BEASTARS

In a world where beasts of all kinds coexist, a gentle wolf awakens to his own predatory urges as his school deals with a murder within its midst.

Beastars (2019-2026) is a Japanese anime series produced by Orange and aired on Fuji TV and Netflix, a three-season serialized drama set at a high school where beasts of every kind coexist. Its protagonist is Legoshi, a gentle wolf voiced by Chikahiro Kobayashi, whose quiet bond with the herbivore Louis (Yuki Ono) and the tangled attraction he feels toward the alpaca Cat (Sayaka Senbongi) pull him toward the question of what his own predatory instincts might mean. When a murder shakes the school, Legoshi is drawn into an investigation that forces him to confront prejudice, class divides and the fragile truce between carnivores and herbivores. The engine of the series is a slow-burning mystery threaded through romance and school politics, with each season building tension through confrontations, secrets and moral compromise. Its tone blends slice of life intimacy with thriller dread, grounded in the textures of a school cafeteria, drama club and the underground black market that feeds on the campus. Its unflinching portrayal of desire and survival gives it a mature, unsettling register. Fans of Zootopia, 13 Reasons Why and Mob Psycho 100 will find resonance in its blend of animal allegory, teenage drama and crime investigation.

Viewers broadly consider Beastars a mature, character-driven anime that uses its anthropomorphic school setting to explore predation, desire and prejudice, with a strong romance-to-thriller arc.

• Zootopiaanthropomorphic animal society, school setting, slice of life tones with mature predatory undercurrents
• 13 Reasons Whyteen high school drama with a murder mystery driving the story and dark psychological tension
• Mob Psycho 100animal-centered coming of age with romance and identity conflict under a shonen anime format

Release Date

2019-10-10

Episode runtime

23 min

Rating

7.6 / 10 (1357)

What is BEASTARS about?

A gentle wolf student struggles with his predatory instincts while his anthropomorphic high school grapples with a murder in its midst.

What is BEASTARS like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of BEASTARS as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.

Is BEASTARS violent?

Yes. Ember rates the violence in BEASTARS as brutal.

What did critics think of BEASTARS?

Viewers broadly consider Beastars a mature, character-driven anime that uses its anthropomorphic school setting to explore predation, desire and prejudice, with a strong romance-to-thriller arc.

Which shows are like BEASTARS?

Shows with a similar feel include Zootopia, 13 Reasons Why, and Mob Psycho 100.

How long is BEASTARS?

BEASTARS: 3 seasons, 48 episodes.

Is BEASTARS still running?

No, BEASTARS has ended.

Where can I watch BEASTARS?

In United States, BEASTARS streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.