The TV anime series Bakemonogatari was adapted by studio Shaft, based on the supernatural comedy novels signed by NisiOisiN. A pretty obvious play on words, the title Bakemonogatari is formed from "bakemono" and "monogatari", loosely translating it to Monster Stories (Monstories?). Each chapter of the original novels revolves around one heroine with different powers (e.g. vampire, weightless etc.), and each chapter's story plays an important role in the next one. The series primarily focuses on a conversation between characters; it contains a certain amount of parody to other series, media, wordplays and metahumor.
The TV anime series Bakemonogatari was adapted by studio Shaft, based on the supernatural comedy novels signed by NisiOisiN. A pretty obvious play on words, the title Bakemonogatari is formed from "bakemono" and "monogatari", loosely translating it to Monster Stories (Monstories?). Each chapter of the original novels revolves around one heroine with different powers (e.g. vampire, weightless etc.), and each chapter's story plays an important role in the next one. The series...Full description »
This is very good anime. Maybe there's any announcements about season 2?
Zig12wrote on Jul 10, 2011 at 16:46
I definitely agree. I watched this about 6 months ago. It is probably one of the weirdest shows I have seen but it was also one of the best I would really like another season but who knows.