Kizumonogatari is a Japanese anime film trilogy directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Tatsuya Oishi and produced by Shaft. Together, the films are an adaptation of the 2008 light novel of the same name, which is the second entry in the Monogatari series written by Nisio Isin and a prequel to the first, Bakemonogatari. The first film, Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu , was released in Japanese theaters on January 8, 2016. The second film, Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu , was released on August 19, 2016, and the third and the final film, Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu, was released on