I hate this anime. It was doing so good, and then in the final few episodes it just got so stupid and illogical. I do not know why such a logically broken anime has such a high score. Is it because of cute animals? I don't know, but the ending was just frickin' dumb.
WARNING: MAJOR STORY SPOILERS AHEAD.
The anime started off well and was a bit surprising. I went into this thinking it was a comedy, but it's a drama. There's a little humor, but mostly it's a serious anime that imagines what the relationship between carnivores and herbivores would be if
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they had a human society. In the midst of this, the likable MC, Legoshi, falls for a rabbit, Haru, basically because she talked to him once in a greenhouse. Even though he tried to eat her the first time they met. This is the first logic break, because he's apparently attracted to her forward and outgoing nature, when everyone around him seems to be outgoing and he's the only introvert in the show.
But, you can ignore this logic flaw and still get into a pretty bizarre, but definitely good story. Legosi struggles to define his feelings for Haru, while struggling to contain his own predatory nature. There's a bit of a love triangle going on with Legoshi, Haru and Louis. Louis is a very irritating and overconfident deer, who is tapped to be the Beastar, which, I'm still not quite sure what it is, but it has some kind of power over society or something. Because Haru is a rabbit who feels like she's weak, she sleeps with everything that moves. (Screw like rabbits. hardy har har, I guess.) She slept with Louis because of this and tried to sleep with Legoshi, because she'll sleep with anyone who wants it. This triangle with Louis, Legoshi and Haru provides some intrigue. Through this situation, you wonder if the anime might take a dark turn due to jealousy. I watched every episode wondering how this was going to go south, especially once the second grey wolf, Juno enters the anime, who has a thing for Legoshi. It really seemed like it might go the "School Days" route, because Legoshi could just eat Louis and Haru if he wants to and he seems psycho enough to do it. Or, Juno could eat Haru, or something. The wolves were kinda nuts.
But, just as this love square seems to hit a crescendo, between predators and prey, BOOM, they throw a completely stupid curve ball at you that destroys the story. Haru the Rabbit, is suddenly kidnapped by a group of lions who plan to feed her to their boss. (Which, BTW, the lions should've been females, they're the hunters. Males don't hunt for other males.) But, this is when it gets incredibly stupid.
What was a weird, animal, high-school, romance drama, suddenly turns into Die Hard, as Legoshi goes all Bruce Willis (Complete with the wife beater and broken glass) to rescue the rabbit. And with only a crossbow wielding Panda by his side, he somehow defeats THIRTY-FIVE LIONS. A wolf beating one lion is stupid. A wolf beating 35 lions? Come on, man.
The entire world's lore broke with these ridiculous episodes. The chief world breaking issue is the fact that suddenly, the lions have guns and the panda has a crossbow. Now, this entire world is based upon that idea that strong carnivores are a massive threat to helpless herbivores. But, if there are GUNS then why the hell are the herbivores so scary and helpless? SHOOT people who try to eat you. The playing field is level with guns, so the whole concept of the society falls apart and becomes senseless.
So many logic breaks happen after this. Just, so many. The Leo Group (The lions) are supposed to be terrifyingly powerful, but are easily beaten by two people. The Leo Group goes through all the trouble of kidnapping a tiny rabbit for the boss to eat, and they let her live like ALL NIGHT LONG. I mean, I get felines play with their food, but, seriously... The kicker, is after Legoshi is done doing his Bruce Willis thing, Louis shows up and kills the boss and then gives himself up to be eaten to two other armed lions while laughing like a nutcase. And it is barely mentioned. Louis was not a minor character, and his role in the anime was supposed to be extremely important, like a MLK bridging the gap between carnivores and herbivores. (Still not sure how). He disappears, and it might be mentioned 3-4 times by others. You'd think the whole city would freak out, but, nah...they're good.
But, the biggest plot hole in no one seeming to care? Is that of everyone who doesn't really care, it is Haru herself who seems to care the least. As she does not mention Louis again even once after he disappears. Rabbit thot is all about Legoshi now, like she never knew a deer named Louis. She was supposed to love him. That was established many times in the anime. But, I guess Legoshi was so manly in his Bruce Willis tee, she just completely forgot all about Louis.
I can't even explain all of the logic gaps this anime contained. Why is it unnatural for a rabbit to bang a wolf, but it's natural for it to bang deer, foxes, dogs and whatever the hell else Haru slept with? And why the hell do animals with keen senses of smell not know how to find people unless its convenient to the plot? What the hell happened to the Panda after the miracle fight? Did he just leave Legoshi to fight the boss? Is he dead in a pool of his own blood? Why the hell would he even follow a guy he had one conversation with to fight the most feared Mafia in the city? Why is a student from a love-story suddenly fighting a mafia anyway? Why does smelling scents make Legoshi stronger than frickin' lions? I don't know...
Then we get to the ending. The non-ending. The no reason at all for it to be a non-ending, ending, but is a non-ending ending, anyway.
After rescuing her, Haru is prepared to slut out for Legoshi a second time, but then her "instincts" make her jump into his mouth to try and be eaten by him, instead. I'd like to know what kind of animal instinct this is, that causes prey to jump into the mouth of their predators? I've never seen it in the wild, and I love nature documentaries. I was completely unaware that animals developed instincts to jump into predator's mouths, when they get horny. Just a completely dumb reason for them to not have sex. Especially dumb when you consider this rabbit has slept with dogs and foxes, who also hunt rabbits. No mouth jumping there?
After the awkward "I want to make love to you but my body told me to commit suicide, instead" scene, we flash forward to the festival, where Legoshi tells Haru he loves her again and she runs away (Even though she just tried to screw him less than 24 hours ago) which causes Legoshi to chase her to the mandatory "hill overlooking the city" scene, where he tells her AGAIN that he loves her, like it's the first time. And then, even though she tried to bone him TWICE, even though she said she can't live without him now, they DON'T get together. Instead, Legoshi says he'll become stronger for Haru so he can overcome his instincts and society that says they shouldn't be together. And what a specifically racist society. Only wolves and rabbits can't hook up. Rabbits and deer are fine. We can even have inter-species love hotels. But, no rabbits and wolves! Bigots.
Her response to Legoshi's declaration of becoming strong enough to apparently not have the instincts of a wolf, is "I'll wait." (Although she had no interest in waiting yesterday.) Why? Why are we waiting? Is he NOT going to be a wolf at some point? Hasn't he already NOT eaten her many times? And seeing how she jumped into his mouth and he still didn't eat her, shouldn't he be waiting for her not to be the world's dumbest rabbit?
This anime teaches us all an important lesson: If you're going to get drunk, do it after you finish episode 12, not episode 9.
Alternative Titles
Japanese: BEASTARS
Information
Type:
TV
Episodes:
12
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Oct 10, 2019 to Dec 26, 2019
Premiered:
Fall 2019
Broadcast:
Thursdays at 00:55 (JST)
Producers:
Movic, Fuji TV, Bandai, Toho, BS Fuji, TOHO animation, Q-Tec, Akita Shoten, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Bandai Spirits, Toho Music
Licensors:
None found, add some
Studios:
Orange
Source:
Manga
Demographic:
Shounen
Duration:
22 min. per ep.
Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Statistics
Ranked:
#8402
2
based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity:
#205
Members:
808,519
Favorites:
9,414
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Your Feelings Categories Dec 31, 2019
I hate this anime. It was doing so good, and then in the final few episodes it just got so stupid and illogical. I do not know why such a logically broken anime has such a high score. Is it because of cute animals? I don't know, but the ending was just frickin' dumb.
WARNING: MAJOR STORY SPOILERS AHEAD. The anime started off well and was a bit surprising. I went into this thinking it was a comedy, but it's a drama. There's a little humor, but mostly it's a serious anime that imagines what the relationship between carnivores and herbivores would be if ... Dec 25, 2019
Beastars is an anime about prejudices, self-discovery and life under idealistic totalitarian rule where carnivores and herbivores supposedly dwell in harmony, and all of this takes place in a certain school's drama club. Everyone is already acting and then they try and act some more.
**Before we continue, in case you lean to the right side and consider yourself red-pilled, you most likely are at least on some level avoiding this anime like plague. I had my fair share of skepticism before going in, but I conclude this series is not driven by any pre-set political agenda. Social commentary exists, you can take it as ... Dec 25, 2019
“Ewww….this animation is gross.” — a naive Krunchyman
Coming into Beastars, I was a bit skeptical. That’s because I saw the 3D animation and immediately thought of Berserk 2016. Granted, the previews for Beastars were enough to convince me otherwise, but I was still leery. It’s not say that 3D aesthetics are terrible in general, but an artistic essence, if you will, seems noticeably absent — as compared to 2D aesthetics — making the 3D visuals seem a bit lifeless. Also, Japanese artists (unlike Western artists), draw 2D characters, which makes the conversion process to 3D look unnatural and wonky. Furthermore, ... Dec 25, 2019
This show is so fucking good. The characters are great and the story is oddly dark.
There are many anime with animal characters like Aggretsuko. But none of those anime inspect the food portion of the world. What do they eat? In this universe Carnivores and Herbivores live in peace. Only problem is that carnivores crave meat but they need to eat the same food as herbivores. Sometimes their carnivore instincts take over and they eat a herbivore. They also have somewhat of a clever solution for this problem and it is THE BLACK MARKET. There you can buy meat. But it will have side effects. There ... Dec 31, 2019
Duo to everyone hyping this anime I decided to check it out. And, oh boy was it bad.
Story: Basicaly revolves around the relationships between carnivores and herbivores, their desires, instincts..etc. It's a nice premise with nice worldbulding but it lacks one major thing. Decent/likeable characters. Art It's just atrocious. There is literally nothing more to say. Even tho it was better than average CGI used in anime, it's still bad. Very bad. ... Dec 26, 2019
Spoiler warning: I will speak on certain spoilers about the story, so therefore I would recommend you to watch the show before you read this review. I also would like to encourage the reader to not blindly follow my or anyone else their opinions. I believe that my opinion is neither correct nor incorrect. I apologise in advance for any grammar or vocabulary mistakes as English is not my native language.
After reading some other reviews on MAL, the overall conclusion seems to be that Beastars is one of the best anime’s this season has offered. I dare to disagree with this as Beastars turned out ... Jan 7, 2020
Beastars wasn't my very favorite anime of 2019, but it was certainly one of the most memorable. It's the kind of show one would imagine would be divisive but...not really it turns out. Beastars is near universally beloved here on MAL, so I feel like I'm being a complete edgelord by only giving it a 6. This wasn't my intent though! I actually love a lot of things this show did. However, I ended up with mixed feelings overall.
Beastars is adapted from an ongoing manga by Paru Itagaki. She's the daughter of famous mangaka Keisuke Itagaki and started publishing the manga when she was only ... Dec 25, 2019
Beastars, a show that transcends the logic of nature in the animal kingdom. From a world where social anxiety is the common norm and characters are portrayed as non-humans, we have ourselves a show that is about more than just animals. Living in this time era and adapting like survival of the fittest, Beastars embodies a story of a beast who strives to be who he is but faces against his personal demons in an imperfect world.
Paru Itagaki’s manga identifies itself as a drama and sell it in a complex labyrinth of feelings. Someone such as Legosi adapts a reflective personality, where he spends his ... Jan 10, 2020
The dark horse enters the scarlet stage, illuminated by the crimson moon. With mask in hand, he embraces the carmine spotlight. Tied down to two stigmas, he was limited in his audience, but his performance made him shine like few others. The drama, the passion, the presentation, all marvelously shown as he proudly rose beyond almost everything else this year.
This struggle and scenario somewhat mirrors that of Louis, one of Beastars’ greatest characters. He’s a prideful, somewhat prejudicial deer who has put the world on his back. He refuses to be seen as weaker than carnivores simply because he’s a herbivore, so he fights back ... Dec 25, 2019
First things first - Beastars isn't a furry anime. Beastars is a modern fable. Even if you hate furries, you might still perfectly well enjoy this series. Source: me, someone who doesn't like the furry culture at all.
Short version in case you don't want to read the whole review: imagine zootopia, but with with complex characters and plot meant for adult audience. The longer version: Beastars is a character-driven drama. And boy are the characters great. Their thoughts, their actions, their interatcions with the world and other characters and the diverse cast of characters with various personalities all together make amazingly believable world. As ironic as it ... Nov 28, 2019
I had heard so much about the manga of Beastars but some of my friends said that its a series for a furry fetish person so I concluded that its only great for its fetish component but now as I am watching it its really much more that just a furry fetish or a animal love story but pretty good depiction of the plot it choose to follow.
The protagonist have classic problem of being a odd one out and not be able to fit and loving different things/*species*. I know story seems ... Jun 5, 2020
Preface
The lights in the theater breathe back to life and the mobs of slobbering children begin to surge out of their seats, spilling into the exit lanes with reckless abandon. Still sitting betwixt the undulating streams of moviegoers, you stare vacantly at Zootopia's credits as they crawl up the screen, paralyzed in a state of sheer misery. With Kesha's abominable music roaring through the now-empty theater, you slump down into your seat, crushed under the weight of your own dejection. Alone amid the maelstrom of scattered popcorn and nondescript viscera, you wonder if you should just end it all right here and now. In truth, ... Dec 7, 2019
I was hesitant start this series but watching the first 2 minutes of Chibi Reviews video on Beastars I knew I had to give it a go.
If you are scared by the use of CG you should be... but don't worry it definitely threw me off a bit at the start and although it is not perfect the more I watched the more the art style grew on me with it allowing for a new range of motions that I hadn't seen before. I start watching after ep 9 had been released and thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon of watching the story unfold. If you are ... May 4, 2020
It's furry fanservice, the romance is cancer, they're the most toxic kind of relationship I've ever seen, one is a carnivorous wolf that has the instinct to eat meat, and the female rabbit is a whore who in the last episodes, she lets herself to be eating... because apparently, that's her instinct. The anime gives you a lot of reasons why this relationship is garbage, and the anime is constantly trying so desperately to make it work, and even worse, it's trying so hard to make you believe this is okay.
The world-building is lazy, the police forces, or any kind of government power, hardly has ... May 6, 2020
Where to start...This anime is...Shitty to say the least. I, as a furry, hated it. I was hoping I'd like it and I was excited to watch it so I could cosplay it but, I was severely disappointed. The story and plot had nothing going for it and it's all very predictable. The art style was trying to be 3D and 2D at the same time and trust me, it wasn't anywhere near good. I didn't feel attachment to any of the main characters (Honestly my girlfriend and I were hoping for Juno to eat Haru). The only good part of it was the beautiful
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Dec 8, 2019
Entering into the Fall 2019 season of anime, the majority of anime fans quickly passed Beastars off as an inconsequential show that would only pander to the furry fandom. This idea was only reinforced when it was revealed when the use of CGI would be used in the production of the show. So I, like many others, tuned in to the first couple of episodes to confirm our biases and to ridicule the show for what we thought it would be, only to be pleasantly surprised by the quality and depth the show provided. This pleasant surprise quickly turned into adoration for me at least
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Jul 12, 2020
“I’m beginning to understand it now, the reason I was born a wolf.” – Legoshi
At its core this anime is relatively simple; however, the way in which the show presents this world of anthropomorphic animals sets up a number of thematic elements that can be interpreted in many different ways, and I think that's the key to good storytelling. Beastars creates a societal structure that's somewhat similar to our own society yet also fundamentally different. As a recently graduated Political Science & Geography student, my interpretation of Beastars and its ties to our own world is as follows: In our society, biological determinism has deeply negative ... Dec 25, 2019
Beastars setting is that of a world in which anthropomorphic animals, both carnivore and herbivore, live amongst each other in a society closely resembling our own. In that sense, it has essentially the same premise as Disney's Zootopia.
Where Zootopia used its setting as a direct allegory for real-world race relations, however, that metaphor starts to fall apart if you take a moment to consider the implications of it. As such, Zootopia is a movie that uses its premise only for surface-level allegory and aesthetics - it's not something that wants you to think too hard about any of the fucked-up implications of its setting. I mention ... Dec 25, 2019
Note: English is not my native language, I apologize for possible mistakes.
At first I didn't expect much from this series, personally I had not heard about this manga before and firstly, unlike most, what caught my attention was that it would be done at CGI for nothing less than the Orange studio in charge to do Houseki no Kuni in 2017, so I expected something really good in this point and I am not disappointed. The story takes place in a world dominated by anthropomorphic animals, both carnivorous, as herbivores, aquatic, terrestrial creatures and all the problems that this implies, with a main question What do ... Aug 6, 2020
This show... Was overrated. I don't know who exactly is driving the bandwagon out for this anime, possibly furries? lol, but I was disappointed as all heck when it never delivered. Honestly I'm more than disappointed that this show is already getting a second season when great anime out there that Beastars can't even compete with get passed over. We all know I'm right. I think that most people like this show because of the hype and wagon mentality more than anything. I am an easy person to please, I love anime and literally have watched hundreds. Out of all of them there are not
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