 Hey everybody, welcome back to the channel, Gio here and today we're going to be taking a look at Brand New Animal, or BNA, the latest anime from Studio Trigger. Let's do this. Although the series is scheduled to air April 8th, we got an advanced look on March 21st with the first six episodes. This is directed by Yo Yoshinari and written by Kazuki Nakashima. Now what the heck is Brand New Animal? The series is set in an alternative 21st century where the existence of humanoid creatures or humanoid animals, called beast men, or beast man, anyways, beast men. They suddenly appear or are revealed to humanity and they're basically anthropomorphic animals that can talk and behave like any other regular human. And of course, as is the norm with humanity, they are faced with extreme prejudice and racism and as a result they built this city called Anima City, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and it is sort of a safe haven for all of these creatures, these anthropomorphic animals, to reside and not face the wrath of angry shukt and not face the wrath of angry humans that don't get it. Studio Trigger, you know, they like to go all out and do bombastic anime and this is no exception. And it seems to me that they got a little bit too hooked on the synthwave vibe from Promare because I see a lot of similar color palettes and hues and soundtrack cues, the music, all that stuff. It's a vibrant, exuberant series with a lot of gusto, as I like to say. I love this world and how it looks. I love the design for the creatures and even the regular humans. The beast men, they're sort of this alternate species to the Homo sapiens and they can turn into their fairy selves, I guess, pretty quickly and they are very diverse. In the story we follow the character of Michiru, a young high school student that suddenly turns into a tanuki animal and she, fearing the worst, runs away and is seeking refuge in Anima City. Over there she meets the character of Shido Ogami, who is this wolf man detective who will do anything imaginable to protect his city and protect its inhabitants. And that's part of the fun when you have two characters that are very different from each other. Michiru is very fun, she is extremely adorable but she's naive and kind of silly in a good way and it goes with the personality, I guess, of a tanuki of myth and legend. Whereas Shido, he's very GI, hard edge, he's very stubborn but he is a good person at heart who wants to do good. He just, you know, does it in his own unique way, I guess, but he is the super cop protector if you will. Part of the fun of this series, of course, is that when you have a story with anthropomorphic animals, you can take all the social criticism and morals and the story itself. People can examine the tropes through the lens of animals and our eccentric natures and characteristics can be displayed through the stylings of animals and their particular quirky selves, if you will. Some people do enjoy that and I think it's an excellent tool for a viewer, I guess, to understand the problems of society and all that stuff. You can examine it in a fun way that's not, you know, you're not repeating yourself like many other series have tried or comics or other manga or movies where they do it in the regular old fashion. Here you can go all out and do something unique, something pretty cool looking with animals and of course the visuals are a key component. The character design has to be top notch for you to invest yourself in this story. Whereas series like Beastars, for example, or films like Zootopia, they're more drama-focused, I guess. This one goes all out with its action, its vibes and just the style and the nature of the story. Yes, you do have a character that meets you that, you know, we can have a protagonist turn into one of the creatures and you can examine society through her perspective which is great and allows the viewer to learn and get all that exposition dialogue thrown at you through her because she's learning it as well. So that's always fun. But the success of this show I think will rely in how stylized it is and it really does look fantastic. I love all the hues and color palettes and it just looks pretty freaking awesome man. I love how scenes will, you know, the coloring will dictate the mood of the scene. Characters walking through a city and all you see are blue hues because of the night sky and the moon. All the city lights are turned off and all you see is the reflection of the night sky. So it gives you an ambiance that's very different from other shows. A lot of action scenes and key sequences happen at twilight hours. So you see a lot of reddish orange and purplish colors in the sky. And it's reflected on the buildings with the shadows. It's very cool looking. Just on an artistic value, you got to check this show out. It's pretty freaking badass in my opinion. The characters, like I mentioned earlier, it lends itself to examine tropes and characters. So a lot of them can be a little bit tropey but that's on purpose and you're not going to mind. You're going to like it. But for the most part they're really cool. Even the minor characters, there's something interesting about them. Even if you don't see them that often, whether it's a monkey pit pocket or the mink or stuff like that, there's something interesting about them that you want to find out more about them. Also, when we do get super action scenes, they look fantastic. If you saw previous works from Studio Trigger, like Promare, the fluidity of the action is present in BNA and that's awesome because I could have easily seen this be a movie instead of a series and I'm so happy it's a TV series because you get more time to fall in love with certain characters and enjoy this world for what it is. So for six episodes to be streamed earlier than expected, this is pretty awesome. I do recommend it. I think BNA will be one of the highlights of 2020 in my honest opinion. The music soundtrack, I don't know if I've already mentioned it or not, but I will anyways. It's pretty awesome. I love synthwave themed soundtracks and all that stuff. It's one of my favorite genres in music, I guess, in scores specifically. So to have that is really cool and it gives it sort of that hard edged, cool throwback anime with modern sensibilities and all that stuff. So yeah, A plus for me, plus the opening is so freaking awesome. I wish I could play the song and not get a copyright strike because I think it's one of the best anime openings of 2020. The song is just pure fire. I love it so much. So yeah, BNA brand new animal, I absolutely am on board. I love it. First six episodes are awesome and I cannot wait to see how the series develops, how the main plot progresses, what will happen to Michiru, discovering how she is what seems to be the first human that can turn into an anthropomorphic animal or a beastman. So I'm very interested in that. Also the mythology behind the wolf and Ogami and all that stuff. That's pretty interesting. Ogami? Okami. Huh. Let's see what you did there. Guys, have you seen brand new animal? Let me know down below. If not, let me know what is your favorite anthropomorphic themed comic, anime, manga, whatever. Let me know down below which anthro series is your favorite. 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