Via Comic Natalie: a live-action theatre-length adaptation of Kafka Asagiri’s “Bungou Stray Dogs” will be released in Japanese cinemas on 7th January 2022! Based on the “Bungo Stray Dogs BEAST” side story, the “Bungou Stray Dogs The Movie BEAST” will be directed by Koichi Sakamoto, and will star Shohei Hashimoto and Yuki Torigoe. A teaser PV has just dropped to accompany the announcement.

“Bungou Stray Dogs The Movie BEAST” is based on the side story “Beast: Akutagawa the White, Atsushi the Black”, which was released alongside the previous film “Bungou Stray Dogs The Movie: DEAD APPLE” in 3rd March 2018. The completed novel was was published on 1st April 2019, featuring an expanded version of the original side story, and is the basis of the new movie.