Danica Davidson
November 6, 2024 
According to a newly dropped trailer, the first part of the final season of the BEASTARS anime will hit Netflix on December 5. The trailer, which has English subtitles, tells us about actors joining the cast and gives us a listen to the new ending theme song, “Feel Like This,” being performed by YU-KA.
BEASTARS Trailer
Here are the new cast members: Shinichiro Miki plays Yahya, Shigeru Chiba plays Gosha, Kōji Okino plays Melon, Tessho Genda plays Sagwan, and Fumiko Orikasa plays Seven.
The main cast will reprise their roles.
The anime is being made at Orange, with Shinichi Matsumi helming as the director and Nanami Higuchi penning the scripts. As is happening more often now, it’s being divided into two cours. Netflix described the second cours as “Coming Soon” as opposed to sharing a specific date yet.
The BEASTARS manga started in 2016, in the pages of Weekly Shonen Champion magazine, and the series concluded four years later in 2020. You can check out Otaku USA’s review of the first volume here. The anime adaptation premiered in 2019.
VIZ Media publishes the original manga by Paru Itagaki and gave this description for the plot:
BEASTARS Plot
At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, it’s personal relationships that maintain the fragile peace. Who among them is a Beastar—an academic and social role model destined to become a leader in a society naturally rife with mistrust?
Last night at Cherryton Academy, an herbivore student was killed and eaten. Among the members of the drama club, the herbivores’ suspicions naturally turn to their carnivore classmates… The prime suspect? Legoshi, a large wolf. But he wouldn’t hurt a fly—or would he? And will dwarf rabbit Haru bring out the beast in him? Or are his feelings for her…something else?
Source: ANN
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
