida are members of a very special detective agency. They have supernatural powers and deal with cases that are too dangerous for the police or the military. They’re tracking down a tiger that has appeared in the area recently, around the time Atsushi came to the area. The tiger seems to have a connection to Atsushi, and by the time the case is solved, it is clear that Atsushi
Volume | Date | Extras |
---|---|---|
Dead Apple | 11/28/18 | Clean Opening, Cast Video, Booklet |
1 | 06/24/16 | Clean Opening, Cast Video, Booklet |
2 | 07/29/16 | Clean Closing, Cast Video, Booklet |
3 | 08/26/16 | Promo, Booklet |
4 | 09/30/16 | Promo, Booklet |
5 | 10/28/16 | Promo, Booklet |
6 | 11/25/16 | Promo, Booklet |
7 | 12/23/16 | Promo, Booklet |
8 | 01/27/17 | Promo, Booklet |
9 | 02/24/17 | Promo, Booklet |
10 | 03/24/17 | Promo, Booklet |
11 | 04/28/17 | Promo, Booklet |
12 | 05/26/17 | Promo, Booklet |
[Source: Bungo Stray Dogs]