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Monogatari Off and Monster Season<\/em> is resuming in the Winter 2026 anime season with Wazamonogatari: <\/em>Karen Ogre<\/em>, a tale involving Karen Araragi. According to the Monogatari Off and Monster Season\u00a0<\/em>website, the arc will see Karen, currently a high school first-year, going on a mountain retreat in order to further improve herself.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a9\u897f\u5c3e\u7dad\u65b0\uff0f\u8b1b\u8ac7\u793e\u30fb\u30a2\u30cb\u30d7\u30ec\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u30fb\u30b7\u30e3\u30d5\u30c8<\/p>\n The first Karen Ogre<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>visual, which depicts Karen\u2019s reflection in a body of water, was also released.<\/span><\/p>\n Karen Ogre\u00a0<\/em>is one of the stories in\u00a0Wazamonogatari<\/em>, the 20th volume of\u00a0Nisio Isin<\/strong>\u2018s long-running, Vofan<\/strong>-illustrated\u00a0supernatural light novel series. Another Wazamonogatari\u00a0<\/em>story, the Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade origin story Acerola Bon App\u00e9tit<\/em>, was adapted for the first batch of Monogatari Off and Monster Season\u00a0<\/em>episodes.<\/span><\/p>\n The\u00a0Monogatari Off and Monster Season\u00a0<\/em>anime, which was directed by Midori Yoshizawa<\/strong>\u00a0(Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season\u00a02<\/em> assistant director), originally premiered in July 2024 and ran for 14 episodes. Crunchyroll describes the series as such:<\/span><\/p>\n While Koyomi Araragi\u2019s time may be ending, the journey continues with the girls he\u2019s saved. Their own tales of struggles and supernatural threats once thought to be resolved are far from over. From the past to the future, discover their stories, challenges, and intertwined destinies they now face in the wake of Araragi\u2019s departure.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Last July, it was announced that the anime would receive new content, with a visual teasing stories that involved Shinobu Oshino, Yotsugi Ononoki, Mayoi Hachikuji, Nadeko Sengoku, and Karen.<\/span><\/p>\n The Monogatari Series began in 2006 with the Bakemonogatari\u00a0Part 1\u00a0and\u00a02 light novels. The Off-Season books, which were released from 2015 to 2017, include the titles Orokamonogatari<\/em>,\u00a0Wazamonogatari<\/em>,\u00a0Nademonogatari<\/em>, and Musubimonogatari<\/em>. Meanwhile, the Monster Season stories, released from 2017 to 2021, include Shinobumonogatari<\/em>,\u00a0Yoimonogatari<\/em>,\u00a0Amarimonogatari<\/em>,\u00a0Ougimonogatari<\/em>, and\u00a0Shimonogatari<\/em>\u00a0Parts 1 and 2.<\/span><\/p>\n Kodansha USA describes Bakemonogatari Part 1<\/em> as such:<\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s a girl at their school who is always ill. She routinely arrives late, leaves early, or doesn\u2019t show up at all, and skips gym as a matter of course. She\u2019s pretty, and the boys take to whispering that \u2019s a cloistered princess. As the self-described worst loser in her class soon finds out, they just don\u2019t know what a monster she is.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n So begins a tale of mysterious maladies that are supernatural in origin yet deeply revealing of the human psyche, a set of case files as given to unexpected feeling as it is to irreverent humor.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The\u00a0Bakemonogatari\u00a0anime premiered in 2009 and was directed by\u00a0Tatsuya Oishi<\/strong>, who also directed 2016 to 2017\u2019s\u00a0Kizumonogatari\u00a0movie trilogy. 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\u2022 Director: Midori Yoshizawa\u00a0<\/span>
\u2022 Character designer and co-chief animation director:\u00a0Akio Watanabe\u00a0<\/strong>(returning)<\/span>
\u2022 Series composer:\u00a0Fuyashi To\u00a0<\/strong>(returning)<\/span>
\u2022 Series composer: Akiyuki Shinbo (returning)<\/span>
\u2022 Art director:\u00a0Hisaharu Iijima<\/strong>\u00a0(returning)<\/span>
\u2022 Color designer:\u00a0Yasuko Watanabe<\/strong>\u00a0(Zoku Owarimonogatari<\/em>)<\/span>
\u2022 Compositing director:\u00a0Hiyori Hashimoto<\/strong>\u00a0(Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0RWBY Ice Queendom<\/em>\u00a0assistant compositing director)<\/span>
\u2022 Compositing director:\u00a0Mizuho Ishikawa<\/strong>\u00a0(Zom 100:<\/em> Bucket List of the Dead<\/em> compositing staff)<\/span>
\u2022 Music composer:\u00a0Satoru Kosaki<\/strong>\u00a0(returning)<\/span>
\u2022 Music composer:\u00a0Kei Haneoka<\/strong>\u00a0(returning, since\u00a0Hanamonogatari<\/em>)<\/span>
\u2022 Animation production: SHAFT\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n