Beastars

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| image = BEASTARS, volume 1.jpg

| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover, featuring Legoshi

| genre = {{ubl|Coming-of-age{{cite web|title=ANIME NEWS: Second season of 'Beastars' animal anime gets the go-ahead|work=The Asahi Shimbun|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13138441|publisher=Anime Anime Japan via The Asahi Shimbun|access-date=June 6, 2020|date=March 1, 2020|quote=It is an ensemble coming-of-age story set in a world where carnivorous and herbivorous animals coexist.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200606232326/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13138441|archive-date=June 6, 2020|url-status=live}}|Drama{{cite web|title=The Official Website for Beastars|url=https://www.viz.com/beastars|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=March 28, 2020|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419172443/https://www.viz.com/beastars|url-status=live}}|Fantasy}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Paru Itagaki

| publisher = Akita Shoten

| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Viz Media}}

| imprint = Shōnen Champion Comics

| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Champion

| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}

| first = September 8, 2016

| last = October 8, 2020

| volumes = 22

| volume_list = List of Beastars chapters

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = TV series

| director = Shin'ichi Matsumi

| producer = {{ubl|Shunsuke Hosoi (1–12)|Yoshinori Takeeda (1–12)|Kazuki Ooshima (13–24)|Makiko Kuroiwa (13–24)|Shunsuke Yanagisawa (25–36)}}

| writer = {{ubl|Nanami Higuchi|Shin'ichi Matsumi (25–36)}}

| music = Satoru Kōsaki

| studio = Orange

| licensee = Netflix

| network = Fuji TV (+Ultra)

| first = October 10, 2019

| last =

| episodes = 36

| episode_list = List of Beastars episodes

}}

Beastars{{efn|The series takes its name from the in-universe title of Beastar; an individual of great talent, service, and notoriety.}} (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from September 2016 to October 2020, with its chapters collected in 22 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. The manga is licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media. The story takes place in a modern world of civilized, anthropomorphic animals with a cultural divide between carnivores and herbivores, and where eating meat (which always comes from other anthropomorphic animals) is strictly illegal. Beastars is set in the same universe as Beast Complex, another manga of Itagaki that originally served as Beastar's predecessor.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Beast Complex Manga, the 'Origin of BEASTARS,' Gets Mini-Series in January|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-08/beast-complex-manga-the-origin-of-beastars-gets-mini-series-in-january/.164968|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 25, 2025|date=October 8, 2020}}

An anime television series adaptation produced by Orange aired from October to December 2019 on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block. A second season aired from January to March 2021. The first half of the third and final season premiered in December 2024. The anime series is licensed by Netflix. The first season premiered outside of Japan in March 2020, and the second in July 2021.

By October 2021, the manga had over 7.5 million copies in circulation. Beastars won multiple awards in 2018, including the 11th Manga Taishō, being the first Akita Shoten title to receive it, the New Creator Prize at the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, the 42nd Kodansha Manga Award in the {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} category, and the New Face Award at the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival.

Plot

{{See|List of Beastars characters{{!}}List of Beastars characters}}

In a modern and civilized world populated by anthropomorphic animals, there is a cultural divide between the herbivorous animals and the carnivorous animals. Legoshi, a large gray wolf, is a timid and quiet student of Cherryton Academy where he lives in a dorm with several other carnivorous students including his outgoing Labrador friend, Jack. As a member of the school's drama club, Legoshi works as a stagehand and supports the actors of the club headed by the star pupil Louis, a red deer.

Out of nowhere, Tem the alpaca is brutally murdered and devoured in the night, setting off a wave of unease and distrust between the herbivore and carnivore students. At the same time, Legoshi has a fateful encounter with Haru, a dwarf rabbit who has been in love with Louis, and begins developing complex feelings for her.

Media

=Manga=

{{See also|List of Beastars chapters{{!}}List of Beastars chapters}}

Beastars, written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, was serialized for 196 chapters in Akita Shoten's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from September 8, 2016, to October 8, 2020.{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/31/squid-girl-author-prepares-new-manga|title="Squid Girl" Author Prepares New Manga|last=Green|first=Scott|date=August 31, 2016|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-date=May 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512181857/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/31/squid-girl-author-prepares-new-manga|url-status=live}}{{Cite tweet|user=itaparu99|last=Paru|first=Itakagi|number=1314122002836320256|date=October 8, 2020|script-title=ja:BEASTARS(ビースターズ) 今週をもちまして無事に完結いたしました。約4年間読んでくださったヒト科の皆様、本当にありがとうございました！！！|language=ja}}

{{cite web|script-title=ja:板垣巴留「BEASTARS」完結！1月より「BEAST COMPLEX」短期集中連載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/399603|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 15, 2020|language=ja|date=October 8, 2020|archive-date=October 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010202041/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/399603|url-status=live}}

Its chapters were collected in 22 individual {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from January 6, 2017, to January 8, 2021.{{cite web|url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253227546|script-title=ja:BEASTARS 第1巻|website=Akita Shoten|language=ja|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-date=May 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517222820/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253227546|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253229107|script-title=ja:BEASTARS 第22巻|website=Akita Shoten|language=ja|access-date=December 6, 2020|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204015928/https://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253229107|url-status=live}}

During their panel at Anime NYC 2018, Viz Media announced that they have licensed the manga.{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Viz Media Licenses My Hero Academia: Smash!!, Komi Can't Communicate, Beastars Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-17/viz-media-licenses-my-hero-academia-smash-komi-cant-communicate-beastars-manga/.139608|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 17, 2018|date=November 17, 2018|archive-date=November 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117235646/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-17/viz-media-licenses-my-hero-academia-smash-komi-cant-communicate-beastars-manga/.139608|url-status=live}} The first volume was released on July 16, 2019, and the last on January 17, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/beastars-volume-1/product/5969|title=Beastars Vol. 1|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419172440/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/beastars-volume-1/product/5969|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Beastars Vol. 22|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/beastars-volume-22/product/7303|access-date=February 10, 2023|publisher=Viz Media|archive-date=February 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209181840/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/beastars-volume-22/product/7303|url-status=live}}

=Anime=

{{Main|List of Beastars episodes{{!}}List of Beastars episodes}}

In February 2019, it was announced that Beastars would get an anime television series adaptation animated by CG studio Orange.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=BEASTARS Manga Gets Anime Adaptation|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-05/beastars-manga-gets-anime-adaptation/.142685|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 6, 2019|date=February 5, 2019|archive-date=April 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404111223/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-05/beastars-manga-gets-anime-adaptation/.142685|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=BEASTARS Anime's 1st Promo Video Streamed|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-06/beastars-anime-1st-promo-video-streamed/.143066|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 6, 2019|date=February 6, 2019|archive-date=February 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207021415/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-06/beastars-anime-1st-promo-video-streamed/.143066|url-status=live}} Shin'ichi Matsumi directed the series, with Nanami Higuchi handling series composition, Nao Ootsu designing the characters, and Satoru Kōsaki composing the series' music.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=BEASTARS TV Anime Reveals New Visual, Staff|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-25/beastars-tv-anime-reveals-new-visual-staff/.144985|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 25, 2019|date=March 25, 2019|archive-date=March 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325052351/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-25/beastars-tv-anime-reveals-new-visual-staff/.144985|url-status=live}} The series aired from October 10 to December 26, 2019, and aired on Fuji TV's +Ultra anime programming block and other channels. At the conclusion of the TV broadcast, a second season was announced.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=BEASTARS Anime Gets 2nd Season|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-25/beastars-anime-gets-2nd-season/.154756|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 25, 2019|date=December 25, 2019|archive-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226002727/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-25/beastars-anime-gets-2nd-season/.154756|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/12/25-1/beastars-anime-will-return-for-a-second-season|website=Crunchyroll|title=BEASTARS Anime Will Return for a Second Season|date=December 25, 2019|access-date=December 25, 2019|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225183049/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/12/25-1/beastars-anime-will-return-for-a-second-season|url-status=live}} Animation studio Orange returned to produce the second season, which aired from January 7 to March 25, 2021.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-20/beastars-anime-2nd-season-premieres-in-2021/.157729|title=Beastars Anime's 2nd Season Premieres in 2021|website=Anime News Network|date=March 20, 2020|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320110450/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-20/beastars-anime-2nd-season-premieres-in-2021/.157729|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-05/beastars-anime-season-2-premieres-in-january-2021/.162604|title=Beastars Anime Season 2 Premieres in January 2021|website=Anime News Network|date=August 5, 2020|access-date=August 6, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806010615/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-05/beastars-anime-season-2-premieres-in-january-2021/.162604|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-05/beastars-anime-season-2-new-video-announces-january-5-premiere/.166014|title=Beastars Anime Season 2's New Video Announces January 5 Premiere|website=Anime News Network|date=November 5, 2020|access-date=November 5, 2020|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105131245/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-05/beastars-anime-season-2-new-video-announces-january-5-premiere/.166014|url-status=live}} On July 20, 2021, studio Orange and Netflix Japan announced that the anime series would be receiving a third season.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=BEASTARS Anime Gets New Arc|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-20/beastars-anime-gets-new-arc/.175348|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 20, 2021|date=July 20, 2021|archive-date=July 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720154815/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-20/beastars-anime-gets-new-arc/.175348|url-status=live}} On December 7, 2021, Studio Orange announced that the continuation would be the final season.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=New BEASTARS Logo Reveals Anime's 'Final Season'|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-07/new-beastars-logo-reveals-anime-final-season/.180378|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 7, 2021|date=December 7, 2021|archive-date=December 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207172950/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-07/new-beastars-logo-reveals-anime-final-season/.180378|url-status=live}} The final season will be split into two cours,{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Beastars Anime's Final Season Split in 2 Halves|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-21/beastars-anime-final-season-split-in-2-halves/.209030|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 22, 2024|date=March 21, 2024|archive-date=March 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322035547/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-21/beastars-anime-final-season-split-in-2-halves/.209030|url-status=live}} with the first part premiered worldwide on December 5, 2024.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Beastars Anime's Final Season Trailer Reveals More Cast, Ending Song Artist, December 5 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-11-05/beastars-anime-final-season-trailer-reveals-more-cast-ending-song-artist-december-5-debut/.217509|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106032452/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-11-05/beastars-anime-final-season-trailer-reveals-more-cast-ending-song-artist-december-5-debut/.217509|archive-date=November 6, 2024|date=November 5, 2024|url-status=live}}

The opening song for the first season is "Wild Side", performed by ALI, while the ending theme songs, performed by Yurika are "Le zoo" (episodes 2, 5, 8 and 9), "Sleeping instinct" (episodes 3, 7 and 10), "Marble" (episodes 4, 6 and 11) and "Floating Story on the Moon" (episodes 12).{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=BEASTARS Anime's Video Reveals Opening Song, October 8 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-16/beastars-anime-video-reveals-opening-song-october-8-premiere/.151200|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 16, 2019|date=September 16, 2019|archive-date=October 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010024800/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-16/beastars-anime-video-reveals-opening-song-october-8-premiere/.151200|url-status=live}} The opening song for the second season is {{Nihongo|"Kaibutsu"|怪物||"Monster"}} and the ending theme song is {{Nihongo|"Yasashii Suisei"|優しい彗星||"Comet"}}; both songs are performed by Yoasobi.{{cite web|url=https://bst-anime.com/|title=Terebi Anime "BEASTARS Bīsutāzu"|language=ja|script-title=ja:TVアニメ「BEASTARS ビースターズ」|trans-title=TV Anime "BEASTARS"|website=bst-anime.com|access-date=January 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105160803/https://bst-anime.com/|archive-date=January 5, 2021|url-status=live}} The opening theme for the first part of the third season is "Into the World", performed by Satoru Kōsaki and Issei, while the ending theme is "Feel Like This" by {{ill|Yu-Ka|ja|由薫}}.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Beastars Final Season Anime Reveals 7 More Cast, Opening/Ending Sequences|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-05/beastars-final-season-anime-reveals-7-more-cast-opening-ending-sequences/.218642|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 21, 2024|date=December 5, 2024}}

Season 1 of Beastars was released on March 13, 2020, on Netflix outside of Japan.{{cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/11/06/beastars-anime-makes-its-netflix-debut-outside-of-japan-in-early-2020|title=Beastars Anime Makes Its Netflix Debut Outside of Japan in Early 2020|work=Crunchyroll|date=November 6, 2019|access-date=November 11, 2019|archive-date=November 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107205301/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/11/06/beastars-anime-makes-its-netflix-debut-outside-of-japan-in-early-2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=BEASTARS Anime Premieres on Netflix Outside of Japan on March 13|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-01-13/beastars-anime-premieres-on-netflix-outside-of-japan-on-march-13/.155311|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 13, 2020|date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114022318/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-01-13/beastars-anime-premieres-on-netflix-outside-of-japan-on-march-13/.155311|url-status=live}} Its second season was released on the streaming service on July 15, 2021.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Netflix Launches Beastars Anime Season 2 Outside Japan on July 15|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-16/netflix-launches-beastars-anime-season-2-outside-japan-on-july-15/.174016|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 16, 2021|date=June 16, 2021|archive-date=June 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617071921/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-16/netflix-launches-beastars-anime-season-2-outside-japan-on-july-15/.174016|url-status=live}}

=Stage play=

On December 4, 2019, the first 2020 magazine issue of Weekly Shōnen Champion announced that a stage play based on the manga was in development. It was originally scheduled for an April 2020 debut running through May in Tokyo and Osaka.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=BEASTARS Manga Gets Stage Play|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-04/beastars-manga-gets-stage-play/.153990|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 4, 2019|date=December 4, 2019|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205035102/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-04/beastars-manga-gets-stage-play/.153990|url-status=live}} In late March 2020, it was announced that the play has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Beastars, Durarara!!, Shield Hero, Haikyu!!, More Stage Plays Cancelled or Postponed|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-09/beastars-durarara-shield-hero-haikyu-more-stage-plays-cancelled-or-postponed/.158431|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 9, 2020|date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=April 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409102845/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-09/beastars-durarara-shield-hero-haikyu-more-stage-plays-cancelled-or-postponed/.158431|url-status=live}} A stage reading musical adaptation was held in September 2024.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「Reading Musical『BEASTARS』」佐藤龍我や村田充ら並ぶメインビジュアル|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/583012|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225060645/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/583012|archive-date=December 25, 2024|language=ja|date=July 20, 2024|url-status=live}}

Reception

=Manga=

By October 2021, Beastars had over 7.5 million copies in circulation.{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|date=October 31, 2021|title=Paru Itagaki's BEASTARS Manga Crosses 7.5 Million Copies in Circulation|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-31/paru-itagaki-beastars-manga-crosses-7.5-million-copies-in-circulation/.179031|access-date=October 31, 2021|website=Anime News Network|archive-date=October 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031131812/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-31/paru-itagaki-beastars-manga-crosses-7.5-million-copies-in-circulation/.179031|url-status=live}}

In December 2017, the series placed second in the list of top male-targeted manga for 2018 in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook, placing after The Promised Neverland.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-08/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-reveals-2018-series-ranking-for-male-readers/.125015|title=Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2018's Series Ranking for Male Readers|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=December 8, 2017|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308000911/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-08/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-reveals-2018-series-ranking-for-male-readers/.125015|url-status=live}} The series won the 11th annual Manga Taishō in March 2018, the first time a series from Akita Shoten took the award.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-22/paru-itagaki-beastars-wins-11th-manga-taisho-awards/.129344|title=Paru Itagaki's BEASTARS Wins 11th Manga Taisho Awards|last1=Loo|first1=Egan|last2=Hodgkins|first2=Crystalyn|date=March 22, 2018|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318011610/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-22/paru-itagaki-beastars-wins-11th-manga-taisho-awards/.129344|url-status=live}} In April 2018, it won the New Creator Prize at the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-24/golden-kamuy-wins-22nd-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-top-award/.130796|title=Golden Kamuy Wins 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Top Award|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=April 24, 2018|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-date=April 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425144544/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-24/golden-kamuy-wins-22nd-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-top-award/.130796|url-status=live}} In May 2018, it won the 42nd annual Kodansha Manga Awards in the {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} category.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-10/42nd-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-winners-announced/.131402|title=42nd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Winners Announced|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|date=May 10, 2018|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-date=May 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513082412/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-10/42nd-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-winners-announced/.131402|url-status=live}} It also won a New Face Award at the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in March 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-16/in-this-corner-of-the-world-lu-over-the-wall-nee-mama-win-media-arts-awards/.129080|title=In This Corner of the World, Lu over the wall, 'Nee, Mama' Win Media Arts Awards|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=March 16, 2018|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-date=May 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512193210/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-16/in-this-corner-of-the-world-lu-over-the-wall-nee-mama-win-media-arts-awards/.129080|url-status=live}} The series won the "Shōnen Tournament 2019" by the editorial staff of the French website Manga-News.{{Cite web|date=March 17, 2020|title=Beastars remporte le Tournoi Shônen 2019|url=https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2020/03/17/Beastars-remporte-le-Tournoi-Shonen-2019|access-date=August 4, 2022|website=Manga News|language=fr}} It was nominated for the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia at the 2020 Eisner Award.{{cite web|last=McMillan|first=Graeme|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/2020-eisner-nominees-complete-list-1297196|title=2020 Eisner Nominees: The Complete List|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 4, 2020|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=April 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409181556/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/2020-eisner-nominees-complete-list-1297196|url-status=live}} Beastars won the Best Graphic Story and Best Dramatic Series in the Ursa Major Award.{{cite web|author=dronon|url=https://www.flayrah.com/8291/voting-opens-2020-ursa-major-awards|title=Voting opens for the 2020 Ursa Major Awards|website=Flayrah|date=March 14, 2020|access-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210302202119/https://www.flayrah.com/8291/voting-opens-2020-ursa-major-awards|archive-date=March 2, 2021|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Dronon|date=May 3, 2021|title=Winners of the 2020 Ursa Major Awards|url=https://www.flayrah.com/8349/winners-2020-ursa-major-awards|access-date=March 28, 2022|website=Flayrah|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503190232/https://www.flayrah.com/8349/winners-2020-ursa-major-awards|url-status=live}} The Ursa Major awards are given in the field of furry fandom works and are the main awards in the field of anthropomorphism.{{cite web|author=TheChainedWolf|url=http://www.flayrah.com/3293/ursa-major-awards-2009-predictions-and-forlorn-hopes|title=Ursa Major Awards 2009: predictions and forlorn hopes|website=FurteanTimes.com/Flayrah|date=March 14, 2020|access-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129073716/https://www.flayrah.com/3293/ursa-major-awards-2009-predictions-and-forlorn-hopes|archive-date=November 29, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Patten|first=Fred|author-link=Fred Patten|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-ursa-major-awards/|title=The Ursa Major Awards|website=Cartoon Research|date=July 21, 2013|access-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920162525/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-ursa-major-awards/|archive-date=September 20, 2015|url-status=live}} The manga was chosen as one of the Best Manga at the Comic-Con International Best & Worst Manga of 2019.{{Cite web|last=Loveridge|first=lynzee|date=July 22, 2019|title=Best and Worst Manga of 2019 Results - Comic-Con International|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-07-22/best-and-worst-manga-of-2019-results-comic-con-international/.149230|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119163600/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-07-22/best-and-worst-manga-of-2019-results-comic-con-international/.149230|archive-date=November 19, 2021|access-date=April 1, 2022|website=Anime News Network}} It was one of the Jury Recommended Works for the French 13th ACBD's Prix Asie de la Critique 2019.{{cite web|last=Pigeat|first=Aurélien|url=https://www.acbd.fr/3815/actualites/les-5-titres-en-competition-pour-le-prix-asie-de-la-critique-acbd-2019/|title=Les 5 titres en compétition pour le Prix Asie de la Critique ACBD 2019|website=Association des Critiques et des journalistes de Bande Dessinée|date=June 11, 2019|access-date=October 3, 2023|language=fr|archive-date=October 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009152448/https://www.acbd.fr/3815/actualites/les-5-titres-en-competition-pour-le-prix-asie-de-la-critique-acbd-2019/|url-status=live}} Beastars was nominated for the 53rd Seiun Award in the Best Comic category in 2022.{{Cite web|title=2022年第53回星雲賞|url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2022result.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519115408/http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2022result.html|archive-date=May 19, 2022|access-date=May 27, 2022|website=www.sf-fan.gr.jp}}

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On Rotten Tomatoes, the show holds an approval rating of 94%, based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Well-made and beautifully animated, Beastars is a solid new anime for anyone looking to get a little wild."{{Citation|title=Beastars: Season 1|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/beastars/s01|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=March 29, 2022|archive-date=April 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427064108/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/beastars/s01|url-status=live}}

In 2020, the series was part of the Jury Selections at the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival in the Animation category.{{Cite web|title=BEASTARS {{!}} Jury Selections {{!}} Animation Division {{!}} 2020 [23rd] Japan Media Arts Festival Archive|url=http://archive.j-mediaarts.jp/en/festival/2020/animation/works/BEASTARS/|access-date=March 29, 2022|website=Japan Media Arts Festival|archive-date=February 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204010859/http://archive.j-mediaarts.jp/en/festival/2020/animation/works/BEASTARS/|url-status=dead}} Beastars won a CGWORLD Award in the Computer Animation category.{{Cite web|title=第5回（2019年度）「CGWORLD AWARDS」の大賞ならびに各部門の最優秀賞を発表！|url=https://cgworld.jp/feature/201912-awards2019-winners.html|access-date=March 29, 2022|website=CGWORLD|language=ja|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308063156/https://cgworld.jp/feature/201912-awards2019-winners.html|url-status=live}} It won the 26th Spanish Manga Barcelona award for the Best Anime category in 2020.{{Cite web|last=REDACCIÓN|date=October 30, 2020|title=Manga Barcelona Limited Edition premia a los mejores mangas y animes del año|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20201030/4979310906/manga-barcelona-limited-edition-premia-a-los-mejores-mangas-y-animes-del-ano.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331190953/https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20201030/4979310906/manga-barcelona-limited-edition-premia-a-los-mejores-mangas-y-animes-del-ano.html|archive-date=March 31, 2022|access-date=March 31, 2022|website=La Vanguardia|language=Spanish}} The anime series was awarded the "Best Opening Sequence" and was nominated in 8 other categories including "Anime of the Year" in the 5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards,{{Cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|title=Rewatch the 2021 Anime Awards Here (and Find Out Who Won!)|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/02/19-1/rewatch-the-2021-anime-awards-here-and-find-out-who-won|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220073813/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/02/19-1/rewatch-the-2021-anime-awards-here-and-find-out-who-won|archive-date=February 20, 2021|date=February 19, 2021|access-date=March 29, 2022|website=Crunchyroll}} while the second season was nominated in three categories in the 6th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2022.{{cite web|title=Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2022 Nominations Include '86 Eighty-Six,' 'Jujutsu Kaisen,' 'Oddtaxi' (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/news/crunchyroll-anime-awards-2022-nominations-1235155903/|last=Schneider|first=Michael|date=January 18, 2022|access-date=March 29, 2022|website=Variety|archive-date=March 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325045429/https://variety.com/2022/awards/news/crunchyroll-anime-awards-2022-nominations-1235155903/|url-status=live}}

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{{Official website|https://www.akitashoten.co.jp/works/beastars/|Official manga website}} {{in lang|ja}}
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{{Official website|https://www.netflix.com/title/81054847}} at Netflix
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