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Jan 10, 2017 10:15 AM
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This looked a bit strange but it was somewhat funny with the characters behaving like that.
Still i wonder how that boy got there and where will the girls lead him.
Seeing as the girl had no clue what he was.
Jan 10, 2017 11:36 AM
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I thought that this was going to be a short Nyanko Days style, but I don't think that I will really be in the mood for a long TV series about this, shame.
Jan 10, 2017 11:39 AM
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Whew i dunno about this i started it, so I will finish it... but the CG is terrible the story is meh. all around its pretty bad
Jan 10, 2017 11:55 AM
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Well, yeah the technical quality is pretty bad, animation and you can hear the seiyuu aren't really that great^^
But for some reason, it still has its charm.

So I will definitely keep watching it and see what they can do.
It's not THAT bad!

BY THE WAY!!
I was confused, the main character was referred to "she" in the subtitles. I thought from appearance that this was a young boy!?
Jan 10, 2017 11:58 AM
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just how did the director convinced whoever in charge for TV broadcast to air this shit? FOR 24 MINUTES?

holy hell
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Jan 10, 2017 12:05 PM
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GangsterCat said:
just how did the director convinced whoever in charge for TV broadcast to air this shit? FOR 24 MINUTES?

holy hell


I'm sure this was paid for before the phone game was cancelled, otherwise there would have been no reason to release this... xD
Jan 10, 2017 12:10 PM
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It was beautiful except for the characters being 3D.

Also it's like they're doing stuff but nothing is going on.

I expected this to be a short series, but with a normal length series it's just not going to work.
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Jan 10, 2017 12:14 PM
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Everything now is moe shit. Compare this pile of manure to Damekko Doubutsu, an older series about "human animals". It's like comparing a fucking Lada to a SLS AMG.
Jan 10, 2017 12:20 PM
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War-yun said:
Everything now is moe shit. Compare this pile of manure to Damekko Doubutsu, an older series about "human animals". It's like comparing a fucking Lada to a SLS AMG.
i guess only western companies can make actual good animal animation show


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Jan 10, 2017 12:24 PM

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GangsterCat said:
War-yun said:
Everything now is moe shit. Compare this pile of manure to Damekko Doubutsu, an older series about "human animals". It's like comparing a fucking Lada to a SLS AMG.
i guess only western companies can make actual good animal animation show



Not sure if that's sarcasm, or you're serious.
I assume it's the former, and I'll assume you're a cheeky wanker.
Jan 10, 2017 12:40 PM

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I just... what am I doing with my life...
Jan 10, 2017 12:59 PM

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This episode felt really slow. It was tough to watch because of the bad CG. I just wanted it to end. The mouth movements are really weird.
Jan 10, 2017 1:41 PM
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Wow. I am almost speechless after witnessing that.

Note to production studio: you can't just lean on a discounted animation pack from the unity asset store to make your shitty 3D anime.

That scene of the cheetah(?) girl chasing the human through the field was reminiscent of when I screwed up a mod install in Skyrim, and got chased by a "hovering" bear stuck in a T-pose. Only the anime was less convincing. xD what garbage...
Jan 10, 2017 2:23 PM

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I knew this was gonna look ugly as hell but I decided to give a try anyway... mistakes were made. Dropped.
Jan 10, 2017 2:33 PM

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So, I actually watched the first episode out of curiosity, and I can already see the tragedy. It will get negative reviews and ratings below 5/10 from the people who shouldn't (probably) even watch this kind of a childish anime.

Inexperienced staff + low budget = Kemono Friends.

Oh yes, to any adult person it looks bad. However, it's like saying "you suck at walking" to the guy who just stood up from a wheelchair for the first time. Who knows, maybe in 5 years this studio will be able to make something really good. Or maybe not.
Jan 10, 2017 3:36 PM

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Well...that definitely wasn't good.

Probably the most uncomfortable stuff to watch was the bouncing around on top of the ground. Like floating over a painting.

Might have been best as a short. In the end though...maybe it will appeal to kids? Though that is kind of selling kids short in terms of appreciating decent visuals.
Jan 10, 2017 3:39 PM

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Wow, this was almost as bad as that Fairy Forest Five show
Jan 10, 2017 5:23 PM

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Too damn long. And literally looks like a early 2000's Playstation game. I'll watch it cause why not but I doubt it'll be anything groundbreaking.
Jan 10, 2017 6:39 PM

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I dropped it at first, but now I've decided to give it the four episode rule to see if it gets funnier.
Jan 10, 2017 7:04 PM

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ILMAO, wtf is this shit.
Jan 10, 2017 9:08 PM

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Oh my god it was a 24 minutes episode. How can this air for 24 minutes HOW

Jan 10, 2017 9:42 PM

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Okay, it looks low-budget (in particular, it's hard to tell who's talking at the moment because they forget to animate mouth flaps), but it's really cute.
Nice touch in showing human advantages too.

39dearMIKU said:
BY THE WAY!!
I was confused, the main character was referred to "she" in the subtitles. I thought from appearance that this was a young boy!?

I assume she is a girl. Well, at his/her age it does not really matter.
The original language does not seem to use any gendered words to refer to Bag-chan.
Jan 10, 2017 9:45 PM

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Despite people talking about it's bad CG, it surely have some fun story. Anime for "refreshing" of the season. Definitely watching it until the end. :)
And here I thought it will be just some ordinary adventure at the safari park, and then some "alien" showed up. Does Bag-chan and Serval never know about "human"? And Hiipo-chan, I totally believe she's a sadistic-type person. LOL
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Jan 10, 2017 11:18 PM

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well that was weird
Jan 10, 2017 11:59 PM
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Aelyn said:
So, I actually watched the first episode out of curiosity, and I can already see the tragedy. It will get negative reviews and ratings below 5/10 from the people who shouldn't (probably) even watch this kind of a childish anime.

Inexperienced staff + low budget = Kemono Friends.

Oh yes, to any adult person it looks bad. However, it's like saying "you suck at walking" to the guy who just stood up from a wheelchair for the first time. Who knows, maybe in 5 years this studio will be able to make something really good. Or maybe not.
Pretty much this. It's a kid's show, best suited for 4-6 year olds. Grown ups need not apply. Only reason I watched it was because I'm a parent.

Yes, the animation isn't great. Still, not the worst I've seen by a long shot. Character designs were well done and quite cute. If my kid were still of an age to watch this, I can see her wanting plushies of all the different Friends. And honestly, I wouldn't mind going broke stuffing my house full of adorable.

As a kid's show, this is pretty basic. Would like to see more substance as it progresses. Doesn't need to go super deep, but it needs more than what it's got right now. If the team can polish up the writing and animation as they progress, they'll do well. All in all, not a bad first outing for a new studio. Hopefully they can learn from this and find success in later projects. There's promise here.
Jan 11, 2017 3:50 AM

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Despite the art and animation, I thought it was a cute show. There are certainly much worse anime this season than this one.
Jan 11, 2017 6:12 AM

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unwatchable cgi nonsense
Jan 11, 2017 9:52 AM

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The setting is unique and I liked the characters.

It was fun. Watching this even though the CG animation is awful.
Jan 11, 2017 10:45 AM

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Considering it is a children's anime, this Anime seemed to me entertaining and curious, at least not as boring as Idol Jihen. Let's see how it goes...



Jan 11, 2017 3:49 PM

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Missing:
☒Large boobs
☒Excesive fan service
☒Edgy characters

Cannot be seen.

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Jan 11, 2017 5:09 PM

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WOW NOW I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WOULD BE THIS MUCH CG. And it ain't even the good kind or the slightly cute kind. It's far from the good kind, and it's the FULL 24 MINUTES, and that is not something I can handle, not with this style. Oh god this hurt me. This hurt me on a mental and physical level. I knew it was only a matter of time before I ran into a bad anime this season, but oh god I was not expecting this. Even the voice acting hurt to listen too, though that's probably only because of the anime itself, not necessarily the voice actors faults there, they don't sound experienced, but it's more like adding fuel to the fire here. Anyway, the bad hit hard as heck all at once and no amount of preparation could have gotten me ready to handle this.

There wasn't a single enjoyable thing in this 24 minute series. The worse part about this was that I forced myself to watch the full episode before judging it just in case things changed. Things never changed. This is literally the worst thing I have ever watched, I have never been so disappointed and offended by furries before, I couldn't even enjoy the meows. I can't do this, I just can't. AND I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A KIDS SHOW OR NOT. That is no reason for this massive lack of quality, for 24 minutes.

God dang it I can't wait to watch Kono Suba and Kobayashi-san to make up for this mess.
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Jan 12, 2017 12:22 AM
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the background looks fantastic, the CG modeler looks decent but the animation are terrible! i've been waiting this anime for several months especially after the game itself get taken down by the company last month. at first i was expecting for short anime like tesagure but i dunno why the decide to make a full-leght animation with that no-name studio. everything is floaty and the move are really-really bad.
but i'm still gonna watch it till the end, i hope they fix a lot thing in next episode

** Edit: fuck Kadokawa, i can't believe they running this anime.
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Jan 12, 2017 8:51 AM

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This show is clearly aimed at the younger children, i can imagine this show being great for 4-10 year olds. Bright colors and simple cute animation, perfect fit 4the younger :)

Need to add 'Genres: Kids' tag imo.
Jan 12, 2017 9:25 AM

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Unwatchable garbage.
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Considering it is a children's anime, this Anime seemed to me entertaining and curious,

MrFalkers said:
This show is clearly aimed at the younger children, i can imagine this show being great for 4-10 year olds. Bright colors and simple cute animation, perfect fit 4the younger :)

Need to add 'Genres: Kids' tag imo.

Children anime don't air at 1AM
Jan 12, 2017 8:38 PM

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MrFalkers said:
This show is clearly aimed at the younger children, i can imagine this show being great for 4-10 year olds. Bright colors and simple cute animation, perfect fit 4the younger :)
Need to add 'Genres: Kids' tag imo.

Agree. For that age group it seems perfect.

bastek66 said:

Children anime don't air at 1AM

But it does really seem like it's aimed at children with all the teaching in the dialogue.
Jan 13, 2017 2:14 AM

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bastek66 said:

Children anime don't air at 1AM

But it does really seem like it's aimed at children with all the teaching in the dialogue.

Children, manchildren, what's the difference?
Jan 14, 2017 2:09 AM

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bastek66 said:
Unwatchable garbage.
MaximoHentaisama said:
Considering it is a children's anime, this Anime seemed to me entertaining and curious,

MrFalkers said:
This show is clearly aimed at the younger children, i can imagine this show being great for 4-10 year olds. Bright colors and simple cute animation, perfect fit 4the younger :)

Need to add 'Genres: Kids' tag imo.

Children anime don't air at 1AM


Please tell me it's the same channel as Hand Shakers. They could call it the Get Drunk and Cry Power Hour
Jan 14, 2017 3:51 PM

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Red_Ranger_Wien said:
bastek66 said:
Unwatchable garbage.


Children anime don't air at 1AM


Please tell me it's the same channel as Hand Shakers. They could call it the Get Drunk and Cry Power Hour

Late night anime airs usually on multiple channels.
Jan 20, 2017 1:18 AM

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I thought the title was Kemonono Souljaboy Erin...but its NOT! -okay this is shitpost
i pity Kaban, Serval doesn't even realised that she's exhausted already!
2/5.


Jan 20, 2017 3:22 AM
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cg shading & design were fine, tho some lines, art & motion were ugly messy. Bg art & music nice tho. Noob vas sound like two retards asking about a library, they got better later on tho.
Should've been 7-12min. More educational or events could help. Maybe better than naria girls, but full length is ridiculous considering low budget for a cancelled game.
Hippo cool design but doesnt fit at all, stay in tron or somethin.
Penguins designs look fun
Jan 23, 2017 8:06 AM

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GangsterCat said:
War-yun said:
Everything now is moe shit. Compare this pile of manure to Damekko Doubutsu, an older series about "human animals". It's like comparing a fucking Lada to a SLS AMG.
i guess only western companies can make actual good animal animation show

I know some good animal anime:
https://myanimelist.net/anime/2934/Shiawase_Sou_no_Okojo-san
https://myanimelist.net/anime/4286/Bonobono_TV
https://myanimelist.net/anime/3638/Kaiketsu_Zorori
Jan 30, 2017 6:19 PM
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I can't even begin one episode in and I'm feeling like it's run way to long. The animation is aweful and so far the story feels like a rip off of some famous movies jumbled together. The characters aren't even that interesting they all seem like I'm this animal and that's all I'm about.
Feb 22, 2017 4:14 AM

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This is Utawarerumono, right?

No, the similarities are only skin-deep.
But if you liked Utawarerumono for its animal-eared girls, you might like this one too.
Feb 22, 2017 11:00 AM

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So this is the power of Kemono Friends, I feel enlightened.

Feb 22, 2017 12:52 PM

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S-Word said:
flannan said:

No, the similarities are only skin-deep.
But if you liked Utawarerumono for its animal-eared girls, you might like this one too.

Human character with amnesia wakes up to find themselves in a world where only animal-eared people exist.
Looks like Utawarerumono to me. Looking forward to the twist at the end.

Feb 22, 2017 1:32 PM

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S-Word said:
flannan said:


I guess you haven't played Futari no Hakuoro yet. It becomes a plot point in that game. Then again, I don't know how much I'd trust the new games over the original.

I did not. They weren't even released for PC, to say nothing of being translated into any language I know enough to play such a game.
Feb 22, 2017 3:58 PM

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The worst thing I saw in my life, This goes for discovery kids xD
Mar 1, 2017 5:47 AM

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Pretty weird as anime series, but I was curious to look after all the fuss that has caused these anime. As I always said, I hate the CG, imagine if I can appreciate this one, though the characters are cute, though not know them at all. Still amazes me that the length of an episode, is similar to the standard, even I imagined was a maximum of five minutes, the duration of each episode.
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Mar 1, 2017 9:11 PM
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I watched this first episode because I kept seeing reactions images everywhere. I don't think I've ever seen anything more low budget then this in my entire life. For some reason I'm compelled to keep watching it even though I hate it, but my laziness will probably cause me to never bother watching another episode.
Mar 12, 2017 11:02 PM

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Damn, this was actually really cute and charming.
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