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Beastars, the best surprise of this anime season, available now on Netflix!
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Haven't had the time to see the final episode yet, but that webm of it's beginning dropped my fucking jaw off.
Although, to be fair, that particular part isn't CG.
Hmm.. well, in the trailer it looked quite rough. But I suppose I'll give it a shot and see if the full show looks better than that now that a few people have said that it actually looks really good
The show benefits from not doing that thing CG anime tends to do when they make the framerate choppy in a misguided bid to bring it in line with 2D anime
And art-direction this show has with framing and flourishes just elevates a lot of the scenes.
Its worth looking into. The direction, lighting, and shot composition is really deliberate for an anime and Im loving it.
These clips don't do the colors justice but there are some really neat things going on for a weekly show.
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I am waiting for it to be legally available on Netflix...but I will fold and buy manga volumes before that because Zootopia is my favorite animated movie and this is Zootopia+One Stormy Night(also amazing). Beastars has been on my radar for awhile I just have been waiting for it to be nearer the anime release to do anything with it.
I was initially going to check out the manga after hearing great things but opted to wait for the anime instead.
Now I'm stuck waiting for it to show up on Netflix. So I'm looking forward to watching it eventually.
Now I'm stuck waiting for it to show up on Netflix. So I'm looking forward to watching it eventually.
Oh wow, this actually looks significantly better than expected. All I've ever seen was the first trailer iirc and I was so turned off by the look of it - but this actually looks really nice. Sweet, I know what I'm doing tonight
I wouldn't necessairly say it's a surprise because A) the manga is held in high regard and B) the studio behind the series, Studio Orange, have a good (albeit brief) trackrecord.
However, anything that brings more attention to the series is a-okay!
However, anything that brings more attention to the series is a-okay!
Last week I watched the first episodes of it...and it is well produced, to be honest. I never expected CG animation could be used with that fluidity. Also, I personally don't really have any bias against the anthro/furry aesthetic, art or fandom, so that's a bonus. Actually, the high school suspense setting has pretty solid fundaments, and it blends really well with the thing of alimentary segregation.
Episode 6 is quite a punch in the gut in that sense.
And what tecnically is cannibalism.
If you watch the whole clip you get things like Louis's eye darting around following Legosi's hands and getting annoyed before he calls attention to it... yeah there are a lot of interesting or subtle nuances going on that I think actually puts the visuals well above the standard fare we usually get with anime.
Im aware of what it looks like. Its easy to dismiss this because of the 3d animation, character design, and initial setting... but I definitely feel like people who give it an actual chance will walk away with a season highlight. It has a lot to offer and Im loving it... and not because Im furry trash, which I most definitely am. I love good stories and good visual direction and I honestly believe it has both.
Yeah this show is pretty amazing.
Not used to seeing such sexual themes also being tackled in an anime with such tact and maturity.
There's alot of heavy stuff they delve into about relationships between genders as well as species that's really top notch.
Legosi pretty much rejects the notion that his true nature is to be a bloodthristy dog and that is feelings for Haru are nothing more than instinct, like most of his friends and acquaintances think.
Am I right in think this is somewhat of a theme for toxic masculinity?
Not used to seeing such sexual themes also being tackled in an anime with such tact and maturity.
There's alot of heavy stuff they delve into about relationships between genders as well as species that's really top notch.
Legosi pretty much rejects the notion that his true nature is to be a bloodthristy dog and that is feelings for Haru are nothing more than instinct, like most of his friends and acquaintances think.
Am I right in think this is somewhat of a theme for toxic masculinity?
I don't know what to make of it yet since it depends where it ultimately goes (haven't read the manga)
Don't think that reading holds up when you put the bunny porn mag into the equation.
There are times in the manga where carnivore behaviour is pretty explicitly used to symbolize toxic male behaviour, but I don't think this is one of those.
Perhaps at times.
But it's worth noting as seen in one of the episodes and several times in the manga Haru and other herbivores also fight against their own instincts at times. In those instances toxic masculinity I don't think would fit the bill.
One of the biggest themes in this series concerns the conflict between what we're perceived as versus who we see ourselves to be.
As you continue to watch or read I think you'll find that the "feral instincts" device relates to more than one thing depending on the character. But universally their species tends to inform what that "instinct" represents, whether that be toxic masculinity, anxiety, anger, lust, or what have you. The obvious conflict from there is fighting off becoming what people see you as to be more self determinant about the person you want to be.
What makes this interesting though is that this isn't a solely black and white affair. The series is careful to show, as with the society it depicts that there's a delicate balance between following those instincts and overcoming them.
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Id say more like Bojack with how weird and dark they go with it.
For sure, but instantly the theme goes with herbivore affraid of carnivore, so first thing i thought was zootopia
I am definitely checking out the manga for this, as well as the anime. Where can it be streamed legally? I did a quick cursory google search and only found it streaming legally on Japanese Netflix. Is that really the case?
i like it a lot, but does it goes beyond just school/love drama? Seems a bit wasted considering the concept
on episode 8 right now
How about the manga?
2nd arc, good chunk of it goes past that
3rc arc? Almost all of it, in fact some people stopped liking the manga as much because it largely dropped most of the school/love drama stuff
Thanks, good to know... Is it still good though, in term of writing and subject tackled? I don't mind at all the school drama, some of it is good, i just want a bit more out of it
Generally the quality holds up, the subjects become more adult, however... you get an increasing number of singular shark-jumpy plot armor moments that invoke "I'm not even mad, that's amazing", and as the world gets explored further, there are a handful of times overall when the mangaka tries to explain the setting through world history snippets...
It's. A. Load. Of. Gibberish. All the character interaction is still absolutely amazing, and that's the vast majority of the manga, but less than a month ago, there was a loredump manga chapter that was so utterly ridiculous that I will consider it non-canon until it actually affects the story itself.
Then right after the positively glue-huffing loredump, you get a singular chapter about somebody cracking open a fertilized chicken egg, and all is right in the world again, as itagaki Paru is playing to her strengths.
Beastars is indeed excellent. I haven't read the manga so I wasn't sure what to expect going in, but it's proven to be my pick for best new show of the fall season (Stars Align is third) and will almost certainly be in the top five of my AOTY list. Really glad to see another full series from Studio Orange after Land of the Lustrous. Though for as good as the CG is here, I love the stop-motion animation in the opening--as well as the music, of course. OP of the year for me.
It'll be streamed on Netflix for the rest of the world sometime early next year.
Can't agree. They made great use of 3D and it stands out that much more because of it.
How dare you shit on the lore dump that gave us Jack wearing glasses and cactus Pina
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I really enjoyed this first season of this anime. The animation and visuals are stunning, and easily beats any other CG anime I've seen to date. It's also a much more intriguing world in where herbivores and carnivores are expected to co-exist peacefully (despite the fact that it goes against their very nature) compared to Zootopia. The relationship between Legosi and Haru is a lot more layered and nuanced than Judy and Nicks in Zootopia. Hope it's not too lon before we get a season 2, since the first season left a lot of questions unanswered.
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So a cool allegory on race relations using the backdrop of carnivores and herbivores in a highschool setting with a murder mystery on top? Seems ok to me.
I ended up binge watching this in one day. Well worth it and I want more. I'm usually not a big fan of romance focus plotlines but this is so fucking real compared to a bunch of live action movies I've watched it is absurd that this is now in my top 2. I have to rewatch Love Actually to see which I like more.
This is a deeply touching show because all the major and minor characters are great and fucked up because at the end of the day we are talking about anthropomorphic animals.
This is a deeply touching show because all the major and minor characters are great and fucked up because at the end of the day we are talking about anthropomorphic animals.
