Beastars
I can’t mention anthropomorphic anime without mentioning the king of the genre’s return in the second season of Beastars. Now that the oddity of Beastars’ premise is a reflection of our world’s racism, classism, sexism, and other “isms”, season two picks up with best boy Legoshi putting on his detective hat as he tries to figure out who murdered his friend Tem the alpaca. As Legoshi’s sleuthing gets him closer to finding the killer, his wayward friend Louis, a deer, finds himself on the opposite end of justice as the new head of a yakuza family of lions called the Shishigumi.
Beastar’s second season builds on what made its first season so appealing. Fire opening theme? Check. Continually amazing vocal performances? Check. Horny undertones via animal kingdom predator/prey metaphors? Perfect attendance record.
