

So we have our lead (Nakajima), his love interest (Kyoka) and his rival-turned-occasional-ally (Akutagawa) take centre stage as they first battle manifestations of their own abilities, and then eventually have a big showdown with the film’s original enemy (Shibusawa). Out lead antagonist, with red eyes and grey/white hair… Original!Īs with any film spin-off from a popular anime series, what you get here is the fan favourite characters doing what they always do, but with really bright and fluid high-budget animation. His true end goal is a ways off being revealed… This greed cost him his life at the hands of a child called Nakajima, though how he’s is once again alive is a mystery, even to himself…įyodor Dostoyevsky (Ishida Akira) – Fyodor is a mysterious figure, taking delight in pushing certain events along and watching the outcome. Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (Kazuya Nakai) – Shibusawa was once on the look out for the perfect ability, which he would then take with his own ability, “Draconia”, which can harvest other people’s powers.
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His power is “Rashomon”, which gives him control of a black spirit-like being that manifests as his coat.Ĭhuya Nakahara (Kisho Taniyama) – Nakahara is a high-ranking member of the Port Mafia, and used to rely on Dazai to control his ability, “For the Tainted Sorrow”, which when unleashed to their full potential can cause massive damage to anything or one around him… He is extremely jealous of his former master’s new student Nakajima, and would have no qualms with killing either of them… or so he tells himself, anyway. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Kensho Ono) – Akutagawa is a member of the Port Mafia and a former protégé of Dazai. Her ability, “Demon Snow”, causes a ghost-like figure armed with a sword to appear, a phantom she is still learning to control… Kyoka Izumi (Sumire Morohoshi) – Kyoka is the latest member of the Armed Detective Agency and is also a former member of the Port Mafia. His power, “No Longer Human”, gives him the ability to negate other people’s powers. He has a fondness towards suicide and wishes to find the best way to do it, though that being said he does seem to genuinely care about those he has taken under his wing. Osamu Dazai (Mamoru Miyano) – Dazai was once a member of the Port Mafia, but he cut his ties with them and joined the Armed Detective Agency. Still, he is more than willing to put his life on the line in order to protect the innocent… Our lead protagonist, with the most annoying-to-colour-in eyes of all time.Ītsushi Nakajima ( Yuto Uemura ) – Atsushi is still a relative newcomer to the Armed Detective Agency, and still has a certain amount of fear towards his special power, “Beast Beneath the Moonlight”, which turns him into a tiger-like monster.

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The Armed Detective Agency investigates a bizarre series of suicides involving an eerie mist that ties back to the past of Osamu Dazai…

So, apart from having a title that any non-anime fan would just look blankly at, what does Bungo Stray Dogs – Dead Apple have to offer? Well… I really enjoyed the first two seasons of Bungo Stray Dogs, so I don’t really know why it’s taken me this long to sit down and watch the movie, especially as it’s streaming on Crunchyroll and therefore not even costing me anything extra.
