A second trailer has been released for Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4, previewing more of the upcoming new conflict and the opening theme “TRUE STORY” by SCREEN mode. It was also revealed that the anime will begin airing in Japan on January 4.
Additionally, it was announced that Shoya Chiba will play the role of Sigma.
Bungo Stray Dogs is an adaptation of the Kadokawa-published manga written by Kafka Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Harukawa, which began in 2012 and has 22 tankoubon volumes as of March 2022. The first two anime seasons were released in 2016, while the third was released in 2019. An anime movie titled Bungo Stray Dogs: DEAD APPLE was released in 2018. Crunchyroll has confirmed that it will stream Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4.
Yen Press describes the manga as:
Having been kicked out of the orphanage, a despairing young man by the name of Atsushi Nakajima rescues a strange man from a suicide attempt–Osamu Dazai. Turns out that Dazai is part of an armed-detective agency staffed by individuals whose supernatural powers take on a literary bent!
The returning staff for Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4 includes Takuya Igarashi as director, Youji Enokido as series composer, Nobuhiro Arai as character designer and chief animation director, Yumiko Kondo as art director, Yukari Gotou as color designer, Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi as photography director, and Taku Iwasaki as music composer. Bones is again the animation production company.
Meanwhile, the cast members for the season’s new antagonists include Takehito Koyasu as Nikolai G, Makoto Koichi as Teruko Okura, Akio Ootsuka as Ochi Fukuchi, and Takeshi Kusao as Mushitarou Oguri.
The Bungo Stray Dogs manga is serialized in Young Ace and published under the Kadokawa Comics Ace label. Its Bungo Stray Dogs WAN! spin-off was adapted into a 2021 anime that was co-produced by Bones with Nomad. Aside from the anime, the manga has also inspired a live-action movie, stage play, light novels, and more.
Source: Bungo Stray Dogs website
