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Beastars is another new Netflix series that we recently finished watching. I wasn't too fond of it--hubs liked it a lot. Most Netflix series have a slow burn to them...Beastars had such a slow burn that it failed to ignite anything within me. I stuck it out, but the first few episodes made me fall asleep. IMHO, it is unevenly paced with cliffhangers, short bursts of action after much internal dialogs and I sure didn't like the rapey vibes of episodes 9 and 10. I don't know how closely the cartoon adheres to the manga written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, but it's 2020 and I'm done with gratuitous rapey vibes in media.
It would be easy to call Beastars a thinkier Zootopia and in some ways it is. The main setting is Cherryton Academy, where carnivores and herbivores learn and live together. It's not always a harmonious existence however, especially after a herbivore named Tem is murdered. The plot is really all over the place but the main point of view is from a sensitive, thoughtful wolf named Legoshi who befriends the school star, a red deer named Louis. Both are drawn together by their relationships with Haru, a dwarf rabbit who is kind of a loner.
The series left me mostly confused--what's a Beastar? What's the point? Why is it jumping from concept to concept so much? For me, Beastars lacked a cohesive narrative and one has to look really deep as each character struggles with their predetermined biology. This series gets a meh from me, but YMMV!
The trailer below is stop motion animated, but the series is traditional looking CGI animation.
It would be easy to call Beastars a thinkier Zootopia and in some ways it is. The main setting is Cherryton Academy, where carnivores and herbivores learn and live together. It's not always a harmonious existence however, especially after a herbivore named Tem is murdered. The plot is really all over the place but the main point of view is from a sensitive, thoughtful wolf named Legoshi who befriends the school star, a red deer named Louis. Both are drawn together by their relationships with Haru, a dwarf rabbit who is kind of a loner.
The series left me mostly confused--what's a Beastar? What's the point? Why is it jumping from concept to concept so much? For me, Beastars lacked a cohesive narrative and one has to look really deep as each character struggles with their predetermined biology. This series gets a meh from me, but YMMV!
The trailer below is stop motion animated, but the series is traditional looking CGI animation.
