Bungou Stray Dogs (Japanese: 文豪ストレイドッグス, Hepburn: Bungō Sutorei Doggusu, lit. “Literary Stray Dogs”) is a Japanese seinen manga series written by Kafka Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Harukawa, which has been serialized in the magazine Young Ace since 2012. The series follows the members of the “Armed Detective Agency” and their everyday lives, mainly on the weretiger Atsushi Nakajima, who joins other gifted with supernatural powers and use them for different purposes including holding a business, solving mysteries, and carrying out missions assigned by the mafia.
As of 2024, ten light novels have been published. An anime television series adaptation produced by Bones aired in 2016 in two parts; the first season aired between April and June 2016, and the second season aired between October and December 2016. An anime film, Bungou Stray Dogs : Dead Apple, was released in March 2018. A third season aired between April and June 2019. A fourth season aired between January and March 2023. A fifth season aired from July to September 2023.