Bungou to Alchemist - Gears of Judgment

**文豪とアルケミスト 〜審判ノ歯車〜
Bungou to Alchemist ~Shinpan no Haguruma~
Bungo and Alchemist -Gears of Judgement-**

「僕たちには守るべき文学がある」

*“There's literature we must protect.”*

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*The many books written by the **great writers** (文豪, bungou). Their creative world views and stories stirring emotions, as literature, have tinged the hearts of people and enriched our society. However, strange-looking beings that dye books black appeared.*

*They were beings called “**Taints**”, born from negative emotions toward literature.*

*Invading books, their aim is to erase them from the world and the only ones who could oppose the Taints are the great writers transmigrated by the powers of an “**Alchemist**”.*

*These great writers, by delving into tainted books, save the books by defeating the Taints within them. Everything is for the sake of saving the literature of this world.*

*This is a new story composed by the great writers; the very people who put their soul into writing these books...*

 *Please do note that this anime is a completely original story, and it follows different canon than the **Bungou to Alchemist game** or other media part of the franchise! See **Glossary** for the series terminology, and **FAQ** for frequently asked questions regarding the game and BunAl franchise in general.*

## Schedule

**Weekly airing starting 2020 April 3rd:**

* TV Tokyo, April 3rd at 25:23 (April 4th, 1:23 JST)
* TV Osaka, April 3rd at 26:10 (April 4th, 2:10 JST)
* TV Aichi, April 3rd at 26:05 (April 4th, 2:05 JST)
* AT-X, April 4th at 23:00 JST

## Licensors

*List of other legal anime streaming sites can be found from **this Reddit thread** (please do note that most of the legal streaming services might not have Bungou to Alchemist anime in their catalogue!)*

## Staff

* **Original Work:** Bungou to Alchemist (DMM GAMES / EXNOA LLC)
* **Studio:** OLM (Team Kojima)
* **Director:** Watanabe Odahiro
* **Worldview Supervision:** Ishii Jirou (BunAl game staff; world-building supervisor)
* **Series Composition, Script:** Kumagai Jun
* **Character Design, Chief Animation Director:** Nakajima Atsuko
* **Music:** Sakamoto Hideki
* **Sound Director:** Ebina Yasunori
* **Organization:** Bungou to Alchemist Production Committee

**English Dub Production Staff**

* **Producer:** Michael Sinterniklaas
* **Voice Director:** Laura Stahl
* **Casting Director:** Rachel Slotky
* **Recording Engineer:** Chelsey Cohen
* **Audio Engineer:** Michael Schneider
* **Mixing:** Shaun Cromwell
* **Production Supervisor:** Rachel Slotky
* **Production Assistants:** Zoe Martin, Clark Cheng
* **Recorded By:** NYAV Post

## Cast

*This list contains only the characters who appeared in this anime! See **Writers** page for a full list of the characters, called "writers" (文豪, bungou), available in the Bungou to Alchemist franchise overall, and **Other Characters** page for the game NPCs.*

 Do note that the **Japanese names** (the writers' names and their Japanese voice actors) follow the Japanese name order of **surname** first, followed by first name. **Western names** (English voice actors) follow the exact opposite order of **first name** being first, followed by surname.

**Akutagawa Ryuunosuke**
CV: Suwabe Junichi;
Richard Thomas (EN dub)**Dazai Osamu**
CV: Nakamura Yuuichi;
Zeno Robinson (EN dub)**Hagiwara Sakutarou**
CV: Nojima Kenji;
Alan Lee (EN dub)**Nakahara Chuuya**
CV: Kakihara Tetsuya;
Barrett Leddy (EN dub)**Tanizaki Junichirou**
CV: Okamoto Nobuhiko;
Lucien Dodge (EN dub)**Shimazaki Touson**
CV: Tachibana Shinnosuke;
Eddy Lee (EN dub)**Shiga Naoya**
CV: Maeno Tomoaki;
Jake Paque (EN dub)**Muroo Saisei**
CV: Oosaka Ryouta;
Kyle McCarley (EN dub)**Mushanokouji Saneatsu**
CV: KENN;
Lucien Dodge (EN dub)**Sakaguchi Ango**
CV: Sugita Tomokazu;
Billy Kametz (EN dub)**Satou Haruo**
CV: Tai Yuuki;
Chris Hackney (EN dub)**Oda Sakunosuke**
CV: Onosaka Masaya;
Robb Moreira (EN dub)**Hori Tatsuo**
CV: Takahashi Kouji;
Aleks Le (EN dub)**Kume Masao**
CV: Yoshino Hiroyuki;
Marc Thompson (EN dub)**Kikuchi Kan**
CV: Miki Shinichirou;
Ian Sinclair (EN dub)**Dan Kazuo**
CV: Ono Yuuki;
Tom Aglio (EN dub)**Tokuda Shuusei**
CV: Watanabe Takumi;
Martin Fraser (EN dub)**Cat**
CV: Ookawa Genki;
Dino Andrade (EN dub)

**Writer Faction Chart**

*See page **Factions** for more info related to the writer groups, and other groups that didn't appear in the anime.*

## Episode List

*The synopsis texts are our wiki staff's translations of the synopsis found on the anime's official site.*

## OP & ED

### Opening theme

**Goodbye** (グッド・バイ)

by Urashimasakatasen

**Lyrics:** Ishii Jirou

**Composition:** Watanabe Shou

**Arrangement:** Sakamoto Hideki

### Ending theme

**Synthesis In a Grove** (藪の中のジンテーゼ, *Yabu no Naka Synthesis*)

by Nanjou Yoshino

**Lyrics:** Ishii Jirou

**Composition/arrangement:** Fujima Hitoshi (Elements Garden)

## DVD & Blu-ray

### Japanese Volume 1

**Release Date:** 2020/06/26

**Language:** Japanese, no subtitles

**Contents:** Disc (in a regular keep case), illustrated cardboard slipcase, introduction booklet

**Episodes:**

Episode 1: Run, Melos!

Episode 2: Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees Part 1

Episode 3: Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees Part 2

Episode 4: Howling at the Moon Part 1

~~*※ First edition comes with a limited-time serial code for in-game memoria card The Three Ravens of Decadence featuring the cover art trio!*~~

* Amazon JP (Blu-ray/DVD)
* CDJapan (Blu-ray)
* CDJapan (DVD)
* Animate International (Blu-ray)
* Animate International (DVD)

### Japanese Volume 2

**Release Date:** 2020/08/28

**Language:** Japanese, no subtitles

**Contents:** Disc (in a regular keep case), illustrated cardboard slipcase, introduction booklet

**Episodes:**

Episode 5: Howling at the Moon Part 2

Episode 6: Hell Screen Part 1

Episode 7: Hell Screen Part 2

Episode 8: No Longer Human Part 1

~~*※ First edition comes with a limited-time serial code for in-game memoria card The White Young Noblemen featuring the cover art duo!*~~

* Amazon JP (Blu-ray/DVD)
* CDJapan (Blu-ray)
* CDJapan (DVD)
* Animate International (Blu-ray)
* Animate International (DVD)

### Japanese Volume 3

**Release Date:** 2020/10/21

**Language:** Japanese, no subtitles

**Contents:** Disc (in a regular keep case), illustrated cardboard slipcase, introduction booklet

**Episodes:**

Episode 9: No Longer Human Part 2

Episode 10: In a Grove

Episode 11: Beyond Love and Hate

Episode 12: Cogwheels Part 1

Episode 13: Cogwheels Part 2

~~*※ First edition comes with a limited-time serial code for in-game memoria card The Fellows of Neo-Thought featuring the cover art trio!*~~

* Amazon JP (Blu-ray/DVD)
* CDJapan (Blu-ray)
* CDJapan (DVD)
* Animate International (Blu-ray)
* Animate International (DVD)

### English Complete Edition

**Release Date:** 2021/11/30

**Language:** Japanese voiceover, English voiceover, English subtitles

**Contents:** 2x Discs (in a regular keep case), special content (three versions of textless opening song, two versions of textless ending song, a special message from the Japanese cast, commercials)

**Episodes:**

Episodes 1-13 (all)

* Crunchyroll Shop (Blu-ray)
* Amazon (Blu-ray)