Audience reviews
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SwirlK
This is my second time watching Beastars S1, and I still really like the world and its characters. I think Paru Itagaki did a really good job with the whole idea of herbivores and carnivores having to live together. The tension between them and all the rules around it make the world really interesting.
I also really like how different the story feels from most anime. The characters aren't perfect and they don't always make the best decisions, which makes them feel more believable to me.
People can hate on the animation all they want, but as someone who really loves traditional animation, I honestly don't think it's that bad. It has its own style, and I think it fits Beastars really well.
I can understand why some people wouldn't like it, but personally, I really enjoyed it and I think i…
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I feel ashamed that I avoided this for the longest time because it was known as the "weird furry anime" when that couldn't be further from the truth. Beastars uses its cast and world of animals as a vessel for talking about oppression in all forms from racism to sexism to ableism etc. Legoshi is a likable protagonist that doesn't fall into the mold of every other male MC and Haru is an incredibly complex character that people often misunderstand and take at face value. There are weird scenes, don't get me wrong, but the story is one like no other that is worth giving a chance.
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It was a good season and it was the first time where I got to watch an anime that doesn't depict actual humans, but rather anthropomorphic beings which was a very creative yet unexpected turn. Beastars to so many outsiders consider it a "furry anime" or get thrown off by the semi-3d animation, that was me initially, but as I became patient each episode and observed the characters and the plot, I was hooked!
I love the opening, Beastars puts so much time and effort into their openings, especially with the cute little stopmotion animation they did, and the music they used. The overall soundtrack of the anime was great, loved the jazz. The voice acting in the dub was also amazing as well, especially with Jonah Scott as Legoshi, he's my absolute favorite, you can tell that…
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Beastars Season One is set in a civilized society of animals where there is a noticeable divide between the carnivores and herbivores. We follow a wolf who battles his natural predator instincts throughout the season.
To start with the things I liked, I thought the 3D CGI integrated animation was great. It felt very fresh and unique, something I’ve never seen done before in an anime. I’ve heard complaints about the animation, and I agree it takes some getting used to, but once you do, you will probably appreciate it.
I also thought some characters were pretty good, not all though however. I thought some characters were underdeveloped like Bill as well as the drama club in general. They don’t really add to much to the other characters or story, Bill had potential in the beginning but felt…
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Beastars, in the beginning, has the potential to be a significant psychological drama and intense murder mystery. However, it quickly squanders such potential by focusing on school politics and prioritising the character dynamics over narrative momentum, which makes the plot drag on and meander. I wouldn’t have an issue with how it prioritises the narrative elements if the cast were actually interesting, but they’re all generally unlikable, and that would be okay except that they’re lacking in deep psychological realism and complexity.
There is some cool jungian stuff to the series, like Legoshi suppressing his shadow, the undesirable instincts that are embedded in his nature. His inner conflict between love and murder, and the meek social persona that he projects out into the world to c…
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WHAT??? A furry anime? Yuck.
That was exactly my reaction before starting Beastars, and maybe many people thought the same. But few works manage to break a first impression as completely as this one. What seems like just an "anime of anthropomorphic animals" quickly reveals itself to be a dense, mature narrative full of layers.
The premise, in itself, is already attention-grabbing: a world without humans, where animals have evolved and formed a complex society. But the central point isn't just this curious concept; it's the conflict between predators and prey. The series uses this division as a clear metaphor for real social issues, such as prejudice, inequality, and coexistence between groups with different natures.
The story follows Legoshi, an introspective and gentle wolf who lives…
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What is this? An anime for furries!?
The world of Beastars is inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Divided between the herbivores and carnivores.
It stars the Big Bad Wolf (Legoshi). But he's not that bad a wolf. Just timid and awkward.
However Wolf is getting hungry. And he is surrounded by such tasty morsels. Will he be able to suppress his nature?
He's on a hunt he's after you. Mouth is alive with juices like wine. And he's hungry like the wolf.
Its a fine anime. A bit of Romeo and Juliet. Beauty And The Beast. Maybe a bit of social commentary about discrimination.
But it isn't anything amazing.
The two main characters are likeable. You care about their struggle. The other side characters are just ok. Nothing special.
To be honest the fact that its anthropomorphic animals is t…
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I’ll be honest, I almost didn’t watch Beastars. I saw the it and thought, “yeah nahh dawg, this looks like it’s for furries.” But when I finally gave it a shot, I realized how wrong I was. This show hits way deeper than I ever expected. It’s not really about animals, it’s about people, about society, about how we deal with fear and love and the things we’re told to hide. The whole predator and prey hieracy is just basically how the real world works, different classes, expectations, people judging each other for things they can’t control.
Legoshi’s struggle with himself, trying to be good while fighting instincts he can’t fully escape. It’s like watching someone fight their own shadow. And Haru… man, her story broke me. She’s judged, the way people look at her, it’s such a raw reflection o…
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Beastars: La alegoría de la naturaleza humana
Beastars es una obra que, a primera vista, podría parecer una fantasía peculiar con animales antropomórficos, pero rápidamente se revela como un drama psicológico profundo y maduro. La historia se desarrolla en un mundo civilizado habitado por carnívoros y herbívoros que intentan coexistir. El protagonista es Legoshi, un lobo gris introvertido que lucha con sus instintos depredadores y sus complejos sentimientos hacia Haru, una pequeña conejita enana. Todo comienza con un misterioso asesinato en su escuela, lo que desata la tensión latente entre especies.
La mayor fortaleza de Beastars es su guion y su capacidad para usar el mundo animal como una poderosa alegoría de la sociedad humana. La serie explora con una sutileza y profundidad notables…
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Is It Love Or Is It Hunger?
Beastars Is what happens when you put animals in Japan, and give them human like intelligence.
But also the ability to reason. reason why to eat or not to eat, if it love, is it hunger, do I like them do I hate them, do I want to feel the sharp teeth on my neck, all of these things and all the psychological dilems they bring on. it is amazing.
One of the things that I am so happy about, is this is not an analogue for human Society. this is we put animals in human Society with all of their normal beastly desires, and see what happened. it is really interesting and f***** up, but also there is a beauty to these animals even if they have really sharp teeth.
in the heart of the story, we have legoshi, who Really puts the moral dilemma on his shoulders and empath…
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Short Review: Beastars – A Weird Fever Dream I Couldn’t Look Away From.
Personal Stats:
As of May 2025, I’ve completed 159 anime with a mean score of 7.32.
Beastars rating:4/10.
I gave Beastars a 4/10. Honestly, it didn’t seem that bad at first. The animation was strange, the concept was even stranger, but it gave off just enough intrigue to make you hope it would turn into something great. You want the romance to work out, the characters to grow, and the main character to become some kind of badass.
But that never really happens.
A lot of scenes felt gross - some even made me want to puke. The tone was all over the place, and while it clearly tries to be deep, it ends up feeling more like a weird fever dream. I still don’t understand why it’s rated so highly - maybe because it’s one o…
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I know people may find this anime a little jarring due to the main cast being anthropomorphic animals which I can understand but if you give this series a chance I think you will thoroughly enjoy it. In all honesty if this was just the same story but with humans I feel like the underlying themes and interesting character dynamics would be made worse.
The world of Beastars was just so intriguing to me and I love the way in which using this world of animals the anime explores deeper human themes. You can say Beastars is kind of an allegory for oppression/racism in our modern world but it really goes deeper into it within the context of the animal society and is not just a surface level exploration like other anime and manga. The us vs them attitude that the herbivores and carnivores have to…
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Reasonable, but nothing special.
The first season is more focused on relationships, and despite narrating everything majestically and making very important criticisms, it is not something memorable for life. The protagonist is purposely gray, in the sense of personality he is excessively neutral, which is at least interesting but doesn't add anything, quite the oposite, it makes most of the dialogues he is in forgettable.
The way the anime uses animals to represent personality stereotypes is something fascinating and very well crafted, as are the windows for parallels with reality that it creates, and although the 3D leaves something to be desired at times, the animation is very fluid and pleasant to watch. Also the soundtrack here stands out, surprisingly, it is extremely good.
It's wo…
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The English dub really brings the presentation of the entire anime down, and it got me second guessing if the show was actually that enjoyable to begin with. Luckily the scenes themselves clearly had a lot of work put into them from the animation and directing team, but I highly recommend you watch this in Japanese. Look out for fansubs as well, they make getting immersed in the world of BEASTARS very seamless. The biggest flaw of the anime is its pacing; It's really inconsistent. As well as changing the focus of the subject very often, it can get easy to get lost and even forget parts of the story until they're brought back up again 6 episodes or even a season later.
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This anime was good in the first four episodes, then it stagnates and loses everything it had going for it.
The main character is essentially a cuck who chases a slutty rabbit who's only character trait is having slept and still sleeping with hundreds of men. I was hoping something would change but throughout the 12 episodes nothing changed, Legoshi remains a normal student with a thing for cuckhold and the rabbit remains a very unlikable character.
The setting for the show was already questionable, with high speed metro lines and cars but no self defence tools, but the later episodes completely broke it when they showed that firearms and crossbows exist in that world. The whole premise of the show gone, herbivores have no reason to fear carnivores and guns existing is common knowledge.…
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I found the approaches interesting. But the anime does the same thing as the movie Zootopia, with the difference that the relationship between the species was portrayed in a much more intense and strange way. Unfortunately, I found it too strange and cringe at times, which is why I couldn't enjoy it.
It also annoyed me that things developed so slowly and there were very absurd plot twists.
The first season was ok, good plot and dialogues. Season 1 was about the nature of human and choices in life. It was inspiring and meaningful!
However, the second season was....painful: total non-sense. All characters’ behavior conflicts with their purposes. It became a very boring drama that doesn’t make sense!
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An anime that really surprised me at the time by some factors.
1. The author is the daughter of the creator of the Baki series.
2. It has a surprisingly good plot.
3. It has somewhat funny characters that feel somewhat alive.
Bad points that drove me away were principally how it handled the suspense situation, it's resolved in a half baked mean and feels like it's running against a time clock at the final in a sense of time left to round up the story.
Nevertheless it is a great watch if you're curious but surely you aren't missing a lot by not watching it.
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I didn't expect an animal society to be this interesting.
Story 8/10
Great drama with some not so great action on the side. What truly makes the story good is the world building. The dynamic between herbivores and carnivores or even the dynamic between different species' is incredibly well written. The world works in such a way that nothing really feels out of place or illogical, the setting is just perfect. The actual story also starts off amazing and stays so most of the way through, but nearing the end there is some not so well thought out action, leaving a feeling like it doesn't belong.
Characters 9/10
The same as with the world building the characters are super well thought out. Their personalities reflect their species and they are all in all well written, but everyone is heavily…
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Went into it with high expectations because it's one of the top rated anime of its season. Seeing the image and the synopsis gave me the sense that it'd give some meaningful wisdom/values - the type like from Uncle Iroh, AnKyou, Inuyashiki or Sakurasou. However questions quickly filled my head even throughout the first episode...
- How does it make sense that Legosi suddenly loses his mind over the scent of ONE rabbit one night? He smells rabbits every other night at school since it seems all students live in dormitories? This is a seriously deep plot-hole since it triggers the rest of the series of events
- What kind of society, fictional or not, would be possible when a HOMICIDE at a junior/senior high school occurs without the school shutting down?
- Why are the students accepting it l…
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Alright. Hear me out.
First, I'm gonna admit it: for the average viewer, there are BIG barriers to surpass before getting into Beastars. The greatest and most obvious one is of course the fact that characters are anthropomorphic animals, which by itself could be enough for many people to write this one immediately off in order to avoid the furry allegations. But even if you do try to watch it, you also have the fact that Beastars is fully CGI animated, something which might be off-putting to some. Add to the mix the openness in exploring otherwise conventional social themes in the context of a school campus life (including but not being limited to, SEXual life), in a setting however comprising of animal characters, which can make you uncomfortable, or dare I even say, CRINGE... all of whi…
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