Manga Taishō winners 2017–2026: Frieren, Blue Period, Beastars and more
Beastars
BEASTARS
In a world where anthropomorphic carnivores and herbivores live side by side, students at a boarding school navigate the divide between them. It won the Manga Taishō in 2018.
AuthorParu Itagaki
PublisherAkita Shoten
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Champion
Serialized2016–2020 (complete)
Volumes22 (complete)
AwardManga Taishō 2018 grand prize (78 points)
What is it about?
The story is set at Cherryton Academy, a boarding school in a modern society of civilized animals. Eating meat from other animals is strictly illegal, yet the cultural gap between carnivores and herbivores shapes every relationship.
Beyond the page
It ran in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion from September 2016 to October 2020 and is complete in 22 volumes. Viz Media publishes it in English, and an anime by Orange began airing in October 2019.
Who will like it
Readers who like animal stories with a sharper, more grown-up edge.