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[[File:bakemonogatari1.jpg|frame|''[[Bakemonogatari]]'': Hitagi with her [[Improbable Weapon User|trusty school supplies]].]]
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[[Studio Shaft]] adapted the first series into an anime in 2009 under the direction of [[Akiyuki Shinbo]], the man behind the surrealism of ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei|Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]''.
'''''[[Kizumonogatari]]''''' ("Scar Story") is the second novel in the series and is the prequel to ''Bakemonogatari''. It reveals the story of how Koyomi encountered the vampire Shinobu, then named "Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade", along with meeting Meme Oshino and Tsubasa Hanekawa. It will be adapted into a [https://web.archive.org/web/20120620170556/http://www.japanator.com/bakemonogatari-s-prequel-kizumonogatari-getting-a-movie-19001.phtml theatrical film] with a release slated in 2012.
'''''[[Nisemonogatari]]''''' ("Impostory") is the third novel in the series and a direct sequel to ''Bakemonogatari''. The novel's focus shifts to Koyomi's sisters, Karen and Tsukihi, the Fire Sisters of Tsuganoki 2nd Middle School. The cast encounters the "black swindler" who is responsible for several of the incidents involving the supernatural in this series. Its anime serial adaptation [[Winter 2012 Anime|began airing in January 2012]], still courtesy of [[Studio Shaft]]. [http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2012-04-07/anime-of-all-of-nisioisin-monogatari-novels-officially-green-lit It was recently announced that the entire series will be animated as well.]
Later novels in the series include ''[[Nekomonogatari]]'', ''[[Kabukimonogatari]]'', ''[[Hanamonogatari]]'', ''[[Otorimonogatari]]'', ''[[Onimonogatari]]'', ''[[Koimonogatari]]'', ''[[Tsukimonogatari]]'', ''[[Owarimonogatari]]'', and ''[[Zokuowarimonogatari]]''.
The light novels have a fan-translation [http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Monogatari_Series here]. There are set to be twelve novels in the series, with the last three announced for release on 2012.
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