Get an exclusive mini-figure when buying Nisemonogatari Part 1 Eye-On-Asia

Following an announcement four years ago and a series of successful television anime adaptations, the Japanese animation studio SHAFT will be bringing Nisio Isin’s avant garde Monogatari light novel series to the big screen next year, according to an announcement made following the premiere of Owarimonogatari, the franchise’s seventh television anime series. Opening on 8th January 2016, Kizumonogatari I: Blood And … Continued

MVM have announced on their official website that they have acquired the licences for both Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari. Both series will be released on DVD and Bluray in September of this year. MVM official website

Last year, MVM Entertainment surprised a lot of people by announcing their plans to release Aniplex and SHAFT’s Monogatari franchise in the United Kingdom, not only on DVD, but on the high definition blu-ray format as well. Bakemonogatari was released across two volumes last year, followed by Nisemonogatari. Today, the distributor went to Twitter to … Continued

With Nisemonogatari’s January premiere date drawing closer the official website has started to stream trailers for the Bakemonogatari spin-off. The story follows on from Bakemonogatari as the main characters, the “Fire Sisters” Tsukihi and Karen Araragi, try to capture the black swindler Kaiku Deishu when he returns to town to spread another curse. This anime … Continued

While I found the first half of Nisemonogartari entertaining, there were problems with a lack of character development for Araragi’s sister Karen during her own arc and the large amounts of fan service. Sadly similar issues occur in the next arc which slightly affected my overall enjoyment. These last four episodes contain the arc ‘Tsukihi Phoenix’, which has the same … Continued