“Post-war, ex-captain Hank hunts rogue beast-soldiers; one victim's daughter seeks truth behind their tragic fate.”
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
かつて神だった獣たちへ
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Synopsis
Post-war, ex-captain Hank hunts rogue beast-soldiers; one victim's daughter seeks truth behind their tragic fate.
With the initiation of the Patrian civil war came the creation of half-beast, half-human soldiers—a development of the outnumbered Northerners in a desperate attempt to counter the overwhelming Southern forces. Able to quickly dominate battlefields and achieve victory with ease, the soldiers' godlike abilities earned them the name "Incarnates." However, as the war raged on, the Incarnates encountered a problem involving the beasts inside them that they were unable to rectify by ordinary means. Once the war was over, mysteries and accounts of the Incarnates submitting to the misfortune of their war days surfaced. Aware of the horrors they faced during the war, Special Sergeant Major and former captain of the Incarnates Hank Henriette becomes a Beast Hunter—those who take the lives of Incarnates who have succumbed to the issues they experienced on the battlefields. After witnessing her father, a former Incarnate soldier, meet his end at the hands of one such Beast Hunter, Nancy Schaal Bancroft resolves to hunt the man who took her father's life. However, Nancy's eye-opening encounter with the Beast Hunter influences her to instead seek the reason behind her father's death and the Incarnates' problematic existence in society.
What people say
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What 30 viewers settled on.
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σ 1.61 · some divergence
3.4 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 4.1
↓ 0.23
Running avg · Aug 2019 → Mar 2026
- 10 “The anime was so good and I found immense joy in watching, every moment was truly worth my time, personally I found the story to be profoundly moving as the MC has to kill all his comrades. I...”
- 7 “This anime delivers with good pacing that keeps you engaged throughout, solid character development, and some really good fight scenes, anchored by a cool main character who's a real MVP. However,...”
- 7 “This steampunk anime with magic elements successfully captures the aesthetic of shows like Fullmetal Alchemist and delivers interesting main characters in Hank and Nancy, particularly with Nancy's...”
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A Tv Production · Summer 2019
MAPPA.Kodansha · NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2019 – Sep 2019 Summer 2019
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-14988 catalog
Produced by
- Kodansha Producer
- NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan Producer
- Tokyo MX Producer
- BS11 Producer
- JR East Marketing & Communications Producer
- Cygames Producer
- A-Sketch Producer
Licensed by
- Anime Limited Licensor