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:
#7452
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Popularity:
#210
Members:
726,816
Favorites:
8,875
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**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 read more
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 read more
SPOILER FREE I've read most of the reviews here and I still can't figure out why is everyone giving this anime so high score.. No offense, but the only people who can enjoy this series are probably the furry-fans (If you consider that the characters look a lot like furry mascots) or those who have limited/zero experience in decent/unique movies. Anyway, let's get right into it. - Characters (1) What can I say? The personas are your typical anime characters and the limited kind of qualifications they have are unreasonable and created just for the sake of the story. The three main "heroes" are as such: 1. Legosi read more
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, read more
However, if there was a civilized world for animals, would carnivores and herbivores be able to live peacefully? Would a carnivore be able to resist its natural instincts and the temptation of tasting the flesh of others, especially that of a herbivore while being in the same room? Does a lion or a wolf let a deer or a zebra go without tearing it apart? Well, in the world of Beastars, this happens. read more
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 read more
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. Character: Now, like I said before, there is no likeable characters. We have Legoshi, aka soy boy wolf who's more than annoying with all the overthinking he does. Definiton of soy boy. Weak. Afraid of anything. Can't even read more
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 read more
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 read more
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 read more
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 read more
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 read more
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, read more
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 read more
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 read more
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 read more
The world-building is lazy, the police forces, or any kind of government power, hardly has read more
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 read more
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