Quick Vid: BNA: Brand New Animal (Review) 

A day will come when I will say names properly but it's not this day!

Saber doesn't have to be considered a furry for being a man of culture

What makes him pronouncing the name wrong so funny is that there’s a part in the show where she literally shows people how to pronounce it

The lady at the beginning who tried to sell the kids? Said something about how Michiru would see how women beastmen are treated, and then they never touched on that again.

The two friends are Tanooki and a Kitsune, these animals were known to shapeshift in Japanese lore/mythology. Which was really cool when they put in the mythology into this show :D

She's a Tanuki, and I thought that was really cool because in Japanese culture Tanuki have a slightly mythological side to them kind of like foxes (kitsune). In Japanese folklore and mythology Tanuki are tricksters and can shapeshift

bna and beastars: im not a furry, but...

The Good: Great visuals Amazing character design Amazing worldbuilding Really unique, political premise Diverse characters Some interesting plot ideas The Bad: -Too many plot points at once -Direction feels kind of weak at the start, not much really happens which is weird considering the limited amount of episodes -Closing all of the plot points at once made them all feel underwhelming in the end (The Church was such a great idea, but Nazuna being revealed as the leader so soon was a bit weak imo) -Very predictable at times (Ogami's identity, Alan) -Sometimes the allegories were a bit on the nose (WW2 with concentration camps) Overall a very enjoyable anime but it leaves me wanting more episodes and more focus on one or two plot points that tie together instead of so many weaker ones. Considering Netflix often renews shows, and seeing as this one is really popular, I'm expecting a Season 2 down the line. I can't wait for them to explore the worldbuilding a bit more

Am I the only one who enjoyed Boris much more than I should because he was voiced by DIO?

MI CHI RU, she's a Japanese Tanuki. And the place is called Anima City.

Saber: “I don’t wanna get into spoilers.” Also saber: so silver wolf is this character...

Its odd how im the complete opposite when it comes to Beastars and BNA, i had a good time with both series and even though the ending of Beastars was mire satisfying, i would rather see more BNA because i enjoyed it more

I would like to see some OVAs or another season for BNA. There’s still some stuff they could tell in the world. I would honestly like to see mirichu go back into the human city and reunite with some of her classmates and family... even though they played little part into the actual story.

Saber spark: main character is a raccoon girl Me: they literally have an argument in the beginning of the show about how she's a tanuki and not a raccoon

"I'm gonna say her name wrong, because I suck: Mirichu." Very close, you just dyslexic'd it a bit. Michiru.

The fact that the only two characters that can shape shift are a tanuki and a fox (kitsune) are so fitting to the Japanese folklore make this perfect

I Feel Like her fox girl best friend is borderline psycho and toxic

Saber: No spoilers Also Saber: here's who Silver Wolf is

Him: Im not going to give out any spoilers. Him again: and heres sliver wolf.

Honestly, this show had so much potential. It’s got 10/10 world building, characters, character design, art style, etc. Only part this show fell short was the story. That’s why a season 2 would totally help this show

Ive finished it and i loved it -I love the op and end(especially the ending) -I love the characters (I like Shirou ;) and the others were chill) -And the ending is nice! Alan is evil and he almost died

"I'm not going to give any spoilers" > Proceeds to drop several spoilers

*Spoilers* The fact that her friend was so harsh and said some hurtful things towards her and then really quickly with not that much development just becomes buddy buddy again was kinda jarring

Plot twist: every beastman in BNA has Clinical Lycanthropy

I didn't get why she didn't turn human more often. The "oh I like this form" was a bit cheap, just to have her like that. She said she could turn back but never did it only for that one episode. Why even go looking for a cure when you can just turn human, she spends more time as an animal than actual beastmen.

I enjoyed the show, but the finale was kinda stupid, like the villain was probably the biggest let down of the show. The villain's plan is kinda dumb, which was disappointing because the way he went about executing the plan was kinda brilliant.

“Mom can we get Michiru?” “We have Michiru at home” Michiru at home: Marychu

saber spark: 'i like anthro characters" me: becoming a furry stage one

Saber: the main character is raccoon girl Everyone: IT'S TANUKI

I assume anime was originally supposed to be longer, but something happened. Like, i mean, first 6 episodes are pretty slow progressing And then in next 6 they dump all the characters, story arcs and facts on our head, and ending just slapped on top of it. Story also falls apart after this dump, like they rewritten it to fit into 12 episodes instead of 24, hm.

I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling this way. I was surprised when it was the baseball episode that turned out to be my favorite. Usually, I'm not a fan of the baseball episode. I think something this show failed at was trying to do everything at once. It set up so many things, they never delivered on. *Spoilers from here on* The Beastman vs Human conflict was barely explored while it seemed like it was going to be the main part of the plot. I wasn't a fan of the final battle at all. For some reason, they went with a shonen battle, which didn't fit the anime. The Main Character also just stood there while the battle took place, which goes against what she has been saying the whole time, that she can't just sit by idly and wait. The main villain was also pretty lame in my opinion. Didn't really have much of a motivation in my eyes, he just seemed there for an "epic final battle"

In summary, for the series to be better, it had to have more episodes because everything happened too fast. hopefully in season 2 they have more episodes

Spoilers: For me I kinda wish the final conflict Alan was a godly human and was the perfect opposite to silver wolf. Like Alan was an imortal human having the blood of thousands of humans infused with him while ginrou had the blood of thousands of beastmen infused in him. And as dark as It sounds but I wish Alan's main plan was to make beastmen a permanent enemy of the human race and eradicate them all.

Saberspark: "I love Anthro characters." Also Saberspark: "I am not a furry I swear."

"This synposis won't have spoilers" "We meet Silver Wolf [image of Shirou]" Beautiful Saber. I mean, it was pretty obvious to me, but still lol.

Spoilers (Small Rant) When I started this show I was excited to see a more "modern" world and how everything with the beastmen fit into that. Like how Michiru went from human to beastman; I was like is there a whole mystery behind this? Is there a hidden gene in humans? Did a beastman do this in order to destroy human society? Actually it was just a weird blood transfusion that altered DNA which is not actually possible.......so I was pretty disappointed by that to say the least :( And I don't mind big boss fights and all that stuff but having giant wolves that are just basically shooting lazers was a bit much for what a expected to see starting this show. Plus don't even get me started on Michiru's friend...she made me so mad, like your friend is trying to help you and reconnect you don't have to be so mean (And it all ended up basically swept under a rug anyway...) Long story short I totally agree that this needed to be longer. Characters weren't even much development or much personality. Like I couldn't even guess what Michiru was going to do/react because I didn't understand what drove her half of the time. And I think that the world building could have been done a lot better. Like a lot of cool stuff was introduced but kinda just dropped/forgotten by the next episode. Rant is over now! I needed to vent a bit after just finishing this

Whenever Saber says he isn't a furry I imagine the "Well yes, but actually no" meme.

Saber: "Mirichu." Me: "Michiru." Saber: "Mi... Mirichu." Me: "Say 'mi'." Saber: "Mi." Me: "Say 'chi'." Saber: "Chi." Me: "Say 'ru'." Saber: "Ru." Me: "Michiru." Saber: "MuRiChU." Me: "F**k it let's call her Mimi."

Without spoiling it too much... -reveals the whole summary to the story-

Beastars: "Im not a furry" Netflix: *Or are you*

She's a Tanuki, the shape shift racoons so I think her "transform" ability fits pretty good

Honestly, if they do make a second season, I'd like to see it become a slice of life show about humans and beast men are trying to live together and just how they work when coexisting

BNA should've been 24 episodes long. It had so much potential. The aesthetic and the feeling was amazing, and I think all of it was amazing up to the last episode where everything kinda went ... meh.

I just finished this, and I have to say I loved it. It might be my favorite show. It looks amazing, the characters are adorable, and the concept is interesting. I just wish it was longer. It seemed to have ended so suddenly. I loved the Baseball episode as well!

"I'm not going to spoil anything." *Calls Ogami the silver wolf*

"I like anthro characters as you all know..." I think this will be the closest we will have to a confession.

Shiro: Turns hoooman Me: OH GOD HE'S HOT

I wish there was more episodes. I friggin love this anime

Ya know, there's only so many times you can say "I'm not a furry" while making your 10th furry video this month.

When a studio Trigger show doesn't involve aliens Me: Impossible

My biggest issue was the lack of a proper structure, many ideas laid down, but resolved really quickly and not letting them mature or develop...not to mention the saving power of Awoo in the end xD

I LOVE BNA! I wish there were 12 more episodes! It was great in my book.

I don't remember animal crossing being like this

Says he doesn't wanna spoil, tells shirou is silver wolf

*I dont wanna spoil the series* Also 10 seconds earliers: spoils who the silver wolf is

I loved this show, but I agree that it was ended way too quickly. I hope they make a longer second season, maybe following what happens if they let humans enter and what may happen if evil humans get in. I really want there to be more to this show.

"... who's a racoon girl, there's another word for it but it escapes me." Tanuki? She's a tanuki, which is a completely different animal from a racoon but it looks sorta similar at a glance.

Saber: *Makes video about anthro characters* Viewers: "Hey this is entertaining, make more like this." Saber: *continues to make videos on anthro media* Viewers: "LMAO look at this furry"

Since you've reviewed both Beastars and BNA now you should do Aggretsuko, season 3 is coming out in a month and it's a really good series!

3 years later, there's still not a season 2. sadly

BNA reminded me of Promare, a full movie by Studio Trigger: beautiful design, really cool story idea, interesting themes, and an “uh...what” ending. I can forgive them because basically everything they make is a blast to watch, but man their storytelling needs some work on closure and how to flesh things out.

I wanted at least like 24 episodes but 12 they have to fit everything in which I don't mind at all it's just very quick..BUT THE COLORS AND EVERYTHING WAS VERY GOOD!! 👌👌 Also I already knew who the silver wolf was bc he was the only wolf in the city!! How does know one think of that!? Eighter way they are getting a second season so I hope they make it better

I honestly loved this show so much. It was so creative with the story, city, characters, everything. Like SaberSpark said..it was very rushed. But for me it lands the spot as my favorite anime. I’m a Marie stan for life :D

The minute I saw the art style for it on Netflix I was like “Ah yes a Trigger show.”

"like Silver Wolf" Wow, I mean, it was obvious from the start but you just spoiled that for people who haven't watched it yet

You spoke my mind! I love this show but I wish there was more! The visuals are to die for and I loved the bear episode! The conclusion feels like there isn’t going to be a season 2 and your right they need more episodes

Michiru is a Tanuki to be exact: a dog that looks like a raccoon. The reason she can morph her body is because Tankui in Japanese folklore are shapeshifters.

I watched the whole thing in one day

I like how the main character looks. She's like between a human with animal ears and a full on furry anthro. That's definitely my style.

03:06 - I thought that would be the focal point of the show, but nope, 4 episodes in we learn who was the scientist who mutated her, and he is arrested and that's that.

"it moves so quickly" soooo same old Trigger.

Saber: I'm not a furry Me: Press X to Doubt

I heard that it was originally gonna be 24 episodes long but it got cut, that’s why it felt so rushed (I’m not sure if that’s fully true tho)

him : "i dont want to give out spoilers" also him like 3 seconds ago : "so this is silverwolf who is ogami"

Having watched both "Beastars" & "BNA", what hit me much later afterwards is that both shows in part reminded me of NBC's "Grimm" (2011-2017), as I was just re-binging it recently: In the world of "Grimm" there's a wide range of anthropomorphic creatures called 'Wesen', with individual species resembling specific animals, who live in society disguised as regular humans. However they can briefly shed their human appearance depending their emotional state and/or when the enforce it (similar to BNA's beastmen). The lore is that their interactions with humans shaped mythology & folklore all over the world, such as f.ex. the fairy tales of Brothers Grimm. The main character Nick is the titular "Grimm", from a lineage of humans with special abilities, such as being able to see through a Wesen's disguise much quicker. Discovering his abilities & heritage, they both influence Nick's work as a cop & his personal life. Different themes explored throughout "Grimm'"s runtime do share with the other two: - Wesen personalities & actions are often informed by the species they resemble (timid mice, ferocious dogs/wolves, cunning foxes etc.); partially as a shorthand for character development, perhaps, but the series also explores interaction between different types of Wesen such as power struggles, interspecies marriage, exploitation, species-based crime syndicates & hate groups, as well as Wesen using their abilities to harm/exploit humans; a lot of the crimes featured in the series are due to the involvement of or interactions between Wesen. - but then it also features Wesen who try to break the mold like the main character Monroe (a wolf-wesen) who is a friendly vegetarian, and becomes both an "ambassador" & best friend to Nick. - At the same time, Nick's heritage carries somes heavy weight as well, since Grimms have become known as the bogeymen to Wesen, due to their history of hunting/killing Wesen & studying them, both good & bad, under the guise of protecting humans. Being a cop first however gives him a different perspective, which leads to him building up a more positive relationship to the Wesen communities in some respect. Throughout the series he builds up a larger roster of friends & allies - human, Wesen & Grimms - who all interact with each other in his fight against whatever antagonistic forces he's up against. If you haven't watched the series - I can recommend it to anyone who might enjoy a police procedual drama combined with dark mystery, lots of anthro creatures & a slice of B-movie cheese (2 of the co-creators were involved in creating Buffy & Angel, to paint a picture) + lots of funny mistranslations/mispronounciations if you're German :D

Okay everyone is talking about how he revealed that what’s his face (his name just fuggin left me) was Silver Wolf but like, did no one know that from the beginning? Like, my guy looked blue on the building, his half transformation is blue-ish, He said something about wanting this for a 1000 years when we were first introduced, and he was literally sus the whole time. I just thought this was common knowledge from ep 1...

Bruh of course the previous post from Saber was him selling a shirt that says “I’m not a furry”

I hope they do the second season, I want to see new beastmen I would like them to appear -Allies / Heroes An octopus beastman, a lobster beastman, a swordfish beastman, a catfish beastman, a koi fish beastman, a bee beastman, a frog beastman and a crab beastman Anti-heroes: a spider beastman, a snake beastman, a komodo dragon beastman, and a moth beastman -Enemies / Villains: A scorpion beastman, a piranha beastman, a bat beastman and a mosquito beastman. -Civiles / Caretakers of Anima City: A skunk beastman, a turtle beastman, a deer beastman, an ant beastman and a mouse beastman -Deities: A T-Rex Dinosaur deity, A Giant Squid deity, A Stingray deity and a Tarantula Deity.

Is it me, or is Netflix trying to tell us something?

The ED is the best part about this show XD

I agree the story is very unfulfilling, and I wish there was more closure at the end, it felt that they started a lot of plot threads but didn't want to finish it halfway. It's good tho, it's that the first half it's building up so we'll to be just good at the other half se we are left disappointed Also the pacing being so fast is like a trigger staple tho, every episode of kill la kill felt like 5 normal episodes of anime lmao.

when he called Shirou Silver Wolf it made me die inside cus he said there wasn’t gonna be any *SpoiLerS*

When Michiru says she can wear hats again she wears Akko’s hat from little witch academia

I feel like the writers of BNA knew how to do a very good job of setting up themes and building a world, but didn't know how to develop it. For example the episode about Rabbit Town, they set a theme about how some people had to do beastmen trafficking for a living, but then Michiro threw their plans away, the gang was arrested, and the theme dropped And there were another things that made no sense, for example Shiro telling Michiro to try and not show her powers to the public and her agreeing, but then she went to the baseball games showing her transformation abilities, and no one thinking that she was a goddamn freak; or for example the episode when Michiro went to the human city with the dolphin girl, the part where they put her in a tank full of water and then Michiro went and freed her while the others just stared, made absolutely no sense to me But on the other hand, things like the backstory of how Michiro and her friend accidentally transformed into beastmen and that caused them to go separate ways and end up really different while causing the guys of the medical center to freak out and plant bombs to cover themselves I really liked (Even tho the whole thing about Michiro and her friend ending up different and that was magically fixed for the final episodes and they went back to being best friends again) So, to finish of this rant, I think that this show was like a wave. It started going upwards with good themes and world building, but then it dropped down with faulty logic and unsatisfactory conclussions, and then just rinse and repeat for the 12 episodes... but I would totally watch it again, ngl

Rule 34 Artist seeing BNA Characters: "It's all coming together"

I can’t take this seriously when he pronounces her name as Marieshoe

The beginning made it look so good, I thought it would be about her TRYING to make it anima city but instead it was literally everything else

Let’s be honest, no one didn’t know that Shiro was the silver wolf

*Saber:* She grows big arms, and cheetah legs, and is a human experiment that's not man nor beastman *Me:* ... sooooo Kipo?

I don't wanna sound like a bossy woman but her name is pronounced Michiru (mee-cheer-roo) and she's a tanuki (tah-noo-kee) which is a japanese dog raccoon that is believed to have special powers, also Mario wears a tanuki suit in the Super Mario games

BNA is an alright series that has a lot of potential. It's a bit confusing story-wise but it works as far as keeping our attention

tbh i really enjoyed the show visually and also character-wise, i do think the story’s pacing was a bit too fast. i do wish that it had been longer for maybe 23 eps because i got so invested with the premise and i wanted to learn more lore about the beastmen and how their relationships were with the humans! it couldve had a bit more punch if they expanded it but it was still a fun show in the end 🤷🏻‍♀️

“Ate a big meal but was still hungry by the end” is the perfect description for how I felt by the end too.

How long did it take to make the first season? It’s been years and no sign of season 2 yet… when someone says “ I can wait forever”, I don’t think they mean that literally! Right?

My issue with BNA is that they had a cool concept and basically tried to answer the question, "How can we end this story as quickly as possible?". They honestly could have added so much more. I could easily see how it could have been 24 episodes, or even more, with it being just as entertaining all the way through. There were other issues, but that was the primary one.

I think the thing that “ruined” this show for most people, was that people set there exspectations maybe a bit *to* high. Edit: i know this dident apply on everybody, including myself. Like my problem with it is also that it was going to fast and quikly.

"Is that it? Will there be a second season?" Me: *laughs from the Panty and Stocking fandom*

To be honest I think that the biggest problem of BNA is that it's just too short. I really enjoyed it but everything was happening so fast. It would be so much better if the show would have 24 episodes.

I think the reason that its so short is because it is more of an experiment of sorts to see if it was well recieved. Im sure with how well everyone recieved it there will most likely be a season 2.

I actually liked the pacing in BNA. this time Trigger spaced the story evenly so that it didn't feel extremely rushed at any one point, but got through the whole story arc in the time allotted. I'm looking at you Darling in the Franxx