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- The anime series television Bungo Stray Dogs focuses on individuals who are gifted with supernatural powers and use them for different purposes including holding a business, solving mysteries, and carrying out missions assigned by the mafia. The story mainly follows the members of the "Armed Detective Agency" and their everyday lives. It is produced by Bones was directed by Takuya Igarashi and written by Yōji Enokido. Nobuhiro Arai and Hiroshi Kanno served as the chief animation directors, while the former also served as character designer along with Ryō Hirata. Taku Iwasaki composed the series' music. Kazuhiro Wakabayashi was the series' sound director at Glovision. Additionally, Yumiko Kondou was the art director, Yukari Goto was the anime's colour designer, Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi was the director of photography, and Shigeru Nishiyama was the editor. Granrodeo performed the anime's opening theme, titled "Trash Candy", and Luck Life performed the anime's ending theme, titled "Namae wo Yobu yo" (名前を呼ぶよ, lit. "Call Out The Name"). The two seasons were released on DVD and Blu-ray between June 24, 2016 and August 4, 2017. Funimation licensed the series for English release, with the first compilation being out on March 6, 2018 The series was split into two halves: the first half, containing twelve episodes, premiered on 7 April 2016 and ended on 23 June 2016, being broadcast on Tokyo MX, Teletama, Chiba TV, tvk, GBS (Gifu Broadcasting), Mie TV, SUN, TVQ Kyushu, and BS11. The second half, also containing twelve episodes, premiered on 6 October 2016 and ended on 22 December 2016. The series has been licensed for streaming by Crunchyroll. Screen Mode sung the opening theme titled "Reason Living" while Luck Life once again sung the ending theme titled "Kaze ga Fuku Machi" (風が吹く街, lit. "Town where wind blows"). An original video animation was bundled with the 13th limited edition manga volume, which was released on 31 August 2017. On 21 July 2018, it has been announced that the series would receive a third season. The voice cast and staff will reprise their roles from the past two seasons. The third season premiered from 12 April 2019 and ended on 28 June 2019, broadcast on Tokyo MX, TVA, KBS, SUN, BS11, and Wowow. Granrodeo performed the third seasons' opening theme "Setsuna no Ai" (セツナの愛, lit. "A moment's love"), and Luck Life performed the third seasons' ending theme "Lily." A fourth anime season was announced on 7 November 2021. It is set to premiere on 4 January 2023. Screen Mode will perform the opening theme "True Story", and Luck Life will perform the ending theme "Shirushi" (しるし). The anime is licensed in North America by Crunchyroll (with home media distribution from Funimation) and in the United Kingdom by Anime Limited. (en)
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