Monogatari Series: Off and Monster Season, episode 1

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  • Wazamonogatari, Amarimonogatari, Musubimonogatari, Nademonogatari, Orokamonogatari, Ougimonogatari, Shinobumonogatari, Shinomonogatari, Yoimonogatari*
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  • hitagi@ani.socialMEnglish
    4·
    4 months ago

    Wait. It’s out already?!

    edit: It’s 30 minutes long. It starts with a live action shot of an egg cracking. That’s how you know it’s good.

    It retains a lot of what I love about the Monogatari series. Lengthy dialogue paired with its unique visual style that sets it apart from a lot of anime. It still has that really harsh and bloomy lighting style that creates weird geometry from shadows, the space around the characters are surreal, the style of animation interchanges, and the cuts are quick.

    I think the music is a bit different from what we usually had though but a lot of sound effects (like when the characters talk sometimes) are still there.

    Nadeko really changed a lot. This shot explains it:

    She’s my second favorite character in the series so I’m happy we’re getting more of her especially since she’s the character who had some dramatic changes.

    The voice actors are great! We just saw Hayami Saori’s performance in Giji Harem and her emotionless monotone voice as Ononoki sets the role apart. Everyone sounds just as they did over a decade ago (especially Hanazawa Kana whose voice is unforgettable!).

    We didn’t get an opening theme yet but we do have the ED theme with Yoasobi’s performance and Hajime Ueda’s illustrations of the characters.

    I’ve never read the novels, so I couldn’t tell whether the adaption is faithful or not.

    A pleasant Sunday morning!

    Here’s a compilation of some of my favorite shots (in a spoiler tag so it doesn’t take up the entire page):

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    Nadeko’s room is different than it was before. Now she has large shelves of manga and her bed blocks the entrance door.

    This one was really well done! It shows the passage of time in an animated comic book frame.

    I remember this setting when Hitagi pushes Koyomi over and uses the Eye of Horus to count the number of girls Koyomi hung out with that day (including Kanbaru’s Grandmother). There are also other memorable locations like the park.

    Platinum Disco dance:

    I love this heat map image. Ononoki is a doll so it would make sense that she’s “cold”.

    … and many many more.

    PEAK CINEMA

  • altec@midwest.socialEnglish
    2·
    4 months ago

    So, can I pick this up and just start watching? Or is there another series I should watch before this?

    • ReluctantZenEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      There’s quite a bit before all this, starting with Bakemonogatari.

      There are many recommended watch orders like book order, chronological order and broadcast order, but I usually recommend the broadcast order. Partially because of stylistic changes over the years, but mostly because they did this order for a reason

    • WTree@ani.socialEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      This is like fourth season of Monogatari series. If you have seen all previous Monogatari series, you are good to go. If you haven’t yet, here is the watch order for previous seasons.

      • ReluctantZenEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        I don’t fully agree with this. I’d just follow the broadcast order (though Kizu is a weird one). Considering Hitagi End, I think having Hanamonogatari after that makes more sense, like it was broadcasted. Same with Koyomimonogatari. The end of that ties directly into Owarimonogatari S2, so I would put that between OMG S1 and 2, as broadcasted.

        I know the anime doesn’t follow the order of the books, but the anime didn’t change it up for sake of it, so it has always seemed strange to me to change that order.

        • WTree@ani.socialEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          I read light novels so I recommended LN order. The good thing about Monogatari series is it is re-watch friendly. You start the series with whatever watch order and you can still get new experience following another watch order in your re-watch.

  • ReluctantZenEnglish
    1·
    4 months ago

    I forgot this was coming out. I think I’ll need to do a full rewatch first.