This is a release of the Monogatari series, except all of the episodes have been turned into movies, one for each arc or LN. To be clear, although some Monogatari arcs have aired as proper movies (Zoku), or at least as “one big chunk” on TV (Neko Black, Hana) these are all unofficial recuts.
“But why,” you ask? Zoku Owarimonogatari aired in theaters before releasing as six episodes on Blu-Ray, so in 2019 I thought it would be cool to try to replicate that viewing experience. Once I succeeded, I realized that I liked watching the movie more than I liked watching the original episodes. Recutting the Second Season arcs in 2021-2022 confirmed to me that my personal preference was to watch Monogatari in this format.
I wanted an excuse to make new encodes, so I went ahead and recut the whole series. I won’t bore you with the details, but the editing in these movies is fairly sophisticated on a technical level and hopefully just as sophisticated on an aesthetic level. The episodes were adapted to the new format, not just blindly pasted together. (Though blind pasting works great for the post-Nise arcs because of the constant titlecards.)
The video files for Bakemonogatari here don’t exactly feel like theatrical movies, which makes sense, since the way those stories were originally published doesn’t really lend itself to a “one movie per LN” rule. Still, the way the material is presented, with the Hanekawa parts of Tsubasa Cat shown all in one go and the [spoiler] with Senjougahara only coming afterwards, is at least somewhat interesting.
Comments - 21
len
Thanks!
LightArrowsEXE
baller
herkz
epic
Guncannon
lmao
joebobriggs
Awesome. This is much cleaner than the series I strung together over the years!
RinzImpulse
StazCherryBlood
ballsyfication
sorrow
yet another way to watch the Monogatari Series I must consider when I eventually get to rewatching the first few seasons and continuing past where I stopped in 2015… Thanks for the great effort Bob!
Moses35i
Thanks!
Fullbuster
Thanks
seth001
Based Bob the Builder
coco1234
Gatta grab popcorn.
xikarra
Always thought this show was best experienced in a feature-length format. Can’t believe it’s real now. Thanks so much.
Marmotzel
Been curious for a while now, is this your favorite anime? Mister Bob
LiVeR
Time for a movie weekend
ap1234
how are arcs withs two different OPs handled? iirc nise’s first arc and koimonogatari do, though koi is just a minor variation
smol
New naming scheme dropped @juice squad
iqfqrzlu
Might be interesting for a rewatch
voidvamp098
gosh
NonsenseUser
I wanted to rewatch the whole show but I kept putting it off, but this gave me the push I needed so thanks!
SomaHeir
Thanks!