“Wolf Legoshi struggles with predatory instincts and love for rabbit Haru after herbivore friend's murder at animal academy.”
Beastars
BEASTARS
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Synopsis
Wolf Legoshi struggles with predatory instincts and love for rabbit Haru after herbivore friend's murder at animal academy.
In a civilized society of anthropomorphic animals, an uneasy tension exists between carnivores and herbivores. At Cherryton Academy, this mutual distrust peaks after a predation incident results in the death of Tem, an alpaca in the school's drama club. Tem's friend Legoshi, a grey wolf in the stage crew, has been an object of fear and suspicion for his whole life. In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, he continues to lay low and hide his menacing traits, much to the disapproval of Louis, a red deer and the domineering star actor of the drama club. When Louis sneaks into the auditorium to train Tem's replacement for an upcoming play, he assigns Legoshi to lookout duty. That very night, Legoshi has a fateful encounter with Haru, a white dwarf rabbit scorned by her peers. His growing feelings for Haru, complicated by his predatory instincts, force him to confront his own true nature, the circumstances surrounding the death of his friend, and the undercurrent of violence plaguing the world around him.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 243 sampled reviews
What 243 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.28 · split reception
6.1 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 2.7
↓ 2.33
Running avg · Nov 2019 → Oct 2025
- 7 “Beastars features a truly great story that is undeniably high-quality, and the animation is acceptable despite its CGI style. However, the show is far too dark for my personal taste, and I felt...”
- 10 “Beastars dazzles with some of the best CGI ever put to anime and voice work so natural it shatters the usual repetitive anime-dialogue mold. Any initial awkwardness with the CG vanishes almost...”
- 7 “This series features a surprisingly good plot and funny, lifelike characters, further bolstered by the interesting fact that the author is the daughter of the Baki creator. However, the suspense is...”
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- Format 12 × 22′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 24m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2019 – Dec 2019 Fall 2019
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-14984 catalog
Produced by
- Movic Producer
- Fuji TV Producer
- Bandai Producer
- TOHO Producer
- BS Fuji Producer
- TOHO animation Producer
- Q-Tec Producer
- Akita Shoten Producer
- Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Producer
- Bandai Spirits Producer
- Toho Music Producer