Youkai Ningen Bem follows our titular trio Bem, Bela, and Belo on their adventures to protect humanity despite being monsters. This show very much reminded me of being a cross between Johnny Quest and Scooby Doo. The stories where more serious like johnny quest (with elements of humor) and episode titles more reminiscent of scooby doo. The animation is of its time (some jainkey perspectives) but the stories (for what they are) were quitw engaging. Bem though described as a gangster reminds me more of a noir detective character, Bela and Belo’s description is pretty well on the nose. Belo, the kid is the one thatoften kicks off the helping part of the show due to him more often then naught, observing something that makes him want to get the others if it isn’t something he can handle on his own.

I would consider this show scarier than it’s western counter parts with a more realistic violence tone (like questj that deal with ghosts, foiling kidnappers, and human sacrifices to satan for reasons. So now you’ve been warned, if your sensitive to depictions of this than pass on ths series. Otherwise enjoy the hell out of it.