Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5

Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5 is the fifth season of Bungo Stray Dogs anime series based on the manga of the same name created by Kafka Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Harukawa. It aired on July 12, 2023, and it is produced by, directed by , and written by. The season is available for streaming on Apple TV and Prime Video.

Synosis
Detective employees are caught one after another, and Kamui, the leader of Tenjin Goshui, is closing in on the Armed Detective Agency. Will the Agency survive?!

Production
On March 29, 2023, a day after the fourth season's final airdate, the fifth season was announced, and its first trailer was released. The next day, the Bungo Stray Dogs Expo announced that they will hold a special video screening of the fifth season's introductory scene at the said exposition, as well as the season's opening theme with newly added cuts.

Development
The ending theme artist was announced on May 21, 2023, to be, who performed all four previous ending themes and for DEAD APPLE.

On June 1, 2023, the fifth season was announced to air on July 12, 2023, and its second trailer was released. On the same day, the opening theme was revealed to be "Tetsu no Ori" to be performed by, who sang two opening themes and DEAD APPLE's opening theme. The ending theme was also unveiled to be "Kiseki".

Promotion
On May 23, 2023, the official Bungo Stray Dogs anime Twitter account began posting a highlight video of each episode beginning with the series' first episode per day leading up to the premiere of the fifth season in July 2023.

On June 2, 2023, the series author Kafka Asagiri was announced to be invited as a guest of honor in in Los Angeles. It was later announced on June 20 that the convention's second day on July 2, will hold a panel with Asagiri, Studio Bones president, and Kadokawa producer Chiaki Kurakane, leading to the exclusive debut of the fifth season's world premiere at the panel.

An opening theme promotional video for the fifth season was released on June 14, 2023.

On June 22, 2023, it was announced that, , and —the voice actors of Atsushi Nakajima, Kyōka Izumi, and Sigma, respectively—will hold a cast talk on July 8, 2023, following the screening of the fourth season's finale and an advance screening of the fifth season's first two episodes.

Cast

 * as Atsushi Nakajima
 * as Osamu Dazai
 * as Doppo Kunikida
 * as Ranpo Edogawa
 * as Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
 * Hiroyuki Kagura as Kenji Miyazawa
 * as Akiko Yosano
 * as Kyōka Izumi
 * as Yukichi Fukuzawa


 * as Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
 * as Chūya Nakahara
 * as Ōchi Fukuchi
 * Makoto Koichi as Teruko Ōkura
 * as Saigiku Jōno
 * as Tetchō Suehiro
 * as Fyodor D.
 * as Nikolai G.
 * as Mushitarō Oguri
 * as Sigma

Staff

 * Original: Kafka Asagiri
 * Manga: Sango Harukawa (Young Ace serialization)
 * Direction:
 * Screenplay:
 * Character Design/Animation Direction: Nobuhiro Arai
 * Prop Design: Fumihiro Katagai
 * Art Direction: Yumiko Kondō
 * Color Design: Yukari Gotō
 * Cinematography: Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi


 * 3DCG Direction: Yōta Andō, Yūki Oguri
 * Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
 * Music: Taku Iwasaki
 * Music Production: Lantis
 * Sound Direction: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
 * Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi, Sachiko Nishi
 * Sound Production:
 * Animation Production:

Opening Theme

 * 「Tetsu no Ori」 by GRANRODEO

Ending Theme

 * 「Kiseki」 by Luck Life

Trivia

 * So far, season 5 is the only season of Bungo Stray Dogs that has not adapted a background arc.