Bungo Stray Dogs Season 6: Everything we know

Fans are hoping for Bungo Stray Dogs Season 6 after the intriguing post-credit scene of the fifth season finale.

Bungo Stray Dogs is one of underrated anime of 2023, mainly because it is a seinen anime. Regardless, it does flaunt a viewership of millions, and that’s the reason why it was renewed for five seasons. The fifth season was particularly loved as fans are now hoping for Bungo Stray Dogs Season 6.

At first, the underrated seinen anime seemed like a light-hearted series suitable to watch for fun. However, as you dive deep, you are overwhelmed with several dark and gritty instances, including some significant character deaths. Well, the fifth season, which is considered among the best anime of Summer 2023, was no different.

Dazai’s dark fate in the series was painful to see in the penultimate episode, and the final episode was equally brutal for him and several other characters. However, the fifth season’s conclusion made it clear that there’s more to come, so it’s obvious that fans think there will be Bungo Stray Dogs Season 6.

Will there be a Bungo Stray Dogs Season 6?

As of April 2024, Studio Bones hasn’t officially confirmed Bungo Stray Dogs Season 6.

Season 5 of the series was confirmed not too long after Season 4’s conclusion. However, things are different this time. Since the fifth season has already caught up with the Bungo Stray Dogs manga, the anime no longer has any source material left.

So far, the manga series, written by Kafka Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Harukawa, has over 110 chapters. The anime’s fifth season has covered all these chapters. More chapters of the series are being released regularly. But since BSD is a monthly manga, there’ll likely be years for Bungo Stray Dogs Season 6 to come back to screens anytime soon.

There is a lot to expect in BSD Season 6. The season needs to clarify about the war Fukuchi warns about before dying and the mysterious enemy Atsushi and Akutagawa are fighting in the post-credit scene. But the biggest question Season 6 has to answer is who Fyodor really is and what actually happened to him.

Though it’ll take the manga at least 3-4 years before it has enough content for the sixth season, the series has plenty of spin-offs and light novels to soothe the craving of BSD fans. Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! has enough material for multiple seasons while the Stormbringer light novel and Beast spin-off has the potential to become some of the best but probably underrated anime movies.

The studio can also make anime original films like it did with Dead Apple. In short, Bones still has enough BSD content for its viewers even if Bungo Stray Dogs Season 6 won’t be possible in the near future. However, the studio has made no announcement on such projects as of yet.

Bungo Stray Dogs is one of the most interesting anime on Crunchyroll. The series is also streaming on Netflix. If you’re an avid fan of anime looking for something new now that BSD isn’t airing anymore, you can check out the Spring 2024 anime lineup and some short anime that deserves more recognition.