Bungo Stray Dogs

Bungo Stray Dogs (文豪ストレイドッグス, meaning "literary stray dogs") is an action comedy-drama mystery supernatural seinen anime produced by Bones and is based on a manga by Kafka Asagiri (story) and Sango Harukawa (illustration). The first season was released from April 7 to June 23, 2016, and the second season was released from October 6 to December 22 on that same year. In 2018, a movie called DEAD APPLE was released on March 3, taking place after the events of the first two seasons. A year later, the third season was released from April 12 to June 28, 2019. In November 2021, the series was announced that season four is in production.

Plot
Kicked out from the orphanage, 18-year old Atsushi Nakajima is in a brink of starving to death until he was found by Osamu Dazai, a strange man who attempted to commit suicide by drowning, and Doppo Kunikida, a strict man who always carries a notebook filled with ideals. One night, Atsushi first unleashed his gifted power that allows him to transform into a weretiger, and soon he was recruited by the Armed Detective Agency (ADA), an organization that consists of gifted members that are able to solve many cases and protect the people of Yokohama from criminal organizations, especially Port Mafia.

Why it is a Good Book

 * 1) The idea of creating characters with gifted abilities that are named after real-life literary figures and their works is brilliantly fresh despite the copyright issue struggles (See BQ #1).
 * 2) *Asagiri's purpose of creating them is to introduce the audiences with world literature and lives of the famous authors and poets, including Atsushi Nakajima, Ougai Mori, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and so on (You can look up for more information about them!).
 * 3) Spectacular soundtrack by Taku Iwasaki with a perfect blend of classical and cyberpunk themes in one series.
 * 4) Excellent animation by Bones, the same studio that animated My Hero Academia, Soul Eater, and Mob Psycho 100!
 * 5) Kisho Taniyama, the voice actor of Chuuya Nakahara AND the vocalist of GRANRODEO, did an amazing job singing the OP songs from Season 1 ("Trash Candy"), the movie DEAD APPLE ("Deadly Drive") and Season 3 ("Setsuna no Ai")!
 * 6) Great voice acting from Yuto Uemura as the kind-hearted Atsushi Nakajima, Mamoru Miyano as the charming Osamu Dazai, Yoshimasa Hosoya as the hotheaded Doppo Kunikida, and so on!
 * 7) Many likable and well-written characters with relationships from existing organizations such as the Armed Detective Agency and the Port Mafia (despite that they are on enemy terms with each other most of the time).
 * 8) *Ranpo Edogawa is one of the most resourceful characters to exist in the series, having his Ultra-Deduction activated to solve cases in a few seconds, and the ADA won't be complete without him despite the fact he is the only one without an actual ability, but rather to have a intelligence as his perfect gift.
 * 9) In Seasons 2 and 3, they added a first few episodes on each that are based on prequel light novels (Osamu Dazai and the Dark Era on Season 2 and Dazai and Chuuya, Age Fifteen on Season 3) to explore Dazai's past before joining the Armed Detective Agency.
 * 10) The gifteds' abilities, when activated, are very detailed with letters and words surrounding it, hence the title of the series!
 * 11) Hilarious moments that never have dull moments such as Dazai and Chuuya's frenemy dynamics and Kenji throwing bodies outside the window.
 * 12) Speaking of hilarious, its spin-off miniseries, called Wan!, is enjoyable to watch with a ton of laughter.
 * 13) No filler or recap episodes included.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Due to copyright issues, Ace is the only character whose name substitutes to that of Alan Bennett, and one of his works, The Madness of George III, was partially alternated to "The Madness of the Jewel King" as the name of his ability.
 * 2) In early episodes, Atsushi's orphanage backstories can be repetitive at times.

Trivia

 * Bar Lupin, a drinking place where Osamu Dazai, Sakunosuke Oda, and Ango Sakaguchi hang out as seen in the first episodes of Season 2, is based on the real-life bar with the same name currently located in Ginza, Japan.
 * In the Azure Apostle Arc, Atsushi was not in the manga, due to the timeline taking place right after the Dark Era Arc, where Dazai resigned himself from the Port Mafia and soon take his entrance exam to join the Agency before the former, with the help of Kunikida.