List of Beastars episodes
The anthropomorphic animals with a cultural divide between carnivores and herbivores. The series takes its name from the in-universe rank of Beastar, an individual of great talent, service, and notoriety. The story focuses on the gray wolf Legoshi as he deals with his attraction to the rabbit Haru.
In the 10th issue of 2019 of Weekly Shōnen Champion, it was announced that Beastars would get an
Fuji TV's +Ultra anime programming block and other channels. The first season was 12 episodes in total, with the Netflix release outside of Japan on March 13, 2020.[4][5] At the conclusion of the TV broadcast, a second season was announced.[6][7] Animation studio Orange returned to produce the second season, which aired from January 7 to March 25, 2021.[8][9][10]
ALI performed the series' opening theme song " Wild Side", while Yurika performed the series' ending theme songs "Le zoo" (ep. 2, 5, 8 and 9), "Sleeping instinct" (ep. 3, 7 and 10), "Marble" (ep. 4, 6 and 11) and "Floating Story on the Moon" (ep. 12).[11] The opening theme song for the second season is "Kaibutsu" (怪物, "Monster"), while the ending theme song is "Yasashii Suisei" (優しい彗星, "A Kind Comet"), both performed by Yoasobi.[12] Season 1 of Beastars was released on March 13, 2020 on Netflix outside of Japan. Its second season was released internationally on the streaming service on July 15, 2021.[13]
On July 20, 2021, studio Orange and Netflix Japan announced that the anime series would be receiving a third and final season.[14] It is set to premiere on Netflix in 2024.[15] The final season will split into two cours.[16]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 12 | October 10, 2019 | December 26, 2019 | |
| 2 | 12 | January 7, 2021 | March 25, 2021 | |
Episodes
Season 1 (2019)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [17][18] | Directed by [a] | Written by [a] | Original air date [19] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Moon and the Beast" Transliteration: "Mangetsu wa Terasu Kemono o Eranderu" (Japanese: 満月は照らす獣を選んでる) | Shin'ichi Matsumi | Nanami Higuchi | October 10, 2019[b] | |
| Tem, an alpaca, is murdered and eaten by an unknown carnivore late at night. As tensions rise between the herbivores and carnivores across the campus of Cherryton, the school's drama club attempts to continue practicing for their play in honor of their late member. A white dwarf rabbit named Haru is bullied by her classmates while a grey wolf named Legoshi tries to work with his red deer classmate Louis on settling tensions in the club. While Louis attempts to provide extra practice for Tem's replacement late in the evening, Legoshi stands watch outside the theater, but suddenly finds himself drawn to Haru. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Academy's Top Dogs" Transliteration: "Gakuen no Shinzō-bu wa Teien ni Ari" (Japanese: 学園の心臓部は庭園にあり) | Yasuhiro Geshi | Nanami Higuchi | October 17, 2019 | |
| Legoshi attempts to fight his carnivorous urges that try to convince him to eat Haru, as he injures the rabbit's arm. She escapes when Legoshi is distracted by a classmate who alerts him about Louis injuring himself in the darkened theater. The next day, Louis helps break up a fight in the Cherryton cafeteria, and later carries on rehearsing his lead role in the drama club play while hiding his injured leg. The drama club decides to get some roses to decorate a set piece in the play, and give the job to Legoshi, who discovers that Haru is the sole member of the Gardening Club. He helps her with some gardening tasks while worrying that she might recognize him as the attacker from last night. Haru offers him her body in thanks for his help, frightening Legoshi as she strips down to her underwear and attempts to seduce him. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "A Wolf is Born" Transliteration: "Osuōkami Shussei no Toki" (Japanese: オスオオカミ 出生のとき) | Makoto Sokuza | Nanami Higuchi | October 24, 2019 | |
| Legoshi abruptly flees from the scantily-clad Haru before she finishes disrobing him as she tries to get him to have sex, as some herbivores talk about a rumor that Haru is a slut who has slept with multiple men. Legoshi tries to sort through his own feelings for Haru, as a wolf, and as a male. Meanwhile, Louis pushes himself to get through his part in the drama club's play, even though his injured leg is getting worse, and he finds himself increasingly irritated at Legoshi suppressing his carnivore strength. Louis manages to pull off a grand performance, but after the curtain falls on the play, Louis collapses on stage. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Give it Your All" Transliteration: "Kimi wa Seihai Made Fuyakashite" (Japanese: 君は聖杯までふやかして) | Atsuyuki Yukawa | Nanami Higuchi | October 31, 2019 | |
| Louis wakes up in the Cherryton school infirmary to discover that he has fractured his leg, and decides to give his lead role to Bill the Bengal tiger. Legoshi is forced to take Bill's role as one of the villains of the play. As the second day of the performance arrives, Bill reveals to Legoshi that he took a few drops of rabbit's blood to prepare. During the play, Bill starts to flub his lines while the audience wonders what happened to Louis. Legoshi breaks character and starts fighting Bill on stage for real, venting his anger against Bill for using rabbit blood to "dope" and against his own violent actions against Haru. When Bill claws back, Louis suddenly appears and breaks up the fight, drawing applause. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Two Sides to the Story" Transliteration: "Shippo no Yogore ni mo Riyū o Mīdasu Otoshigoro" (Japanese: しっぽの汚れにも理由を見出すお年頃) | Yasuhiro Geshi | Nanami Higuchi | November 7, 2019 | |
| Because of the publicity the on-stage fight has gathered (if for the wrong reasons), Louis refrains from suspending Legoshi and Bill from the drama club. A month later, the club is called on to participate in the upcoming Meteor Festival. Legoshi is still insecure about his growing feelings for Haru, who in turn begins to see him in a better light for his friendliness and modesty. Eventually, after having dinner together in the cafeteria, she shares her name with him. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Blurred Vision – Dream or Reality?" Transliteration: "Shikai no Nijimi Yume ka Utsutsu ka" (Japanese: 視界の滲み 夢か現か) | Makoto Sokuza | Nanami Higuchi | November 14, 2019 | |
| The community is startled by another brutal herbivore murder committed by carnivores. Legoshi saves a young wolf girl named Juno from a couple of bullies, winning her affection. Later, he, Aoba and a group of their peers go downtown to city hall to collect information for the Meteor Festival. Then, after spending the day in the city, they get lost and stray into a district called the Black Market, where Legoshi is horrified to see herbivores selling their own body parts to passing carnivores. While running away through the market, Legoshi is overcome by the scent of meat and passes out in a back alley. There he is picked up by the Black Market's psychotherapist and guardian, who explains to Legoshi that his feelings for Haru are actually his predatory instincts disguised as romantic feelings. When Legoshi explains to him that he has no prior experience with love, he gives him a rabbit-themed erotic magazine to test whether those feelings are based on love or predatory instincts. On his way back to school, Legoshi runs into Aoba, who was likewise disgusted by the Black Market, and the two reconcile. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Below the Fur Coat" Transliteration: "Seifuku to Hike no Sono Mata Shita no" (Japanese: 制服と被毛のそのまた下の) | Kensuke Yamamoto | Nanami Higuchi | November 21, 2019 | |
| Legom, a hen student who regularly delivers her eggs to the school cafeteria for the carnivore students, is devoted to making sure her eggs are of the highest quality. As Louis exits Haru's garden clubhouse, he runs into Legoshi, and they realize that both of them have an interest in Haru. Jack finds the erotic magazine and confronts Legoshi with it, who explains that he thought he had an interest in a female rabbit but is convinced that he has no feelings for her. Despite his efforts to distance himself from Haru, Legoshi eventually admits to himself that he is actually in love with her. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Caught like Floss in a Canine's Teeth" Transliteration: "Kenshi ni Ito Yōji Hikkakeru yō ni" (Japanese: 犬歯に糸ようじひっかけるように) | Yasuhiro Geshi | Nanami Higuchi | November 28, 2019 | |
| The first preparations for the Meteor Festival are finished. When Haru finds herself alone out at dusk, Legoshi offers to go back to school together with her, but struggles with his inner conflict between his carnivorous instincts and his love for Haru. Juno confronts Louis with her goals of becoming the next Beastar and winning Legoshi's heart. When she and Legoshi wander the festival grounds, a temporary blackout causes the worried Legoshi to look for Haru, which is witnessed by Juno. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Into the Lion's Den" Transliteration: "Erebētā Saijōkai no Senritsu" (Japanese: エレベーター最上階の戦慄) | Makoto Sokuza | Nanami Higuchi | December 5, 2019 | |
| Louis reminisces about his childhood, when he grew up as illegal livestock for carnivores until he was taken in by Oguma, head of the Horns Conglomerate, who adopted him as his son. Legoshi prevents a carnivore student from attacking Louis, and discovers that Louis has been marked for lynching because him becoming the next Beastar might render carnivores underprivileged. Legoshi sets up a meeting with Haru to confess his feelings to her, but Haru is kidnapped by Shishigumi, a criminal lion gang whose head intends to eat her. Fearing that this incident will endanger his position, the Mayor forbids any investigation in this matter, even blackmailing Louis with his livestock background to keep him quiet. Misunderstanding Louis's hesitation to look for Haru, Legoshi gets into a fight with Louis before deciding to rescue her by himself. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" Transliteration: "Watage, Chi no Hate Made ou Naraba" (Japanese: 綿毛、地の果てまで追うならば) | Daiki Katō | Nanami Higuchi | December 12, 2019 | |
| Beginning his search for Shishigumi in the Black Market, Legoshi is soon begrudgingly joined by the panda doctor Gouhin after Legoshi convinces him of his feelings for Haru. Driven by Haru's lingering smell and Gouhin's advice, Legoshi unleashes his bestial instincts, allowing him to fight his way past the Shishigumi guards. While thinking about Legoshi and recalling how she became who she was by having sex with a male rabbit classmate, Haru finds the strength to stand up against her captors, allowing Legoshi to reach her just in time. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "To the Neon District" Transliteration: "Yuki Yukite Natsu no Neon-gai" (Japanese: ゆきゆきて 夏のネオン街) | Yasuhiro Geshi | Nanami Higuchi | December 19, 2019 | |
| While his friends at school notice his absence and begin to worry, Legoshi defeats the Shishigumi boss in a bloody fight to save Haru. As he and Haru leave the Shishigumi hideout, the boss tries to shoot Legoshi in the head, but is instead killed by Louis, who has also come to rescue Haru, as he is then cornered by several Shishigumi members. As they rest in a love hotel for the night, Legoshi admits that it was he who attacked Haru by the fountain that night. Haru confesses that she has always suspected it, but still came to like Legoshi for his kind nature. But as they attempt to have their first sexual encounter together, their instincts as carnivore and herbivore get in the way yet again. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "In the Storm's Wake" Transliteration: "Karan no Ushiro Sugata" (Japanese: 夏嵐の後ろ姿) | Shin'ichi Matsumi | Nanami Higuchi | December 26, 2019 | |
| After involuntarily acting on her instincts of wanting to be eaten, Haru apologizes for ruining the mood. They return to school where Juno corners Haru and, after finding out they didn't have sex, challenges her for Legoshi's heart, while Louis is then pronounced missing after he fails to arrive at school. The Meteor Festival begins, but before Legoshi can confess to Haru, Juno brings him on stage and announces his heroism of saving a herbivore to the crowd, which applauds his bravery. She arranges to light a candle with him, to signify their relationship. Later, Legoshi leaves in search of Haru, who had trudged off believing that Juno would be better than her for Legoshi. Legoshi finds her and explains his feelings, but admits to her that he needs an unknown amount of time to get stronger so that he doesn't lose to his instincts, to which she replies that she will wait for him. Sometime later, in a post-credits scene, Legoshi encounters an unseen character, who walks with him but begins smiling for no apparent reason. | ||||||
Season 2 (2021)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [17][18] | Directed by [a] | Written by [a] | Original air date [12] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | "A Teen's Never-Ending Alarm" Transliteration: "Shōnen no Mezame wa Nandome no Arāmu ka" (Japanese: 少年の目覚めは何度目のアラームか) | Mie Ōishi | Nanami Higuchi | January 7, 2021[c] | |
| As time passes, Legoshi becomes worried that his relationship with Haru has not progressed despite his love confession. Louis is revealed to have survived his previous encounter but decides to quit the drama club. Meanwhile, Legoshi's friends talk about ghosts in the school. | ||||||
| 14 | 2 | "The Grey Police Hound Runs" Transliteration: "Haiiro no Keisatsuken Toriaezu Hashitteru" (Japanese: 灰色の警察犬とりあえず走ってる) | Yasuhiro Geshi | Nanami Higuchi | January 14, 2021 | |
| The All-Organism Council Meeting is discussing Cherryton's situation regarding a Beastar candidate, and it is decided that the person who solves Tem's murder shall be made the next Beastar. Meanwhile, Legoshi is tasked by Rokume to investigate and find clues about who Tem's killer might be. Louis is the new boss of the Shishigumi. | ||||||
| 15 | 3 | "Changes" Transliteration: "Son'na Namari o Nodo ni Tsumarasete" (Japanese: そんな鉛を喉に詰まらせて) | Makoto Sokuza | Nanami Higuchi | January 21, 2021 | |
| Louis now works with the Shishigumi, and in order to assert his authority, he is forced to ingest meat. A young new member arrives at the drama club. Members' hearts are baffled by the presence of playboy Pina, a big-horned Dall sheep who is full of confidence that he can easily get hot girls in his bed with leverage from his looks, popularity, and a defeatist attitude. After his club friends comment about his relationship with Haru, Legoshi considers maintaining a distance from her. | ||||||
| 16 | 4 | "Entangled" Transliteration: "Mi o Yosetara Ke ga Karamatte Shimau Kara" (Japanese: 身を寄せたら毛が絡まってしまうから) | Daiki Katō | Nanami Higuchi | January 28, 2021 | |
| As he tries to focus on finding Tem's killer, Legoshi is attacked by a huge carnivore figure. In a hint of despair, Legoshi makes an unexpected counterattack to obtain clues about the culprit, and leaves school to learn from Gohin how to overcome his carnivorous instincts. The Shishigumi's reputation in the Black Market continues to grow after saving a stripper from death at the hands of a carnivore lusting after her naked body. Louis gets a surprise visitor. | ||||||
| 17 | 5 | "Call it Like it is" Transliteration: "Shiro wa Monokuro no Naka de mo Shiroi Mama" (Japanese: 白はモノクロの中でも白いまま) | Mie Ōishi | Nanami Higuchi | February 4, 2021 | |
| Juno visits Louis at the Black Market and attempts to convince him to go back to school, but Louis's determination is unshakable. Legoshi, who became Gohin's disciple, cuts off his fur to disguise himself so that the Shishigumi won't recognize him, and begins a harsh training where he remains in school during the day and in the Black Market during the night. | ||||||
| 18 | 6 | "Fly, O Corrupt One" Transliteration: "Tobe Hakaisō" (Japanese: 飛べ 破戒僧) | Keiya Saitō | Nanami Higuchi | February 11, 2021 | |
| Louis forces Oguma to sign him off the school, which Oguma grants willingly, believing that Louis is just going through a difficult phase. Legoshi fights his instincts due to the training that Gohin has imposed on him. However, he realizes that what he faces is "someone who was once alive" and manages to control his own desires by respecting life. Haru appears in front of Legoshi, who is exhausted after returning to the academy, and he proposes to her. When Bill challenges him to a tug of war using their teeth, Legoshi loses and is left wondering what happened to his jaw strength. | ||||||
| 19 | 7 | "Unforgettable Sweetness" Transliteration: "Mitsuzuke no Kioku" (Japanese: 蜜漬けの記憶) | Ryōsuke Shibuya | Nanami Higuchi | February 18, 2021 | |
| While alone in the locker room, Legoshi tastes the water bottles of every male carnivore member of the drama club in order to identify Tem's killer. After a horrifying incident during practice, Legoshi and Riz take Kibi to the infirmary, after which Legoshi reveals to Riz that he knows he is the culprit. Before they can start fighting, Pina interrupts them and blackmails Riz. Due to this incident, the school is set to become segregated and all clubs suspended, but the club members are not giving up. Riz reminisces about the times he spent with Tem and vows to always cherish those memories until the day he dies. | ||||||
| 20 | 8 | "Laughing at the Shadows We Cast" Transliteration: "Hikari o Abitara Shiruetto no Chigai o Waraō" (Japanese: 光を浴びたらシルエットの違いを笑おう) | Mie Ōishi | Nanami Higuchi | February 25, 2021 | |
| Sheila doesn't want to only be used in Peach's photos just for "likes", so she invites her to a day of shopping. Legoshi learns about the strength of his limbs by stopping a ferocious meat addict as part of Gohin's training. Juno is offered the main role in the school play, but after spending some time with Haru in the gardening club, she considers herself unfit to be a candidate for the Beastar title. After a visit to a hyperdrugs store, Ibuki reveals to Louis that their childhoods aren't so different. | ||||||
| 21 | 9 | "A Busted Electric Fan" Transliteration: "Bukkowareteru Senpūki" (Japanese: ぶっ壊れてる扇風機) | Keiya Saitō | Nanami Higuchi | March 4, 2021 | |
| Legoshi steadily gains strength thanks to Gohin's training, but is impatient for not being strong enough to defeat a brown bear. Tao visits Kibi and cries tears of joy because the surgery was a success. At the Black Market, Legoshi accidentally runs into Louis and the Shishigumi. While alone, Legoshi tries to persuade Louis to leave this life, but he insists that he was always a part of it. At the drama club, Riz's hypocrisy and nice bear act infuriates Legoshi, but Pina steps in to calm things down. | ||||||
| 22 | 10 | "The Chef's Suspense" Transliteration: "Shefu no Kimagure Sasupensu" (Japanese: シェフの気まぐれサスペンス) | Makoto Sokuza | Nanami Higuchi | March 11, 2021 | |
| While preparing dinner for his roommates, Riz reflects on what happened with Tem and the situation of Legoshi and Pina knowing he is the culprit. Haru and Legoshi have a talk and he vows to not let her be unhappy anymore. After a traumatizing encounter with Riz in the bathroom, Pina gives a stunning performance during rehearsal, leaving the drama club members stunned. Riz and Legoshi get into an intense fight, but circumstances cause them to postpone their fight until New Year's Eve. | ||||||
| 23 | 11 | "Scatter Your Scales"[d] Transliteration: "Anata no Rinpun Furimaite" (Japanese: あなたの鱗粉振りまいて) | Daiki Katō | Nanami Higuchi | March 18, 2021 | |
| Legoshi eats a live caterpillar, causing his fur to grow back. He disguises himself as a woman to go to the Black Market and tell Louis about his upcoming duel. As Riz goes off to meet with Legoshi, Pina intercepts him to coax and record a confession about killing Tem from him, but Riz discovers the setup. Finally, just before they clash, Riz shows Legoshi bloodstains on his shirt and hands to provoke him. Louis decides to leave the Shishigumi to go help Legoshi, but Ibuki won't let him leave so easily. | ||||||
| 24 | 12 | "The Taste of Rebellion" Transliteration: "Kakumei no Chisō" (Japanese: 革命の馳走) | Shin'ichi Matsumi | Nanami Higuchi | March 25, 2021 | |
| Ibuki gives Louis an ultimatum - to kill him or be killed by him. Free arrives and kills Ibuki, but warns Louis never to come back to the Black Market. As they fight, Legoshi is close to losing to Riz. During a short intervention by Louis who offers Legoshi to eat his right foot, Legoshi's full strength is achieved, enabling him to hold his own. Pina, having been tied up by Riz, frees himself and calls the police. Riz declares Legoshi the winner and stops the fight at the stroke of New Year's Eve with a new understanding of each other. Legoshi and Riz are jailed, but Legoshi receives an early release, while Louis makes a recovery. Legoshi tells Haru that he is considering dropping out of school, whereupon Haru challenges him to consider what this will mean for their relationship which causes him to begin reconsidering. | ||||||
Notes
- ^ a b c d Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
- ^ This episode was pre-screened on October 8, 2019 on Netflix Japan.
- ^ This episode was pre-screened on January 5, 2021 on Netflix Japan and aired on January 7, 2021 at 1:35 a.m. JST, 40 minutes after the original air time on Fuji TV.
- ^ The title is written without the particle の in the episode.
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External links
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Official website at Netflix