This guide will help fans watch the series, OVAs, and movies of Bungo Stray Dogs in the best order. For fans who are interested, the action and mystery anime also received a live-action adaptation earlier this year that’s called Bungo Stray Dogs The Movie: Beast.
Best Bungo Stray Dogs Watch Order
We recommend watching Bungo Stray Dogs based on the manga’s chronological order of events. Watching the series in this order will help viewers understand the whole premise of the show without feeling lost or confused. Below is the chronological order of Bungo Stray Dogs’ series, OVAs, and movies:
- Bungo Stray Dogs Season 1
- Bungo Stray Dogs Season 2
- Bungo Stray Dogs OVA: Hitori Ayumu
- Bungo Stray Dogs Movie: Dead Apple
- Bungo Stray Dogs Season 3
- Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! Spin-off
- Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4 As previously mentioned, fans may also check out Bungo Stray Dogs The Movie: BEAST, a live-action movie that covered the light novel entitled BEAST.
Is Bungo Stray Dogs Based on a Manga or Light Novel?
The Bungo Stray Dogs anime is based on a manga that’s illustrated by Sango Harukawa and written by Kafka Asagiri. It was serialized in Young Ace magazine in 2012 and is still ongoing. Eventually, various light novels were published after the success of the manga, and studio Bones adapted it into an anime in 2016. A spin-off manga entitled BEAST, which focuses on Ryunosuke Akutagawa, was released in 2019. In the same year, another spin-off manga entitled Bungo Stray Dogs: Dazai, Chūya, Age Fifteen also came out. It revolves around the backstories of Dazai and Chuya, as the title implies. The anime, on the other hand, was released in 2016 and was split into two parts. It was then followed by an OVA in 2017 and the third season in 2019. Throughout its run, the anime proved to be successful enough that a spin-off manga entitled Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! was adapted into an anime in 2021. In the same year, it has been confirmed that a fourth season will be released on January 4, 2023. Get the latest news and trends direct to your feed by following us on Twitter @epicstreamanime or on Facebook. READ NEXT: Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4 Announces January 2023 Release Date in New Trailer
