Whoa, Beastars is getting an anime adaptation from Orange. That's interesting news, considering the source. It's a highly decorated and awarded manga but it's also different and mature. It can be almost uncomfortable to read at times because it doesn't shy away from difficult issues at all.
The characters are anthropomorphic animals, mostly students at an art school. One of the main themes is about the complications that arise from carnivores and herbivores living side by side. Bullying, speciesism, and prejudice are a big part of the picture. The main character is a very large and powerful wolf who gets shunned by others even though he is normally gentle. Some of the other subjects that pop up are self-destructive sex-addiction, bloodlust, and the social finger-pointing and panic caused when someone from one end society is murdered.
Orange took a unique and different manga and hit it out of the park with Land of the Lustrous. Maybe they can do it again. Beastars has garnered a huge amount of praise recently so this will likely get a lot of attention.
"The manga won the 11th Manga Taisho awards in March 2018. The series also won a New Face Award at the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in March 2018, and Itagaki received the New Creator Prize for the manga at the 22nd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize awards in April. The manga then won the Best Shōnen Manga award at Kodansha's 42nd annual Manga Awards in May. The series also ranked at #2 on the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! male readers list in December 2017." https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-06/beastars-anime-1st-promo-video-streamed/.143066
Last edited by pokoko - on 06 February 2019
