Production Overview
Written as a series of short stories for Mephisto magazine, the published stories followed by a set of new ones were then collected into two volumes published under the Kodansha Box title on 1 November 2006 and 1 December 2006 respectively.
Bakemonogatari later received an anime adaption by Studio Shaft with Akiyuki Shinbo as director and started airing on 3 July 2009. After the anime ended on 25 September 2009, 3 ONA episodes were aired on the official website on 3 November 2009, 23 February 2010 and 25 June 2010.
As part of the "Monogatari" series, Bakemonogatari is the first series to be published. Kizumonogatari, the second light novel series is a prequel to the story.
Story
Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student noticed Hitagi Senjougahara falling down the stairs and saved her, only to find out she is completely weightless. Threatened by Hitagi to keep himself away from her, Koyomi offers his help by introducing his friend Meme Oshino, an eccentric middle-aged man who knows how to deal with "apparitions".
