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Every one thousand years, the Gods' Council assembles to decide the fate of humanity. After many years of human history, the gods come to the decision that humans are irredeemable and must go extinct. However, during the council the valkyrie Brunhilde, a demigod, intercedes in the name of humanity and proposes to give humanity one last chance to prove their worth. The gods agree to hold the battle of Ragnarok, a tournament with 13 notable humans from across history against 13 of the most powerful gods engaging in duels to the death. Humanity will be spared if they achieve 7 victories against the gods.

First after that brief introduction, I have to say that I don't have any previous experience with the material, don't reading the manga, so I am not comparing and judging the anime by itself.

The animation is bad, lacking fluidity and composed mainly of static scenes; and the story isn't told in a very good way, lacking depth and drama.

Despite the many flaws, it is still very watchable and a very fun anime in a trashy way. Really dumb fun with over the top action.

In the year 2045, after an economic world disaster, which destroyed the value of all forms of paper and electronic currency, the "Big 4" nations of the world are engaged in a state of never-ending war, called Sustainable War, to keep the economy from collapse. In this world, Motoko, Batou, and other members of the extinct Public Security Section 9 are contracted as mercenaries under the group "GHOST," using their cybernetic enhancements and battle experience to earn a living while defusing hot-spots across the globe. However, the emergence of a new menace and a conspiracy uncovered by former Chief Aramaki force Section 9 to reunite.

The anime is very similar to other ghost in Shell stories and it is comparable to Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. It is an action anime with more content than you would normally expect from an anime of that kind, although this one does not try to raise existencial questions, focusing more on the mystery. I actually liked it more than Stand Alone Complex (SAC), because the episodes are better connected and the series as a whole feel more cohesive, instead of using the episodic approach of SAC. Also it actually dresses the Major the way it should, one point that really broke the plausibility in SAC.

"Legoshi, a large gray wolf, is a timid and quiet student of Cherryton Academy where he lives in a dorm with several other carnivorous students including his outgoing Labrador friend, Jack. As a member of the school's drama club, Legoshi works as a stagehand and supports the actors of the club headed by the star pupil Louis, a red deer."

"Out of nowhere, Tem, the alpaca, is brutally murdered and devoured in the night, setting off a wave of unease and distrust between the herbivore and carnivore students. At the same time, Legoshi has a fateful encounter with Haru, a small dwarf rabbit who has been in love with the red deer Louis, and begins developing complex feelings for her." (Wikipedia)

Based on that, leaving out the animal part, the anime seems like a slice of life drama based on a love triangle. But fortunately is a lot more than that.

Beastars is a strange anime. It uses a lot of classic tropes, but in a way that they appear to be fresh and new. And that is definitively a sign of a good storytelling when you pick something old, give it a new cloth and it appears to be completely new.

Beastars does that flawlessly and in a very interesting way. Recommended.