Beastars Final Season Part 1 Now Streaming on Netflix, Reveals Opening and Ending Videos

Netflix has begun streaming Part 1 of BEASTARS FINAL SEASON, and they’ve also released the opening and ending videos. The anime is streaming exclusively on the platform, with Part 2 expected at a later date. Studio ORANGE is in charge of the animation.

The opening theme song is “Into the world” by issei, and you can hear it in the opening video below.

The ending song is “Feel Like This” by YU-KA, and you can listen to the song below.

New cast additions were also revealed:

• Hoko Kuwashima as Reano (Legoshi’s mother)
• Yuko Minaguchi as Toki (Gosha’s wife and Legoshi’s grandmother)
• Tomokazu Seki as Deshico (Black market researcher)
• Ryusei Nakao as Cornu (Intelligence agent mouse)
• Ruriko Aoki as Azuki (Louis’ fiancée)
• Tomokazu Sugita as Holger (Tattoo artist sloth)

The Part 1 key visual was revealed in July, and you can check it out below.

The anime first revealed character designs and set a 2024 release date at the Anime Expo 2023 Netflix panel. Shinichi Matsumi, who directed the first two seasons, returned to direct BEASTARS FINAL SEASON, together with Nao Ootsu as the character designer. Nanami Higuchi in charge of the screenplay, with Satoru Kosaki on the music. The main voice cast includes:

• Chikahiro Kobayashi as Legoshi
• Yuki Ono as Louis
• Sayaka Senbongi as Haru
• Akio Otsuka as Gohin
• Junya Enoki as Jack
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Juno
• Koji Okino as Melon
• Yuki Kaji as Pina
• Shigeru Chiba as Gosha
• Tessho Genda as Sagwan
• Shinichiro Miki as Yahya

Paru Itakagi wrote and illustrated the BEASTARS manga, which was serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion from 2016 to 2020. It ended a total of 196 chapters compiled into 22 volumes.

Viz Media licensed the BEASTARS manga in English, and they describe the story:
One night at Cherryton Academy, an herbivore student is brutally murdered. Among the members of the Drama Club, the herbivores’ suspicions naturally turn to their carnivore classmates… The prime suspect? Wolf Legoshi. But he wouldn’t hurt a fly. Or would he? Will dwarf rabbit Haru bring out the beast in him? Or are his feelings for her…something else? 

Another one of Paru Itakagi’s works, SANDA, has an upcoming anime adaptation.

Source: Netflix
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