Monogatari (2009)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Hiroshi Kamiya
Koyomi Araragi (voice)
Chiwa Saito
Hitagi Senjougahara (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto
Shinobu Oshino / Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade
Shin-ichiro Miki
Deishuu Kaiki (voice) / Theme Song Performance
Fumihiko Tachiki
Senjougahara's father (voice)
Satsuki Yukino
Izuko Gaen (voice)
Ryoko Shiraishi
Yozuru Kagenui (voice)
Tomoyuki Itamura
Series Director / Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Assistant Director / Key Animation
Takahiro Sakurai
Memo Oshino (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Suruga Kanbaru (voice) / Theme Song Performance
Kei Haneoka
Music
Ken Naito
Art Direction
Marina Inoue
Sodachi Oikura (voice) / Theme Song Performance
Saori Hayami
Yotsugi Ononoki (voice)
Shinya Nishizawa
Supervising Animation Director
Kaori Mizuhashi
Ougi Oshino (voice) / Theme Song Performance
Rei Egami
Director of Photography
Akiyuki Simbo
Series Director / Director / Series Director / Writer
Emiri Kato
Mayoi Hachikuji (voice)
Taisuke Iwasaki
Supervising Animation Director / Key Animation / Supervising Animation Director
Kana Hanazawa
Nadeko Sengoku (voice)
Nisio Isin
Original Series Creator
Vofan
Original Series Design
Yasunori Matsumoto
Mayoi's Father (voice)
Yota Tsuruoka
Sound Director
Ai Orikasa
Araragi's Mother (voice)
Kaoru Morota
Mayoi's Mother (voice)
Rie Matsubara
Editor
Eri Kitamura
Karen Araragi (voice) / Theme Song Performance
Akio Watanabe
Character Designer / Supervising Animator / Key Animation / Character Designer / Animation Director
Yuka Iguchi
Tsukihi Araragi (voice) / Theme Song Performance
Mitsuki Saiga
Kako (voice)
Ken Narita
Sasayubu-sensei (voice)
Yoji Ueda
Kuchinawa (voice)
Miho Miyagawa
Nadeko's Mother (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
Seishirou Shishirui
Hisaharu Iijima
Art Direction
Hiroko Kazui
Storyboard Artist
Takashi Kawabata
Storyboard Artist / Director
Mie Oishi
Storyboard Artist
Tatsuya Oishi
Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director / Key Animation
Yuki Yase
Storyboard Artist / Director
Nobuhiro Sugiyama
Storyboard Artist / Supervising Animation Director / Key Animation / Animation Director
Shinsaku Sasaki
Storyboard Artist
Fumie Muroi
Storyboard Artist
Kei Ajiki
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation
Hajime Ohtani
Storyboard Artist
Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Storyboard Artist / Animation Director / Key Animation
Michio Fukuda
Storyboard Artist
Mamoru Kurosawa
Storyboard Artist
Yasutoshi Iwasaki
Storyboard Artist
Mitsuru Sasaki
Storyboard Artist / Key Animation
Shin Wakabayashi
Storyboard Artist
Yoshiharu Ashino
Storyboard Artist
Ei Aoki
Storyboard Artist
Yoshihiro Mori
Storyboard Artist
URA
Storyboard Artist
Kazunori Mizuno
Storyboard Artist
Hiroshi Aoyama
Storyboard Artist
Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Storyboard Artist / Director
Yasuhiro Nakura
Storyboard Artist
Tomoya Takahashi
Storyboard Artist
Takayuki Aizu
Director of Photography
Shinichiro Eto
Director of Photography
Kenjirou Okada
Director
Eiichi Kuboyama
Director
Toshimasa Suzuki
Assistant Director / Director
Yoshito Mikamo
Director
Yukihiro Miyamoto
Director
Takuma Suzuki
Director
Shunsuke Ishikawa
Director
Sumito Sasaki
Director
Yoshinobu Tokumoto
Director
Shin Oonuma
Director
Jun Fukuda
Director
Yoshitaka Nagaoka
Director
Takatoshi Suzuki
Director
So Toyama
Director
Shuuji Miyahara
Director
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Director
Tsuguyasu Uchiyama
Director
Chika Nagaoka
Director
Atsuhiro Iwakami
Producer
Miku Ooshima
Producer's Assistant / Associate Producer
Mitsutoshi Kubota
Producer
Takuya Matsushita
Producer
Kozue Okazaki
Producer's Assistant
Kazuki Adachi
Associate Producer
Tomoyo Kamiji
Producer's Assistant
Akiko Yodo
Associate Producer
Masayuki Haryu
Producer
Akiko Yoda
Producer's Assistant
Shinichiro Kashiwada
Producer's Assistant
Alisa Takigawa
Theme Song Performance / Music Arranger / Lyricist
Clara
Theme Song Performance
Alice
Theme Song Performance
Luna Haruna
Theme Song Performance
Saku
Music Arranger
Jin
Music Arranger / Lyricist
Yoshio Kozakai
Key Animation / Animation Director
Issei Arakaki
Animation Director / Key Animation
Yoshiaki Ito
Key Animation / Animation Director
Riki Matsuura
Key Animation / Animation Director
Shōta Tsukuyama
Animation Director
Akihisa Takano
Animation Director
Kana Miyai
Animation Director
Akio Watanabe
Animation Director
Shigeki Sunada
Key Animation
Kazunari Niigaki
Animation Director
Tsukasa Sakurai
Animation Director
Hiroki Yamamura
Animation Director
Nozomi Ushijima
Key Animation / Animation Director
Kazuya Shiotsuki
Animation Director
Genki Matsumoto
Key Animation
Tatsuyuki Maeda
Animation Director / Key Animation
Ryo Imamura
Key Animation
Motoki Matsumoto
Animation Director
Kazuya Saito
Animation Director
Yuka Takemori
Key Animation / Animation Director
Gen'ichirou Abe
Key Animation
Mika Sawada
Animation Director
Megumi Noda
Animation Director / Key Animation
Shosuke Shimizu
Animation Director
Yuuya Kumagai
Animation Director
Motohiro Taniguchi
Key Animation
Yoshito Narimatsu
Key Animation
Keiichi Ishida
Animation Director
Kazuo Watanabe
Animation Director
Naoto Nakamura
Key Animation / Animation Director
Daisuke Takemoto
Animation Director
Yoshihiro Maeda
Key Animation
Takahiro Sasaki
Animation Director
Yui Horie
Tsubasa Hanekawa / Black Hanekawa (voice) / Tsubasa Hanekawa / Black Hanekawa (voice) / Tsubasa Hanekawa (voice)
Ryoutarou Akao
Animation Director
Takuji Mogi
Animation Director
Yasuhito Murakami
Key Animation / Animation Director
Nobuyoshi Nagayama
Key Animation / Animation Director
Shunsuke Masuda
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Ookaji
Key Animation / Animation Director
Tomoyuki Abe
Animation Director
Rondo Mizukami
Animation Director
Kimiko Yashiro
Animation Director
Yuji Miyashita
Key Animation
Miho Ayabe
Key Animation
Shinichiro Kajiura
Animation Director
Shinya Ojiri
Animation Director
Mai Tsutsumi
Key Animation
Takenori Tsukuma
Key Animation
Yuichiro Yamada
Key Animation
Kumiko Kawashima
Key Animation
Hironori Tanaka
Key Animation
Hirotaka Nii
Key Animation
Maki Fujita
Key Animation
Atsushi Saito
Animation Director
Jun Yamazaki
Animation Director
Chiaki Nakajima
Animation Director
Hideaki Shimada
Animation Director
Hiroshi Hariki
Key Animation
Yosuke Imakubo
Key Animation
Yoshiki Mizuno
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Yoshii
Key Animation
Sawako Shigematsu
Key Animation
Hideyuki Yoshida
Key Animation
Yuki Komatsu
Key Animation
Tomonori Mine
Key Animation
Mariko Iwasaki
Key Animation
Kazuyuki Yamayoshi
Key Animation
Chie Yoshimoto
Key Animation
Yuuki Hara
Key Animation
Mika Saito
Animation Director
Shigeki Sato
Key Animation
Mitsutaka Echigo
Key Animation
Tomohiro Kamitani
Key Animation
Masahiro Kitajima
Animation Director
Masaaki Susowake
Key Animation
Makoto Ito
Key Animation
Takao Hasegawa
Animation Director
Takato Fukuyama
Key Animation
Yuusuke Yamamoto
Key Animation
Miyako Kamiya
Key Animation
Masako Onozawa
Key Animation
Miyuki Koga
Key Animation
Ryuhei Aoyagi
Key Animation
Chie Otsuki
Key Animation
Kaori Ikeda
Key Animation
Yasue Katori
Key Animation
Noriko Yamashita
Key Animation
Masahiro Andoh
Key Animation
Hironori Sawada
Key Animation
Shintaro Tsubota
Key Animation
Tomoko Tsuji
Key Animation
Junko Matsushita
Key Animation
Hirotoshi Arai
Key Animation
Jo Tanaka
Animation Director
Takeo Ohira
Key Animation
Yoshio Yoshimatsu
Key Animation
Mizue Ogawa
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Key Animation
Yusuke Soen
Key Animation
Yukina Kosaka
Key Animation
Misao Abe
Key Animation
Tomoyuki Ohshita
Key Animation
Kazuyuki Igai
Animation Director
Kanta Suzuki
Key Animation
Masahiro Yoshisaki
Key Animation
Shiro Shibata
Animation Director
Misako Izumi
Key Animation
Yui Ushio
Key Animation
Kouichi Arai
Key Animation
Mayumi Fujita
Key Animation
Teruhiko Yamazaki
Key Animation
Shouichi Funaki
Key Animation
Mayu Fujimoto
Key Animation
Minakami Rondo
Key Animation
Hiroyoshi Iida
Key Animation
Akiko Kawazoe
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Sato
Key Animation
Tomoyuki Kitamura
Key Animation
Masato Okada
Key Animation
Motoki Matsumoto
Animation Director
Takahiro Toyomasu
Key Animation
Shinobu Sasaki
Key Animation
Shinichi Iimura
Key Animation
Yoshiko Nakamura
Key Animation
Yuko Fujii
Key Animation
Katsushi Suzuki
Key Animation
Yosuke Aburaya
Key Animation
Nanako Ninomiya
Key Animation
Ron Kamiya
Key Animation
Atsuko Sugawara
Key Animation
Yasuyuki Suzuki
Key Animation
Yoshiaki Taniguchi
Key Animation
Jun'ya Yamazaki
Animation Director
Yuki Koike
Key Animation
Maki Hashimoto
Key Animation
Yoshiyuki Tomita
Key Animation
Kouhei Yamazaki
Key Animation
Kenta Yokoya
Key Animation
Takao Suzuki
Key Animation
Naoko Takeichi
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 3, 2009
Original Name化物語
StatusEnded
Seasons4
Episodes58
Running Time25m
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
Wiki.
Monogatari (物語, "Story") is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Vofan. The plot centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who survives a vampire attack and finds himself helping girls involved with a variety of apparitions, ghosts, beasts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena, which often serve as proxies for their emotional and mental issues. Since November 2006, Kodansha published 29 volumes in the series under its Kodansha Box imprint. All of the series' story arcs share the common title suffix -monogatari (物語).
Shaft has animated the Monogatari series several times since 2009. The first season of the anime adaptation consists of 30 episodes, which were broadcast in Japan between July 2009 and December 2012. The second season consists of 28 episodes broadcast between July and December 2013, and the third and final season consists of 42 episodes broadcast between December 2014 and June 2019. A prequel anime film trilogy, Kizumonogatari, was released in 2016 and 2017. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Oh! great and titled Bakemonogatari, began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in March 2018, and ended in March 2023.