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Monogatari Series Second Season (TV)

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Alternative title:
Koimonogatari (Japanese)
Nekomonogatari [White] (Japanese)
Onimonogatari (Japanese)
Otorimonogatari (Japanese)
<物語>シリーズ セカンドシーズン (Japanese)
Genres: supernatural
Themes: youkai
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Tsubasa and Hitagi discover that Koyomi has gone missing and has urged them in a text message not to look for him. However, in his absence, new dangerous apparitions begin to appear and target Tsubasa, and Nadeko who are left to try and deal with them on their own. Meanwhile, Koyomi Shinobu, and Mayoi are dealing with serious problems of their own.
Ratings: 728 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 163 votes (sub:148, dub:2, raw:2, others:11
6 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Turkish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 287 votes (sub:260, dub:8, ?:2, raw:2, others:15
7 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Latin American Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 163 votes (sub:153, dub:3, ?:1, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 74 votes (sub:65, dub:2, raw:1, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 20 votes (sub:19, raw:1)
 So-so: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1246 s, rank: #970 (of 9996)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.574 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.2839, rank: #148 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 8.515 (Excellent−), rank: #150 (of 10154) (seen all: 8.53 / seen some: 8.58 / won't finish: 3.98)
Bayesian estimate: 8.497 (Very good+), rank: #64 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2013-07-06
Opening Theme:
#1: "chocolate insomnia" by Yui Horie (eps 1-2,4)
#2: "happy bite" by Emiri Katō (eps 7-10)
#3: "Mousou♡Express (もうそう♡えくすぷれす;Imagination♡Express)" by Kana Hanazawa (eps 12-15)
#4: "white lies" by Mito (BD/DVD exclusive) (eps 17-20)
#5: "fast love" by Chiwa Saito (BD/DVD exclusive) (eps 21-23)
#6: "Kogarashi Sentiment (木枯らしセンティメント;Wintry Wind Sentiment)" by Chiwa Saito & Shinichiro Miki (eps 23-25)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Ai o Utae" by Luna Haruna
#2: "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" (君の知らない物語;A Story You Don't Know) by supercell (ep 11)
#3: "Sono Koe wo Oboeteru (その声を覚えてる;I That Voice)" by Marina Kawano (eps 12-20)
#4: "snowdrop" by Luna Haruna and Marina Kawano
Insert song:
"Hanamuke" by Satoru Kosaki (ep 20)
Trivia: We have 9
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Kabukimonogatari - Mayoi Jiangshi [Limited Edition] (Sub.Blu-ray 2) 2014-08-26 (from $119.96)
    Koimonogatari - Hitagi End (Sub.Blu-ray 5) 2015-02-24
    Monogatari Series Second Season - Complete Blu-ray Box Set (Sub.Blu-ray 1-6) 2019-06-25 (from $289.00)
    Nekomonogatari White - Tsubasa Tiger [Limited Edition] (Sub.Blu-ray 1) 2014-06-24 (from $74.98)
    Onimonogatari - Shinobu Time (Sub.Blu-ray 4) 2014-12-30 (from $557.00)
    Otorimonogatari - Nadeko Medusa [Limited Edition] (Sub.Blu-ray 3) 2014-10-28 (from $119.96)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Kabukimonogatari [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray 2) 2014-12-22
    Koimonogatari [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray 5) 2015-04-13
    Monogatari Series Second Season - Complete Blu-ray Box Set [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray 1-6) 2019-12-16 (from $88.56)
    Nekomonogatari White [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray 1) 2014-11-24
    Onimonogatari [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray 4) 2015-03-16
    Otorimonogatari [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray 3) 2015-02-09
DVD (Region 2)
    Kabukimonogatari [UK] (Sub.DVD 2) 2014-12-15
    Koimonogatari [UK] (Sub.DVD 5) 2015-03-23
    Nekomonogatari White [UK] (Sub.DVD 1) 2014-11-24
    Onimonogatari [UK] (Sub.DVD 4) 2015-03-16
    Otorimonogatari [UK] (Sub.DVD 3) 2015-01-19

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Akiyuki Simbo
Series Director:
Yuki Yase (eps 17-26)
Director:
Tsuguyasu Uchiyama ("Oshino's Letter"; ep 10) 
Series Composition:
Fuyashi Tou
Script:
Munemasa Nakamoto (Seven Days' War; 12 episodes
eps 1-5, 8, 11, 16-20
)

Yukito Kizawa (Seven Days' War; 16 episodes
eps 6-7, 9-16, 21-26
)

Storyboard:
Takashi Kawabata (5 episodes
eps 6, 12, 15-16, 20
)

Tomoyuki Itamura (5 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 11, 16
)

Yukio Takatsu (OP4)
Episode Director:
Kenjirō Okada (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 14, 21, 26
)

Naoyuki Tatsuwa (4 episodes
eps 7, 16-17, 23
)

Tomoyuki Itamura (5 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 11, 16
)

Yukihiro Miyamoto (eps 11, 16, 24)
Unit Director:
Yukio Takatsu (OP4)
Original creator: NisiOisin
Original story:
NisiOisin
Original Character Design: VOfan
Character Design:
Osamu Kamijō (OP4)
Art Director: Hisaharu Iijima
Chief Animation Director:
Taisuke Iwasaki
Animation Director:
Genki Matsumoto (4 episodes
eps 16, 20, 24, 26
)

Hiroki Yamamura (4 episodes
eps 6, 16, 20, 26
)

Issei Arakaki (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 15, 19, 23, 26
)

Kana Miyai (5 episodes
eps 5-6, 13, 20, 22
)

Kazuya Saitō (5 episodes
eps 7, 9, 17, 23, 25
)

Riki Matsuura ("Hanekawa's Letter" ep. 5; 7 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 17, 21, 25-26
)

Shota Tsukiyama (4 episodes
eps 4, 14, 20, 25
)

Taisuke Iwasaki (4 episodes
eps 1, 11, 16, 26
)

Tsukasa Sakurai (4 episodes
eps 8, 16, 18, 24
)

Yoshiaki Itō (7 episodes
eps 11-12, 15-16, 19, 23, 26
)

Yoshio Kosakai (8 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8, 14, 17, 19, 25-26
)

Yūya Kumagai (eps 9-10, 17-18)
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Takayuki Aizu
2nd Key Animation:
Akiko Kawazoe (5 episodes
eps 9-10, 12, 20-21
)

Miho Ayabe (4 episodes
eps 12-13, 18, 21
)

Miho Sekimoto (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 10, 21
)

Sawako Shigematsu (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8-10, 12, 21
)

Shōko Yakita (6 episodes
eps 13, 15, 19-20, 24-25
)

Yasue Katori (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 12-13, 18, 21, 24
)

Yōichirō Katayama (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 10, 14, 20-21, 23
)

Yuuta Takanami (ep 3)
Animation Assistant: Tomomi Yoshino (Cyclone Graphics; OP2; ep 10)
Animation Director Cooperation:
Yoshio Kosakai (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 20, 24
)

Yumiko Ishii (ep 13)
Art Board: Naoki Isogai
Art Setting: Morihito Ōhara
Assistant Animation Director:
Yumiko Ishii (ep 5)
Assistant Director: Yoshie Kodama ("Summary One" ep. 6; "Summary Two" ep. 11; "Summary Three" ep. 16)
Assistant Episode Director:
Yukihiko Asaki (ep 5)
Assistant producer:
Tomoyo Ueji
Assistant Unit Director:
Sumito Sasaki (OP3)
Associate producer:
Miku Ōshima
Background Art:
Yūya Yoshiyama (Ryubido)
CG Production:
Yūsaku Kumagai ("Oshino's Letter"; ep 10)
Color design: Izumi Takizawa
Color setting:
Yasuko Watanabe
Editing: Rie Matsubara
Editing Assistant: Hiromi Sasaki
Ending Animation:
Yukihiro Miyamoto
Ending Illustrations:
Yasuko Watanabe (ep 4)
Finish Animation:
Zan Di Lee (Studio Cj)
Finish Check:
Tomoko Saitō
Illustration: Ema Toyama (Nadeko's manga, "Kimi to Nadekko!"; ep 26)
In-Between Animation:
Taiki Konno (SHAFT)
In-Between Check:
Mayuko Yamamoto (OP2; ep 10)
Kaiki's Memo: Hiroki Haritama (eps 22-25)
Key Animation:
Chisa Sogabe (Studio Wanpack; 4 episodes
eps 5, 13, 20, 23
)

Hiroki Kishi (Studio Wanpack; 5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 20, 22
)

Hiroshi Maejima (4 episodes
eps 8, 17, 23-24
)

Hirotoshi Arai (4 episodes
eps 2, 10, 19, 25
)

Hiroyuki Hojo (5 episodes
eps 4, 14, 19, 23, 25
)

Hiroyuki Ōkaji (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 10, 17
)

Kazuya Saitō (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 17, 24
)

Kenta Yokoya (4 episodes
eps 9, 15, 20, 26
)

Kumiko Kawashima (6 episodes
eps 2, 10, 12, 19, 21, 25
)

Maki Fujita (7 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 10, 18, 23, 26
)

Mamoru Abiko (4 episodes
eps 2, 10, 12, 21
)

Mariko Iwasaki (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 10, 14
)

Masao Matsushita (4 episodes
eps 10, 14, 19, 22
)

Miho Ayabe (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 15, 17, 23
)

Miki Takahashi (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 22
)

Mizue Ogawa (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 10, 19, 21, 25
)

Motohiro Taniguchi (4 episodes
eps 3, 12, 14, 21
)

Naoko Takeichi (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 20, 23
)

Sawako Shigematsu (4 episodes
eps 9, 15, 20, 26
)

Shigeki Sunada (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20-21
)

Shōko Yakita (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 17, 21
)

Shōsuke Shimizu (4 episodes
eps 7, 12, 15, 17
)

Shunsuke Masuda (6 episodes
eps 3, 9, 14, 20, 23, 26
)

Shunsuke Nakashige (Studio Wanpack; 5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 20, 22
)

Shuntarō Yamada (5 episodes
eps 3, 12, 15, 21-22
)

Sinomin (4 episodes
eps 8, 12, 17, 21
)

Sōichi Honda (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 18, 23
)

Takenori Tsukuma (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 12, 20, 26
)

Takeshi Miyamoto (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 12, 18, 21
)

Yasue Katori (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15, 17, 23, 25
)

Yōko Kadokami (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 17, 23
)

Yoshie Sakata (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 18, 24
)

Yoshihiro Maeda (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 9, 15, 20, 26
)

Yoshito Narimatsu (6 episodes
eps 7, 9, 17, 19, 23, 26
)

Yōsuke Aburaya (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 12, 23, 26
)

Youko Kuboyama (5 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 20, 25
)

Yuichi Kikuchi (4 episodes
eps 12, 14, 19, 23
)

Yūichirō Yamada (7 episodes
eps 3, 7, 15, 17, 20, 23, 26
)

Yusuke Adachi (5 episodes
eps 7, 9, 15, 17, 23
)

Zenjirō Ukulele (ep 24)
Lettering: Tamami Abe ("Hanekawa's Letter"; ep 5)
MA:
Nami Eguchi ("Summary One" ep. 6; "Summary Two" ep. 11; "Summary Three" ep. 16)
Music producer: Shinji Yamauchi
Online Editor:
Kouhei Hashimoto ("Summary Two" ep. 11; "Summary Three" ep. 16)
Opening Director:
URA (eps 1-6)
Original Character Concept: VOfan
Original Illustrations: Garth Williams ("On the Banks of Plum Creek"; ep 8)
Original Story Translation: Mihoko Onji ("On the Banks of Plum Creek"; ep 8)
Photography:
Yukie Nakajima (8-Bit Rocket)
Picture Scroll Illustration: Taiki Konno (ep 18)
Planning:
Nobuyasu Suzuki
Planning Assistant:
Yuki Tsukioka (Quaras)
Production Advancement:
Reo Honjōya (4 episodes
eps 2, 10, 19, 25
)

Yōhei Endō (4 episodes
eps 3, 12-13, 22
)

Yuya Matsukawa (4 episodes
eps 1, 9, 20, 26
)

Production Design: Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Production manager: Hitoshi Fujikawa
Production producer: Takuo Yukinaga
Production Supervision: Yuki Miyahara (OP4)
Promotion Assistance: Wataru Onoki
Publicity Producer: Yūma Takahashi
Puppet Animation: Naoaki Shibuta (ED4)
Recording: Yasushi Nagura
Recording Assistant: Mika Kamemoto
Setting Production: Kozue Arai
Setting Supervision: Maho Nishibe
Sound Effects: Hidemi Tanaka
Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Special Effects:
Yasuko Watanabe
Sponsor Background Illustration:
VOfan (5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 12, 17, 21
)

Yoshiaki Katsurai (ep 13)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Satoru Kōsaki (MONACA; OP)
Theme Song Assistance: Keiichi Sotomura
Theme Song Composition:
Satoru Kōsaki (MONACA; OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
meg rock (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Yui Horie (OP)
Video Editing:
Tsuneyasu Hisajima
Visual Effects:
Shin'ya Takano
Web Production:
Takeo Tsuda
Chiwa Saitō as Hitagi Senjōgahara
Hiroshi Kamiya as Koyomi Araragi

Emiri Katō as Mayoi Hachikuji
Eri Kitamura as Karen Araragi
Kana Asumi as Rouka Numachi
Kana Hanazawa as Nadeko Sengoku
Kaori Mizuhashi as Ougi Oshino (4 episodes
eps 7, 12, 15, 20
)
Maaya Sakamoto as Shinobu Oshino
Miyu Irino as Episode
Miyuki Sawashiro as Suruga Kanbaru
Saori Hayami as Yotsugi Ononoki (7 episodes
eps 7, 16-17, 19-20, 23, 25
)
Satsuki Yukino as Izuko Gaen (eps 4, 19-20)
Shinichirō Miki as Deishū Kaiki (eps 16, 21-26)
Takahiro Sakurai as Meme Oshino
Yōji Ueda as Kuchinawa (eps 12-15)
Yui Horie as Tsubasa Hanekawa
Yuka Iguchi as Tsukihi Araragi

Ai Orikasa as Araragi Mother (ep 4)
Akari Harashima as Female Student (ep 7)
Ari Ozawa as Waitress (ep 21)
Eiji Takeuchi as Male Student (ep 14)
Fumihiko Tachiki as Senjōgahara Father (ep 3)
Haruka Terui as Female Student (ep 7)
Hiroaki Tajiri as Driver (ep 23)
Kaoru Morota as Mayoi's Mother (ep 8)
Ken Narita as Sasayabu-sensei (eps 13-14)
Miho Miyagawa as Nadeko's Mother (ep 22)
Mitsuki Saiga as Kako
Ryōko Shiraishi as Yozuru Kagenui (ep 16)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Mayoi's Father (ep 8)
Yukiyo Fujii as Female Student (ep 7)
Yūko Sanpei as Middle School Student (ep 26)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
xenron
Animation Assistance:
Studio Wanpack (eps 5, 13, 22)
Animation Production: SHAFT
Animation Production Cooperation: CJT (ep 4)
Backgrounds: Ryūbidō
Figure Assistance: QuesQ (ED4)
Finish Animation: DIGITAL@SHAFT
Finish Animation Cooperation:
Xuyang Animation (ep 4)
In-Between Animation:
xenron
In-Between Animation Cooperation:
Xuyang Animation (ep 4)
Key Animation:
Studio Wanpack (ep 20)
Music Production: Aniplex
Music Production Assistance: MONACA
Photography:
DIGITAL@SHAFT
Production:
SHAFT
Production Assistance: Q-Tec (eps 6, 11, 16)
Production Cooperation: MOVIC
Recording Studio: studio2010:
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
special effects: DIGITAL@SHAFT
Video Editing: Sony PCL
English companies
English staff
Translation: Rika Takahashi

Subtitling: Robby Huang
Distributor: Hanabee Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
FUNimation Entertainment (US, Canada)
Licensed by:
MVM (UK & Ireland)
English cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
Translation: Lilian Lebrun

Adaptation: Romain Clavel
Edition: Cédrik Grami
(none)
French companies
Internet Streaming: Wakanim
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Translation: Fernando Mucioli
(none)
Portuguese companies
(none)

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