6 novel volumes to be covered in anime from

The February issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine is announcing the cast and staff for the "second season" arc of the Monogatari series, titled Monogatari Series Second Season , on Thursday. The series will cover the material from six volumes of the original light novel series in two cours or half a year, as previously planned. The anime will begin airing in Japan this July.

The staff is as follows:

Director: Akiyuki Shinbo

Series Script Supervisor: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo

Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Akio Watanabe

Music: Satoru Kousaki

Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka

Animation Production: SHAFT

The cast remains unchanged from Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari:

Hiroshi Kamiya as Koyomi Araragi

Chiwa Saito as Hitagi Senjougahara

Emiri Katō as Mayoi Hachikuji

Eri Kitamura as Karen Araragi

Kana Hanazawa as Nadeko Sengoku

Miyuki Sawashiro as Suruga Kanbaru

Takahiro Sakurai as Meme Oshino

Yui Horie as Tsubasa Hanekawa

Yuka Iguchi as Tsukihi Araragi

Maaya Sakamoto as Shinobu Oshino

The anime adaptation of Nekomonogatari (Black) , the last book in the "First Season," premiered last month.

[Via Yaraon!]