Are you obsessed with the hit anime show, Bungo Stray Dogs? I am too! Join this weekly class where you can meet some new friends and share your love of everything BSD.

Each week will have a theme where we focus on a BSD character. Since all of the major characters in the show are fashioned after real authors and artists, we have the opportunity to dive deep into the historical significance of the many Japanese, American and European authors featured in the show. 

Our class time breakdown is as follows: 

- Introductions: tell us about yourself! What do you love about the show and who are your favorite characters? Do you have any theories about future episodes?
- Presentation: learn about the featured character of the week and discuss how their superpowers are related to their "IRL" works and history. 
- Review/Workshop: the class will review what we have learned with a fun quiz or project. Quizzes are completed on-screen using Kahoot! or Nearpod. Additionally, our discussions usually inspire some creative outlet, whether that is fan fiction, fan art, etc. We may also use Canva to design book covers, anime scenes, stickers and more.

Here are our weekly character highlights: 

Week of August 5: Osamu Dasai
Week of August 12: Atsushi Nakajima
Week of August 19: Doppo Kunikida 
Week of August 26: Akiko Yosano

Week of September 2: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Week of September 9: Ranpo Edogawa & Edgar Allen Poe
Week of September 16: Kyōka Izumi
Week of September 23: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Week of September 30: F. Scott Fitzgerald 

Week of October 7: Chūya Nakahara
Week of October 14: H.P. Lovecraft & John Steinbeck
Week of October 21: VACATION
Week of October 28: Yukichi Fukuzawa
Week of November 4: Lucy M. Montgomery & Margaret Mitchell
Week  of November 11: Kenji Miyazawa
Week of November 18: Luisa May Alcott & Nathaniel Hawthorne 
Week November 25: Bram Stoker & Nikolai Gogol
Week of December 2: The Hunting Dogs

Week of December 9: Ichiyō Higuchi and Black Lizard (Hirotsu, Gin, Q, Oda, Kajii)
Week of December 16: Ōgai Mori & Elise
Week 4: NO CLASS (U.S. Holiday)


NOTE: If you have not completed the full series of BSD, please be aware that there will be spoilers! You might wish to complete watching the full series or reading the mange prior to attending.

This is an ongoing class that can be attended weekly. Our class themes are always flexible and allow plenty of discussion and sharing. Each session is designed to inspire learners to read and learn about classic literature outside of class time, giving them even more interesting facts to share about the characters and storyline. 

I'm looking forward to meeting fellow anime fans in class!