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“Human-turned-tanuki Michiru teams with wolf guardian Shirou to uncover her powers and bridge humans and Beastmen.”
BNA: Brand New Animal
BNA ビー・エヌ・エー
7.34
2,812 rank · 401,646 viewers · 2,858 favorites
Action
Fantasy
Anthropomorphic
Urban Fantasy
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Netflix
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Synopsis
Human-turned-tanuki Michiru teams with wolf guardian Shirou to uncover her powers and bridge humans and Beastmen.
Throughout history, humans have been at odds with Beastmen—a species capable of changing shape due to their genetic "Beast Factor." Because of this conflict, Beastmen have been forced into hiding. Anima City serves as a safe haven for these oppressed individuals to live free from human interference. During a festival celebrating the town's 10th anniversary, Michiru Kagemori, a human who suddenly turned into a tanuki, finds that Anima City is a far cry from paradise. After witnessing an explosion in the square, she is confronted by Shirou Ogami, a seemingly indestructible wolf and sworn protector of all Beastmen. As they pursue the criminals behind the bombing, the two discover that Michiru is anything but an ordinary Beastman, and look to investigate her mysterious past and uncanny abilities. Could she turn out to be the missing link between Humans and Beastmen?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 154 sampled reviews
6.9
/10
What 154 viewers settled on.
81%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 8
σ 1.85
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.85 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.6 pts
Recommenders 8.1 · others 3.5
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 1.10
Running avg · Mar 2020 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I found BNA: Brand New Animal, really good. I like the characters and the setting and it explored a decent number of social issues that we have in our society. It's a decent amount of crime/crime...”
- 7 “If you take certain aspects of Zootopia and paste it with certain aspects of Owari no Seraph, you will kind of get the main story of BNA. But thats a good thing, because Zootopia and Owari no...”
- 9 “I love the STYLE and FLAVOR of this anime so much!! The colors, character designs, extremely expressive and fluid animations!! So good. The themes of desiring and pursuing freedom resonate with me...”
Verbosity
Short · 32%
Medium · 38%
Long · 29%
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- Format 12 × 22′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 24m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2020 – Jun 2020 Spring 2020
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-15501 catalog
Produced by
- Movic Producer
- Fuji TV Producer
- Ultra Super Pictures Producer
- BS Fuji Producer
- TOHO animation Producer
- Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Producer
- Bandai Spirits Producer
- Toho Music Producer