One of the more surprising anime series from this Fall season for me has been Beastars.
The visual aspects of the show is kind of all over the place, but in a good way. Some of the settings, for example, the recent episode has an interesting appeal to it, particularly when they
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The characters are all fairly complex, and fairly well developed thus far, with a lot of mystery veiled around each character still that I'm eager to see as they develop.
Of course, we can't really escape the fact that this is very much going to be tied to the discussion of Zootopia, which I don't think is a bad thing. However, I do feel that one of the things that Beastars does better in not just being a more mature version of Zootopia, but the way they tackle the animal instinctual differences allegory in a way that Zootopia wasn't really quite able to do as well in their use of the allegory. I feel the main difference here is that it's dealt with from a more serious perspective, rather than a more comedic perspective when tackling all of the differences in animal instincts, and provides a bit more nuance when using these allegories to try to tell a more meaningful story. While there were a lot of cute and funny puns throughout Zootopia, I just felt the issues could have been better tackled if it had a bit more of a serious tone. And Zootopia was meant to be for kids, so it's not as if it's their fault for not being able to do this, but I just feel that Beastars is able to do what they weren't able to do with their approach this this kind of a setting and storytelling.
It's just a nice, well-rounded series thus far, and not a series that I was particularly expecting to be as good as it is.
If you haven't caught it yet, I would definitely recommend it as a series to put on your list.
For those who are following the series thus far, how has your experience been, and what are your thoughts on the series?
Update:
English dub trailer:
General Music from the Anime
Ending Theme
The visual aspects of the show is kind of all over the place, but in a good way. Some of the settings, for example, the recent episode has an interesting appeal to it, particularly when they
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The characters are all fairly complex, and fairly well developed thus far, with a lot of mystery veiled around each character still that I'm eager to see as they develop.
Of course, we can't really escape the fact that this is very much going to be tied to the discussion of Zootopia, which I don't think is a bad thing. However, I do feel that one of the things that Beastars does better in not just being a more mature version of Zootopia, but the way they tackle the animal instinctual differences allegory in a way that Zootopia wasn't really quite able to do as well in their use of the allegory. I feel the main difference here is that it's dealt with from a more serious perspective, rather than a more comedic perspective when tackling all of the differences in animal instincts, and provides a bit more nuance when using these allegories to try to tell a more meaningful story. While there were a lot of cute and funny puns throughout Zootopia, I just felt the issues could have been better tackled if it had a bit more of a serious tone. And Zootopia was meant to be for kids, so it's not as if it's their fault for not being able to do this, but I just feel that Beastars is able to do what they weren't able to do with their approach this this kind of a setting and storytelling.
It's just a nice, well-rounded series thus far, and not a series that I was particularly expecting to be as good as it is.
If you haven't caught it yet, I would definitely recommend it as a series to put on your list.
For those who are following the series thus far, how has your experience been, and what are your thoughts on the series?
Update:
English dub trailer:
Opening Theme
General Music from the Anime
Ending Theme
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