Beastars
Beastars (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion from September 2016 to October 2020, with its chapters collected in 22 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 | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Legoshi | |
| Genre | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Paru Itagaki |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
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| Imprint | Shōnen Champion Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | September 8, 2016 – October 8, 2020 |
| Volumes | 22 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shin'ichi Matsumi |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Nanami Higuchi |
| Music by | Satoru Kōsaki |
| Studio | Orange |
| Licensed by | Netflix |
| Original network | Fuji TV (+Ultra) |
| Original run | October 10, 2019 – present |
| Episodes | 24 |
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. A third and final season is set to premiere in 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 has 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 shōnen category, and the New Face Award at the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival.