Nekomonogatari is near, yet pre-release imagery is here – everyone definitely looks younger in this prequel than we’ve seen them in past works, and it certainly looks Shuraragi and crew are a lot less experienced.
Going from the top, above we have the loli from her days of no speech – her appearance is certainly not as feisty as it was in Nisemonogatari, although contrary to Nisemonogatari, she appears infuriated here. Moving below, we have Hanekawa who unlike the rest of the crew, strikes as much more familiar in appearance – short hair just doesn’t go well with her style, or at least the facade of personality we know. One of Nekomonogatari’s most fascinating aspects is it will explore the true Hanekawa, hinted at since Bakemonogatari – but not touched until now.
One down, it’s Koyomi-oneechan, and while he may physically appear the same, he’s anything but – in Nisemonogatari, he’s a saint in the making, but as Nekomonogatari takes place before even Bakemonogatari, his knowledge is sure to be little over null in regards to dealing with the supernatural.
Besides the highly dynamic hair styles, the imoutos appear intact as they were in Nisemonogatari – although they too, like their onii-chan Shurararagi-kun, are still much naive here. Onto the second image of Shinobu, her curled up state, it’s quite a gracious gift that the whole line of “-monogatari” will be animated as we definitely all wish to learn the story behind this troubled loli.
Next up is Hawaii, and the strange aspect about him is that odd as he may appear, he has such a level of confidence, one just doesn’t feel like knowing more about him since he seems so assured of himself. Not an air of arrogance, but an awareness of placement in regards to himself and others.
And lastly, we have neko-tan. There’s actually no need to question anything about her just yet as we’re sure to be seeing a lot of her, and given that she’s in her underwear, quite literally at that. It’s going to be quite a wonderful round of Monogatari in this upcoming Nekomonogatari.
Dec 27, 2012 @ 20:12 CDT
Thank go they brought back Hanekawa’s braids. That short hair didn’t suit her a all
Dec 27, 2012 @ 20:12 CDT
HOLY CRAP Shinobu look’s pissed as shit at pic 12, man i REALLY wana know who she is mad at =3
Dec 27, 2012 @ 20:20 CDT
Someone touched her beloved master.
Dec 27, 2012 @ 20:19 CDT
Since higurashi we don’t see a cast of protagonists so good as Monogatari.
Each of them has its own story and we probably will not be satisfied until we know everything about them.
I only hope for one thing this end of year: subbers, do not fuck with us again.
Dec 28, 2012 @ 0:35 CDT
No tsundere-chan, well a cat is fine to. And that cat is mighty fine indeed with her black under garments.
Dec 28, 2012 @ 1:40 CDT
I liked it when the imoutos had shorter hair.
Dec 28, 2012 @ 18:36 CDT
away with thee, tsukihi is mine……for the week.