Beastars (Season 2)

Alternate Title

BEASTARS(第2期)

Synopsis

“I will get stronger. I won’t let society or my instincts get the better of me.”
Legoshi accepts himself as a predator and takes the first step toward falling in love with Haru. However, just when it seems he has regained his peaceful school life at Cherryton Academy, a new crisis draws near. And in the city’s underbelly, the remnants of the Shishigumi, who were supposed to have been defeated, are beginning to rise to power again. Will Legoshi be able to protect what really matters to him?

Background

Beastars is a manga series written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki that was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion magazine from September 2016 to October 2020. The series has been collected and published in 22 collected tankobon volumes, and it is licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media.

The second season of the TV anime adaptation is once again being produced by studio Orange and features returning staff including Shinichi Matsumi as director, Nanami Higuchi handling series composition, Nao Ootsu handling character designs, and Satoru Kousaki composing the music. The opening and ending theme songs are "Kaibutsu" and “Yasashii Suisei” both by YOASOBI. The anime premiered on Jan. 6, 2021 during Fuji TV’s “+Ultra” programming block and will be available in 190 countries worldwide through Netflix beginning in July.

Characters

Legoshi (Voiced by: Chikahiro Kobayashi)
Legoshi is a tall gray wolf. He is the main character of the series. Despite his menacing appearance, Legoshi is actually a calm and timid individual. Still, he is very aware of his nature as a wolf and has a complex about himself. Consequently, he is awkward interacting with others.

Haru (Voiced by: Sayaka Senbongi)
Haru is a sexually promiscuous female rabbit. She is often stereotyped as being innocent and fragile and embraces her sexuallity aggressively to subvert that image.

Rui (Voiced by: Yuki Ono)
Rui, or Louis, is a male third-year student and a dear. He is the lead actor in the production that Legosi is working on. He cares about his looks and maintaining his place in the social hierarchy.

Juno (Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki)
Juno is a female wolf. She is part of the drama club, and she is competing with Rui to be the next Beastar.

Jack (Voiced by: Junya Enoki)
Jack is a male labrador. He is a childhood friend of Legosi and looks out for him. He and Legosi are roommates in Cherryton Academy.

Gouhin (Voiced by: Akio Otsuka)
Gouhin is a male panda and a back-alley doctor. He is also a psychiatrist that treats Legosi.

Collot (Voiced by: Takeo Otsuka)
Collot is a sheepdog who lives in the same dorm as Legosi.

Voss (Voiced by: Yoshiyuki Shimozuma)
Voss is a male fox and another canine type living in Legosi’s dorm. He is small and says few words.

Sanou (Voiced by: Fukushi Ochiai)
Sanou is a pelican and the director of the drama club.

Miguno (Voiced by: Yuma Uchida)
Miguno is a hyena. Like the other canine animals, he lives with Legosi in the same dorm.

Durham (Voiced by: Naoto Kobayashi)
Durham is a coyote with a very animated personality. He is always making others laugh.

Kai (Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto)
Kai is a mongoose and a stagehand for the drama club like Legosi.

Bill (Voiced by: Takaaki Torashima)
Bill is a tiger and a friend of Legosi. He seems confident on the outside but hides anxiety issues.

Els (Voiced by: Sayumi Watabe)
Els is a female goat that Tem loved when he was alive.

Dom(Voiced by: Genki Muro)
Dom is a third-year male peafowl and the head of the stage crew for the drama club.

Kibi (Voiced by: Yuichi Iguchi)
Kibi is an anteater and a member of the stage crew.

Shiira (Voiced by: Yuko Hara)
Shiira is a female third-year student and a cheetah. She is socially high in the status among the beasts and is also a choreographer for the drama club.

Aoba (Voiced by: Ikuto Kanemasa)
Aoba is a bald eagle. He is a second-year student and a friend to Legosi and Bill.

Ellen (Voiced by: Akane Ochi)
Ellen is a zebra who both greatly respects herbivores and fears carnivores. She is one of the first to accuse carnivores of Tem’s death.

Mizuchi (Voiced by: Hibiku Yamamura)
Mizuchi is a rabbit, but a different type than Haru. She is jealous, paranoid, and petty. She enjoys tormenting Haru.

Legom (Voiced by: Sakura Andou)
Legom is a chicken who sells her eggs. She’s also a student at Cherryton High.

Gohin (Voiced by: Akio Otsuka)
Gohin is a giant panda who works as a back-alley psychiatrist helping carnivores control their predatory instincts. He becomes a mentor of sorts to Legoshi, teaching him everything from carnivore instincts to fighting techniques.

Mayor (Voiced by: Mitsuaki Hoshino)
The Mayor is a lion who ignores accusations against fellow carnivores.

Ogma (Voiced by: Kenyu Horiuchi)
Ogma is a ruthless middle-aged businessman and a red deer like Louis. He buys Louis on the black market and forces him to fend for his life with a knife in order to toughen him up.

Tem (Voiced by: Takeo Otsuka)
Tem is a male alpaca who is mysteriously murdered early on in the series.

Gon
Gon is a tiger. He is the middle-aged headmaster of Cherryton.

Zoe (Voiced by: Genki Muro)
Zoe is a male goat who receives Tem’s role after he dies. He works hard to live up to his part in the production.

Ibuki (Voiced by: Taiten Kusunoki)
Ibuki is a member of the Shishigumi which operates in the black market. He is calm and rational even among violent gang members. His trademark is his glasses.

Free (Voiced by: Subaru Kimura)
Free is an Indian lion and member of the Shishigumi who has scars on his face. He is extremely bloodthirsty and has a ferocious personality, but also likes to joke around.

Pina (Voiced by: Yuuki Kaji)
Pina is a doll bighorn sheep and a first-year student and member of the drama club. He is a flamboyant, good-looking, narcissistic playboy.

Rokume (Voiced by: Kujira)
Rokume is a mysterious rattlesnake who works as a security guard at the academy.

Music

• Opening Theme Song: "Kaibutsu" by YOASOBI
• Ending Theme Song: “Yasashii Suisei” by YOASOBI

International Streaming

Netflix

• Anime Site (Japanese)
• Twitter (Japanese)

• Original Creator: Paru Itagaki
• Director: Shinichi Matsumi
• Script: Nanami Higuchi
• Character Design: Nao Ootsu
• CG Chief Director: Eiji Inomoto
• Art Director: Minami Kasuga
• Color Design: Ken Hashimoto
• Director of Photography: Polun Tsai, Shiori Furusho
• Editing: Junichi Uematsu
• Music: Satoru Kousaki (MONACA)
• Animation Production: Orange