BEASTARS is back, baby! After yet another interminably long wait for the show to be released from the musky dungeons of Netflix Jail, at least for us Western fans, we can finally begin the next chapter of Paru Itagaki‘s weird and wonderful anthropomorphic odyssey, courtesy of Studio Orange. This is also the first time we’ve been able to cover the series in a weekly review format (though we’ll be covering the show in two-episode chunks to try and facilitate Netflix‘s binge-watching model). If you’re not familiar with my feelings about the anime’s first season, here’s the short version: I adore BEASTARS, even when its story threatens to become too ambitious for its own good, and I don’t think there’s any studio that is doing better work than Orange when it comes to mixed 2D and 3D animation for television.
Since Season 1 of BEASTARS was a nearly unqualified success, Season 2 has…
