Bakemonogatari

[Syndrome]

Bakemonogatari​

Bakemonogatari centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjōgahara, who infamously never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into Koyomi's arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics as a result of a curse. After being threatened by her, Koyomi offers his help, and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a middle-aged homeless man who helped him stop being a vampire. [Wikipedia]

Bakemonogatari is produced by SHAFT, an anime producing company with a knack for the 'strange' and the 'odd'. This Anime is their latest creation and its very... well, SHAFTy. If you give it a try, you'll see what I mean, as these guys are the only I've ever seen who can make 10 minute conversations between characters in one setting.

The entire premise of the anime is how Araragi helps de-curse cursed people around him. If you are looking for some action, then this might be a bit slow for you. It's a drama/slice of life type of anime, but it does have some fighting parts.

That being said. This anime is really high-quality if you can find good streaming sites other than You-Tube, and it has this strange vibe to it that pulls you into its storyline.

Here is the trailer: [The first half you can skip I guess. Nothing really to it]

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Here is a taste of what is in it: [Warning. There's a flash of a girl's underwear near the first minute. But that's the only 'revealing' part of the thing so yea.

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[Larcenist]

More win from SHAFT. I've been following Bakemonogatari since the air date and it is awesome. Senjōgahara is awesome ^^

 

[dj94055]

lol i remember this

 

[Miz]

Seems the videos were taken down. I have never seen this anime, let alone heard of it. I am interested though, so I will probably add it to my list of to watch animes and give you my response when its done.

How many episodes is it anyway?

 

[Renendaru]

Not sure if you people noticed but this anime has so much word-play.

 

[Syndrome]

Seems the videos were taken down. I have never seen this anime, let alone heard of it. I am interested though, so I will probably add it to my list of to watch animes and give you my response when its done.

How many episodes is it anyway?

12 + 3 if you want to see the bonus arc thing that wasn't finished.

 

[Larcenist]

Not sure if you people noticed but this anime has so much word-play.

Quite common in SHAFT productions, another great example would be Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. Another common phenomenon is the excessive usage of signs/drawings/sentences and similar in backgrounds.