Nekomonogatari (Black) TV Anime Announced

The next anime adaptation in studio Shaft's series based on NisiOisin's "Monogatari" novels, namely Nekomonogatari (Black), has been revealed to be a TV anime series. The announcement comes from the cover of the Tsukimonogatari novel (the 13th volume in the "Mongatari" series), which goes on sale this week in Japan.



The Nekomonogatari (Black) anime will be previewed in a premiere screening event in Tokyo, on December 29, "before the TV broadcast" - which is thus being hinted to start from January 2013. The novel's story covers the "Tsubasa Family" case, set between Kizumonogatari and Bakemonogatari, with a focus on the character Tsubasa Hanekawa.

Nekomonogatari (Black) will mark the end of the "first season" of anime adaptations based on NisiOisin's "Monogatari" novels. The "second season" will continue with Nekomonogatari (White) and several other stories... The complete "Monogatari" series is structured as follows:

First season:
- Bakemonogatari
- Kizumonogatari
- Nisemonogatari
- Nekomonogatari (Black)

Second season:
- Nekomonogatari (White)
- Kabukimonogatari
- Hanamonogatari
- Otorimonogatari
- Onimonogatari
- Koimonogatari

Final season:
- Tsukimonogatari
- Owarimonogatari
- Zoku Owarimonogatari

All of these have been / are being / will be animated by studio Shaft.