It has been revealed that the music unit "YOASOBI" will be in charge of the theme song for the new "Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season" anime, based on the popular novel by Nisio Isin. On the official website of the work, a mysterious special page called "Y" was released on May 1st, and it was revealed that this was "YOASOBI".
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The theme song is YOASOBI's new song "UNDEAD," and a new video using a portion of the theme song will be released just before the special compilation of the Monogatari series, "Koco Kara Hajimeru Monogatari," which will be streamed on ABEMA from 8 p.m. on May 3rd.
The Monogatari series is a novel that depicts the drama surrounding a group of boys and girls including Koyomi Araragi and the supernatural phenomena. The first TV anime series, Bakemonogatari, was broadcast in 2009, followed by Nisemonogatari and Nekomonogatari (Black) in 2012, Second Season in 2013, Hanamonogatari and Tsukimonogatari in 2014, Owarimonogatari in 2015 and 2017, Koyomimonogatari in 2018, and Owarimonogatari 2 in 2019. Kizumonogatari was released as a three-part movie trilogy in 2016 and 2017. The compilation of the trilogy, Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp, was released in January and also attracted attention.
The new "Off & Monster Season" is based on "Off Season" and "Monster Season" from Nishio's "Monogatari" series. It depicts what happens to the heroines afterwards, as well as Koyomi Araragi's college life. Akiyuki Shinbo, who has worked on the "Monogatari" series, will serve as general director, and Midori Yoshizawa will be director. Shinbo and Tofuyashi will be in charge of series composition, while Watanabe will be character designer and chief animation director. Shaft will produce the series, as with the previous series. The first episode, "Foolish Story," will be released in 2024.