Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4 Reveals New Characters, A New Key Visual

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Bungo Stray Dogs' newest season is coming in 2023 and the hype from the first trailer alone is already nigh unbearable for fans of Bones' supernatural detective caper. With the release of a brand new key visual, the official Twitter page unveiled two new cast members playing members of Japan's elite «Hunting Dogs.»

Produced by studio Bones, Bungo Stray Dogs follows the crime-fighting efforts of the Armed Detective Agency as they contend with the Port Mafia, as well as nefarious superpowered terrorists. Each main character is named after and based on a popular literary author with a superpower similarly based on their written works.

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Yuki Kaji plays Saigiku Jono, a mischievous-looking member of the Hunting Dogs who is seen in the official trailer handcuffing himself to Dazai, seemingly arresting him. Kaji is one of the most recognizable names in anime voice acting, from his role as Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan to Todoroki in My Hero Academia to Meliodas in 7 Deadly Sins, and much more.

The real-life Saigiku Jono was a playwright and journalist who dipped his hand into politics. According to the bsd-bibliophile on Tumblr, he was what is known as a gesaku writer, gesaku referring to «playful, mocking, joking, silly, or frivolous» literature. There isn't much documented about Jono, but the description of gesaku seems to fit with how this smiley fellow is portrayed in his anime design.

On the flip side, there's Tetcho Suehiro, voiced by Yohei Azakami, who is also voicing Guel in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury this season. Suehiro, like many of the members of the Hunting Dogs, is a novelist with a political background in real life, having been a supporter of the