The fourth season of Bungo Stray Dogs is getting its home video release handled by Kadokawa and they’ve set a solid schedule for it. The official site has now set the stage for the releases with the latest cour getting a similar design overall as we saw with the past three seasons. The twelve-episode series is getting released as volumes seventeen through twenty overall that began on March 24th, 2023. The DVDs are priced at 8,800 yen and the Blu-rays at 9,800 yen.
Kadokawa scheduled the fifth season of the series for release with four new volumes starting on September 27th, 2023 where they’ll be priced at 8,000 yen for the DVDs except for the last at 7,000 yen while the Blu-rays will be priced at 9,000 yen each except for the last at 8,000 yen. Check the updated schedule below.
With the 21st set just out this week we now have a look at the full packaging spread for that volume.
The series comes from the manga that began in 2012 in the Young Ace magazine by 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: The White Tiger and the Black Beast – Nakagawa Atsushi and Akutagawa Ryunosuke’s fight against Francis F. brings an end to the great war against the Guild. Life goes on as normal in Yokoyama, thanks to the continued truce between the Armed Detective Agency and the Port Mafia, who, together, saved the city from ruin. But there are still rumors of Guild stragglers and other crime organizations making their way in from abroad. Meanwhile, Dazai Osamu had premonitions of another impending disaster. Lurking in the darkness is the Fyodor D., leader of pirate organization Rats in the House of the Dead, his dreadful plans on the verge of execution.
Volume | Date | Extras |
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Dead Apple | 12/05/18 | 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 | Booklet, Promo |
4 | 09/30/16 | Booklet, Promo |
5 | 10/28/16 | Booklet, Promo |
6 | 11/25/16 | Booklet, Promo |
7 | 12/23/16 | Booklet, Promo |
8 | 01/27/17 | Booklet, Promo |
9 | 02/24/17 | Booklet, Promo |
10 | 03/24/17 | Booklet, Promo |
11 | 04/28/17 | Booklet, Promo |
12 | 05/26/17 | Booklet, Promo |
13 | 06/21/19 | Booklet, Promo |
14 | 07/24/19 | Booklet, Promo |
15 | 08/23/19 | Booklet, Promo |
16 | 09/25/19 | Booklet, Promo |
17 | 03/24/23 | Booklet, Clean Opening, Promos |
18 | 04/26/23 | Booklet, Clean Opening, Clean Closing |
19 | 05/24/23 | Booklet, Commercial Collection |
20 | 06/28/23 | Booklet, Promos |
21 | 09/27/23 | Booklet, Promos |
22 | 10/25/23 | Booklet, Promos |
23 | 11/24/23 | Booklet, Promos |
24 | 12/22/23 | Booklet, Promos |
[Source: Bungo Stray Dogs]