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«Зверомаск» — сильнейший рестлер в маске! Он выходит на ринг под бурю оваций! Вот-вот прогремит гонг, возвещая о начале решающего боя с заклятым врагом — Князем! Мгновение… и тишина. За секунду до начала сражения «Зверомаска», а если точнее, Гэндзо Сибату, призвали в другой мир. Не успел он прийти в себя, как принцесса Альтена взмолила о помощи: она просит сразить могучего Князя Тьмы и истребить зловредных магзверей! Но Гэндзо всем сердцем любит зверушек, а потому ответ — нет! — Пусть животинки и магические, но если к зверям с добротой, то они и на людей нападать перестанут! У Сибаты есть заветная мечта. Он всегда хотел открыть зоомагазин, где вокруг постоянно будут вертеться милые зверушки… Удастся ли Гэндзо начать славную новую жизнь в ином мире?!

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#	эпизод	сценарий	раскадровка	режиссёр эпизода	анимация
1.	Wrestler x Summoning 02.10.2019, 25 мин.	Матида Токо	Миура Кадзуя	Фукумото Синъити	Курихара Манабу Камэяма Тинацу Маки Марина Масуй Ёсинори
2.	Quest x Demon Beast Killer 09.10.2019, 25 мин.	Матида Токо	Фукумото Синъити Курихара Манабу	Фукумото Синъити	Курихара Манабу Камэяма Тинацу Маки Марина Масуй Ёсинори
3.	Runaway Girl x Attacker 16.10.2019, 25 мин.	Нагай Синго	Сасаки Масая	Фукумото Синъити	Исидо Нобухару
4.	Demon Beast x Part-Time Job 23.10.2019, 25 мин.	Акасиро Аой	Ямагути Михиро	Ямагути Михиро	Курихара Манабу Камэяма Тинацу Маки Марина Масуй Ёсинори
5.	Animal Mask x MAO 30.10.2019, 25 мин.	Матида Токо	Уэхара Хидэаки	Ямамото Сусуму	Камэда Томоюки Кано Акира Фурукава Хироюки
6.	Loser x Master 06.11.2019, 25 мин.	Матида Токо	Миура Кадзуя	Фукумото Синъити	Курихара Манабу Камэяма Тинацу Маки Марина Масуй Ёсинори
7.	First Student x Pain in the Butt 13.11.2019, 25 мин.	Нагай Синго	Масуда Тосихико	Ямагути Михиро	Тэдзима Хаято Токура Эйити Хаттори Кэндзи Исидо Нобухару Симадзаки Нодзоми Мацусита Дзюнко Моримаэ Кадзуя Кэммоцу Кевин Юта
8.	Animal x Event 20.11.2019, 25 мин.	Акасиро Аой	Ямагути Михиро	Ямагути Михиро	Курихара Манабу Камэяма Тинацу Маки Марина Масуй Ёсинори Хосода Моэка
9.	Princess x Panties 27.11.2019, 25 мин.	Акасиро Аой	Сасаки Масая	Сасаки Масая	Курихара Манабу Камэяма Тинацу Маки Марина Масуй Ёсинори
10.	Money x Bonds 04.12.2019, 25 мин.	Нагай Синго	Уэхара Хидэаки	Ито Фумио	Мун Хи Чон Ён Ун Хван Сон Вон Кан Хён Гук
11.	Pride x Loyalty 11.12.2019, 25 мин.	Матида Токо	Масуда Тосихико	Сасаки Масая	Курихара Манабу Камэяма Тинацу Маки Марина Масуй Ёсинори Хосода Моэка Мун Хи Чон Ён Ун Хван Сон Вон
12.	Hero x Demon King 18.12.2019, 25 мин.	Матида Токо	Миура Кадзуя	Фукумото Синъити	Курихара Манабу Камэяма Тинацу Маки Марина Масуй Ёсинори Исидо Нобухару Тэдзима Хаято Моримаэ Кадзуя Мун Хи Чон Ён Ун Хван Сон Вон Кан Хён Гук

Генеральный спонсор панцушотов нашего эфира «Немецкий Суплекс»
«Немецкий суплекс-бросали, бросаем и будет бросать»

— И хочется и колется, — сказал зоофил, поглядывая на ежика.
«Зверомаск» — сильнейший рестлер в маске! Вот-вот должен пройти его решающий бой, а после он наконец-то сможет начать осуществлять свою мечту. Кто-то мечтает чтобы герои TWD перестали творить #%?#%, кто-то о HL3, кто-то заниматься ваканизмом, а наш герой просто хочет открыть зоомагазин, потому что обожает зверушек.Но в самый разгар боя он был призван, чем же займется наш Гэндзо в новом волшебном мире?

Встречаем Джон Сина. вернее Гэндзо Сибата
Гэндзо Сибата-отмороженный профессиональный рестлер, казалось бы, что может быть хуже, но наш герой еще и лютый зоофил и профессиональный животнолюб.Страсть к рестлингу и животным полностью заполнила свободное место его жесткого диска, поэтому его поведение не отличается хоть каким-то здравомыслием, что выгодно его отличает от большинства попаданцев.Спасать королевство?Строить города?Сражаться во благо народа?Это вообще не его профиль.Убивать зверомонстров и прокачиваться?Только тихо не говорите об этом громко! Если Гэндзо услышит об этом, наш ждет ужасная кара.Ему абсолютно без разницы кто перед ним находится, принцесса, искатель приключений, рыцарь, старик. любой кто посмеет даже намекнуть о причинение вреда животным будет жестко наказан, к кровати привязан гелем намазан, и никакие моральные нормы не сдержат нашего героя.Гэндзо спит с кошками у дороги, обламывает охоту охотникам, крадет детенышей грифонов, домогается до замужних матерей, таскает стариков за бороду, наносит психологические травмы зверолюдям, позорит принцессу и просто терроризирует весь город)И местное население вполне в курсе его своеобразного поведения.

У меня мечта, я хочу зоомагазин открыть.Казалось бы отличный бизнес план, как оказалось в новом мире нет домашних животных, поэтому Гэндзо ловит зверомонстров, приручает, выкармливает и продает нуждающимся жителям готового питомца.И задание по ловле монстра выполняет, и за продажу получает деньги.Казалось бы, чем этот план плох?А тем что Гэндзо и на магазин копить деньги не торопится, так еще и с животными расставаться не хочет.Поэтому вся его мечта увязла в его зоопривязанности, и постепенно во второй половине вместо сбора животных, наш герой начинает внедрять реслинг в массы.Ведь на нем точно получится заработать).

Ханако-воспитанная жрунья (полу)дракон, которая всегда готова покушать.Представительница древнего рода, которая устала сидеть на диете из трольчатины, орчатины, гобличатины, поэтому быстро присоединилась к Гэндзо, который всегда готов накормить за чужой счет.Постоянно готова к приему пищи, поэтому все живое расценивает как съестное.Но чтит честь своего рода, и всегда готова за нее постоять.Хорошо проявила себе как хозяйка, и всегда готова приласкать в живот свою подопечную вампиршу.

Муравей-. да муравей.На все руки мастер, готовит, убирает, подметает и изготовил листовки когда искали Хироюки.Настоящий дворецкий)

Ящеролюдка Серис»Двойной размер»готовая расплатиться телом, «голозадая» принцесса Альтена с кучей разных панцу, «сексуальная» миссис Кобольд, идут в довесок приятным бонусом.

В итоге.
Есть отстойные вещи, есть нормальные, есть хорошие, есть шедевры.А еще есть произведения которые нравятся просто потому, потому что нравятся, и нормально объяснить это не получится.Просто любишь их такими, какие они есть.Вот и данное произведения полюбилось мне, как полюбились и его главные персонажи.Жадные, ленивые, обжоры, неудачники фетишисты каждый со своей слабостью, которая не делает их идеальными, но и не мешает быть весьма положительными и забавными персонажами.Зная творчество автора, у меня сложилось впечатление что «Дорога зверя» должна была появится раньше чем Коносуба, или хотя бы ее зарисовки. Как от Рестлера дойти до Коносубы более понятно, чем от Коносубы до Рестлера.Но могу сразу сказать, что сравнивать их желания нет, но есть желание порадоваться что благодаря успеху «Кадзумы и компании» был дан свет для производства Дороги Зверя, а концепция у них достаточно общая).Как комедия данное произведение доставило мне удовольствие, но чувство юмора у всех разное, кого-то будут смешить панцушоты принцессы, а кого-то нет.Да и главный зоофил-рестлер не пример для подражания). Жалко конечно что место действия редко выходит за городские стены, с интересом посмотрел бы как наша компания приручает различных зверомонстров в ходе маштабного путешествия.Но в целом довольно приятная вещь, вполне можно посмотреть и получить удовольствие в зависимости от вкусов.Поэтому «Эй ты! Убийца зверодемонов! Сюда иди….»

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Вердикт: Одноразовый середнячок, который несмотря на все свои многочисленные недостатки может заинтересовать глуповатым юмором и забавными ситуациями. Сильно уступает комедиям в целом, но как посредственная комедия на тематику исекая вполне имеет право на существование.

Всем спасибо, до свидания!

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Даже не знаю, с чего начать. Я впервые узнал про это аниме на Youtube, наткнувшись на тот самый ролик, где Гензо игнорирует обнажённую Шигуре в озере ради единорога. Весьма смешной момент. В остальном же оказалось полным-полно штампов и до тошноты частых повторений одного и того же.

На данный момент исекаев просто навалом, и этот жанр уже начинает раздражать, но в этом аниме и манге даётся относительно новый подход. Я не особо знаком с жанром фурри и как-то подсознательно его обходил стороной, тут у нас ГГ с любовью к животным в терминальной стадии. Поначалу это очень даже забавно, но.

Вывод такой: смотреть навеселе, под пивко и никак иначе. Иначе критичный ум будет сильно мешать расслабленно воспринимать творящуюся на экране дурь.

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Дорога зверя / Hataage! Kemono Michi [1-12 из 12]

Rise Up! Animal Road

Год выхода: 2019

Жанр: комедия, фэнтези, сёнэн

Тип: ТВ

Количество серий: 12 (25 мин.)

Режиссёр: Миура Кадзуя

Описание: Гэндзо Сибату был борцом на профессиональном уровне. К тому же он яростно защищал животных. Имелось у него прозвище довольно милое, как для рестлера. Величали его Пушистой Маской. Парень пребывал в ожидании начала решающего поединка, но происходит нечто неожиданное и даже пугающее. Он переносится в потусторонний мир. И произошло это вовсе не спонтанно, а согласно спланированным действиям принцессы Сибаты Гэнзо. Она призвала смелого парня с определенной целью. Она торопится призванного ею героя ввести в курс дела, вот только не ожидает непредсказуемости с его стороны.

Парень не взирает на то, что перед ним принцесса и, применив немецкий суплекс, просто отбывает восвояси. Вот только в свой мир он не может вернуться при всем дичайшем желании это сделать. Принцесса же желала, чтобы Гэндзо помог ей и жителям этого мира справиться с нашествием вражеских монстров. С этой целью его и призвали. Принцесса же не уточнила своего повеления, и рестлер решил, что речь идет об уничтожении зверей. Такого он точно не мог допустить. Он был уверен, что все звери безопасны. В новом для себя мире он находит занятие по душе. У Гэндзо появляется магазин монстров, но домашних, а потому безобидных.

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Дорога зверя / Hataage! Kemono Michi (2019) [1-12 из 12]

Дорога зверя

Главный герой – Сибата Гэнзо, популярный рестлер по прозвищу «Звериная маска». Молодой человек обожает животных и всё, что с этим связано. В качестве своего образа на ринге он использует звериный стиль, что отражается на приёмах и внешнем облике. Никто ничего не знает о личности, скрывающейся за маской зверя. Долгое время спортсмен шёл к одной цели – стать лучшим в своем деле, после чего он планировал начать новую главу в своей жизни. Его новая мечта – окружить себя животными, открыть звериный магазин и научить людей бережному обращению с ними. И вот, когда заветный бой за чемпионский пояс начался, во время одного из эффектных силовых приёмов, главный герой переносится в другой мир. Сибато оказывается в огромном роскошном замке, прямо перед вызвавшей его, с помощью магии переноса, принцессой.

Призвавшая «героя» принцесса сразу же просит борца избавить мир от заполонивших его магических зверей, а так же Короля Демонов. Девушка и не подозревала, что разговаривает не с типичным попаданцем, а с помешанным на животных извращенце. Разозлившись, главный герой решает проучить принцессу с помощь старого доброго немецкого суплекса, а после сбегает от разъярённых стражников, возмущённых подобным обращением с венценосной особой. Теперь Сибато, находясь посреди города буквально без штанов, вынужден налаживать новую жизнь в средневековом фентэзи мире, заполненном полу-людьми и разными волшебными животными. Однако, несмотря на впечатляющие внешние данные, главный герой не собирается становиться воином или героем, ведь единственное чего он желает – открыть свой собственный магазинчик с домашними монстрами.

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Hataage! Kemono Michi

Kemono Michi: Rise Up

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Professional wrestler Genzou Shibata sports the body of a mountain, but beneath his hulking appearance is a man with an extreme affection for animals. Facing off his opponents in the ring as the legendary «Animal Mask,» Genzou wins the hearts of crowds everywhere with his iconic tiger persona.

During the bout for the title of World Champion against his greatest rival, the Macadamian Ogre, Genzou is suddenly summoned to a fantasy world by a princess. With her kingdom being threatened by a monster infestation, she pleads the wrestler for assistance—to which he answers by knocking her out with a German suplex! Escaping the castle and finding himself stranded in a mysterious land, Genzou decides to begin his career as a beast hunter to capture and befriend creatures far and wide. Joined by the wolf-girl Shigure, the dragon-girl Hanako, and the vampire Carmilla Vanstein, the professional wrestler pursues all kinds of dangerous requests for the sake of fulfilling his dream as a pet shop owner.

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Shigure

Shibata, Genzou

Hiroyuki

Hanako

Edgardo Latis, Altena

Joannascore Adorian Uljika, Joanna

Vanstein, Carmilla

Misha

Celes

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«Fight! Kemoner Mask (闘魂（ファイト）！ケモナーマスク)» by NoB with Kemoner Mask (Katsuyuki Konishi)

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Overall	5
Story	3
Animation	5
Sound	6
Character	5
Enjoyment	5

To be honest, I don’t expect much from isekai anime. I know this isn’t a hot take considering the genre is oversaturated as hell these days, but I thought Kemono Michi could be different. A pro-wrestler being isekai’d into a fantasy world? That’s a gimmick I never would’ve expected. Think of all the possibilities this could have been original. Maybe even good.

Although it’d be unfair to say this is just another isekai, I wouldn’t say it succeeds at what it tried to do. I expected it to at least be weird, and it certainly is ridiculous. Other than weirdness, there’s not much else. It was funny at times, but mostly I was just bored. Between the motionless animation, repetitive comedy, and an average cast of characters, there’s not a whole lot left to enjoy.

The main problem with the cast is their lack of purpose. There’s no reason for them to be together. They have no chemistry. The show begins with Genzo, the titular wrestler known as ‘Animal Mask’ getting summoned to fight monsters in a fantasy world. Soon after he meets Shigure, a mischievous wolf girl. She hangs around him for no reason other than her personal gain. She steals swords and armor from people Genzo beats up, then sells them at a pawn shop. As for her relationship with Genzo? She couldn’t care less about him. If he tries to start a conversation with her, she’ll say something like “not interested,” as if she read my mind. It’s funny how blunt she is, especially because she’s so relatable. She’s practically uninvolved with the action, she just does her own thing. It’s a shame the show does absolutely nothing with her (or any of the cast for that matter) because she was my favorite of the bunch. I wish she had been the protagonist, unfortunately, the one we got… kinda sucks.

I couldn’t care less about Genzo. The guy is a box of rocks. He has one good personality trait, a nice animal lover. His dream is to open a pet shop, aww that’s cute—until you realize he likes animals a little too much. Recruited to slay monsters, he chooses to make friends with them instead. Rather than killing, he wrestles monsters, then forcibly pets them in a borderline fetishistic way. There’s even a side plot of wolfman who basically has PTSD from being molested by Genzo. He spends most of the show misunderstanding what people say, assaulting animals, missing social cues, and hitting people (usually his friends) rather than resolving things with words.

Genzo’s stupidity is played for humor, but it makes him look more like an asshole. We never hear what he’s thinking. Sometimes I wondered if Carmilla’s insult was true, that he “has a muscle where his brain should be.” Speaking of which, Carmilla has no connection to Genzo either. She sticks around for the little red-haired demon girl. I struggle to find much to say about this one. She hates demon food, so she runs away from home to eat human food. That’s about it. I don’t know why she chose to stay with Genzo.

There’s not much else to add for the characters, which sucks considering they’re what the show’s about. Genzo is conceptually the glue that binds the group together. However, all he does is say/do stupid shit and the others call him an idiot. Without him, there’s nothing. They’re an awkward group of people who don’t give two shits about each other. In the first couple of episodes, the jokes are decent. Every character consistently has great overexaggerated voice acting. You can tell the actors are having fun with the script, even if the directing doesn’t do them justice. Genzo’s a weird pervert, but because everyone else called him out, it was funny. This one prominent joke—and variations of it—make up the entire show. Rinse, repeat. Over time you start to wonder if there are more jokes in this show… Rinse repeat. Is there anything else? Rinse repeat. God, I’m bored.

It’s hard to not compare Kemono Michi to Kononsuba. Written by the same author, there are many similarities. The cast is comprised of one dude and three girls, slapstick humor, subversion of standard isekai plots. There’s even a token ‘masochistic girl’ character, and strangely she’s blonde too. After the main characters got tiring, there wasn’t much else I cared about, aside from a few minor reoccurring characters. One of my favorites was the bear woman that crushes on Genzo because whenever he comes by he pats her fur and flatters her. She’s married too which makes it kinda scandalous in a goofy way. Eventually, it becomes a love triangle between the bear woman, her husband, and Genzo. Yes. That is the kind of show this is. Of course, it’s only a very minor long-running-joke in the show. Nothing becomes of it, but I always was happy when the show gave bear woman some screentime.

Where the comedy fails the most isn’t the milquetoast, repetitive jokes. The comedic timing is almost non-existent. Most of the show is the main characters chatting it up, with jokes thrown in here or there. The mold for an average ‘joke’ in Kemono Michi goes as follows:

Step 1: Girl calls Genzo an animal-loving-pervert.
Step 2: Cue the default image of them arguing with some speed lines.
Step 3: Cut back to whatever was happening.
Step 4: (Repeat steps 1-3)

If a joke fails to surprise and seemingly has no reason to be there, it’s not funny. Sad to say, the person in charge of Kemono Michi’s adaptation hasn’t heard of this basic rule of comedy. Whenever a joke is cued or a character reaction pops up, you get a lame sound effect, or sometimes nothing at all. The boring elevator background music sometimes plays straight through the jokes, nothing works right. I never expected a director to completely miss what’s supposed to make a joke funny in an anime. Even the most forgettable comedies these days don’t mess up this shit, it’s just the basics. I expected a mediocre production from this studio’s first show, and that’s what I got. Rewatching a few of the episodes dubbed (which is surprisingly pretty decent) I noticed how much art gets recycled.

Watching Kemono Michi as a whole series rather than weekly is an absolute chore. They must have used the shot of the princess getting German Suplexed ten times throughout the show. If you’re patient, Every two episodes there’s some nice looking sakuga. Other than that, there’s not much worth looking at. The character designs are good, but they’re simplified, and there’s not much animation at all. Even when there’s motion, it’s rarely animated with more than a series of still frames. It’s a shame because the characters would look pretty cool if they tried. They’re what you’d expect from a furry manga; the male characters are fully anthropomorphized animals, whereas the girls will just have cat ears and a tail.

At best Kemono Michi is a decent time-waster. At worst it’s a tedious chore to watch. The art is average, the characters are average, the story is average, the music is average. There were a few jokes I enjoyed, until they were repeated a dozen times. If you’re looking for an over-the-top slapstick isekai comedy in the same vein as Konosuba, you could do way better than this.

Overall	7
Story	4
Animation	7
Sound	7
Character	6
Enjoyment	8

When I first watched the trailer of Hataage: Kemono Michi, I didn’t have too many expectations of it. In fact, I thought it would continue in the vein of the loathsome isekai from previous seasons which did nothing but frustrate me. But how wrong I was?! It seemed like a very generic story of a hero summoned to a magical world to defeat the demon lord, make a harem, just with some animal love added in. To be honest, Kemono Michi is very much that. Just that it’s a ton of fun to watch.

What would a hero do when he’s faced with a three-headed demon dog? What would he do when he comes across aggressive dragons? Well, in this show, Genzo would rather tickle the hell out of the demon beasts to tame them than use his fists to kill them. He loves all beasts, whether they be demi-humans, orcs, or demon beasts, equally and unconditionally. Major warning that it can get kinda gross when he’s sniffing the beasts, as well as when he does the German suplex on some of the female characters, exposing their undies to the world.

Written by Natsume Akatsuki, the author or the hugely popular isekai, Konosuba, Kemono Michi follows in the footsteps of its predecessor and attempts to entertain by making fun of itself rather than attempting to have a serious tone and failing pathetically at it. I’ll admit that the gags got old after a few episodes but as a whole, the show still remained entertaining enough for me to have a positive view of it. The plot becomes interesting just at the right time before I start feeling the overuse of certain comic elements, which is what allowed me to retain my interest instead of getting bored of it.

The plot is the same as a lot of isekai anime: Genzou, a pro wrestler is summoned to another world in order to defeat the Demon Lord, kill all the demon beasts and become a demon beast killer. But don’t call him by the name “demon beast killer”. The consequences are best understood by asking the princess who summoned him as well as the multiple people who call him by that name in the show. Throughout the season, Kemono Michi manages to keep the plot just about interesting enough while throwing in its bouts of comedy whether that be through the pro wrestling antics of Genzo or his unending love for all beasts.

The main cast of characters apart from Genzo includes the wolf girl Shigure, who’s the first to join Genzo’s “party”, and she’s the one who takes care of most of Genzo’s financial affairs. Hanako is a dragon in the form of a girl is a food maniac who’d like to eat all the beasts she can find. Her servant, Carmilla wants to be acknowledged by Hanaka while wanting to do everything that’s best for her. That’s all there is to them. But the show makes it work such that all of them contribute to the comedy one way or another. Some of their mannerisms do wear out towards the later part of the show though, so that’s a small negative.

There’s not much to say about the production aspects. Produced by a new studio named ENGI, the art, animation, and sound were unremarkable but fared reasonably enough to not become an eyesore. The opening is somewhat catchy but not something that I’d listen to over and over again, and the OST isn’t too memorable either. However, being a new studio, I’d say that they did a fairly decent job.

Overall, Hataage: Kemono Michi was a great improvement over the isekai that we had last season. I think It managed to accomplish what it wanted, that was to make people laugh even if it got somewhat repetitive towards the end. I was a bit confused whether to give this a 7 or an 8. It was entertaining enough that 7 as a review score would be too low but 8 is considered really good anime category. In the end, it’s in the middle ground between 7 and 8 for me.

Overall	5
Story	5
Animation	5
Sound	5
Character	6
Enjoyment	5

The golden age of isekai anime continues and there doesn’t seem to be any signs of it slowing down. Anime fans in 2019 should just accept that we’re going to get even more of these in the future from now on. And joining the expansive lineup, Kemono Michi marks its terrority with an animal lover and professional wrestler named Genzo Shibata.

Before actually watching this show, one should take notice the author of the series. Natsume Akatsuki, known for their work with the Konosuba franchise, created this anime and to no one’s surprise, his stylish humor also gets a similar treatment. Does that mean the anime itself is entirely made of parody? The answer is yes and no. Kemono Michi plays on its isekai tropes by introducing some of its standard running gags but also leans more into selling its humor with everything else when it has the chance to.

Taking place in a fantasy world, Genzo enters the anime as a professional wrestler. As a fan of professional wrestling myself, I was rather ecstatic to see some classic wrestling moves being used such as the German Suplex and Sharpshooter. While the anime itself doesn’t sell itself as a WWE drama story, it does put Genzo into a peculiar position. After he gets transported into this fantasy world, he gets tasked with defeating demonic beasts by a princess named Altena Elgard Ratis. The catch is that Genzo loves animals. In fact, the first few episodes easily gives away his love for animals that some may even describe him of having an animal fetish. Furthermore, Genzo has an ambition to open his own pet shop one day and being in a fantasy world opens up such a possibility. Looking at the show this way, the audience should probably not expect a serious tone of storytelling.

Watching Kemono Michi does feel like a parody at times. Genzo’s role as after meeting the wolf-girl Shigure transforms him into a dedicated beastmaster. The anime makes it clear that he wants to make friends with the monsters rather than killing them, no matter how difficult the challenge may be. His determined attitude and chivalrous personality earns him many friends throughout the story including the dragon girl Hanako, vampire maid Carmilla Vanstein, and among others. But sometimes, he has to resort to force in order to make his point. When fighting, Genzo uses a mix of his wrestling skills and brawler tactics while taking aggressive risks. The anime often oversell his fights by making them as over exaggerated as possible. The early episodes makes some evident examples such as when he puts down Altena with a German suplex.

However, the audience may wonder if there’s any sort of character development for Genzo at all. The truth is, the show doesn’t dedicate on developing him as a person but rather how he builds relationships with others. The most prominent example is with Shigure. In the early parts of the show, she mostly helps him in his goal to further her own ambitions; that is trying to become wealthy. She handles his finance problems while Genzo does the dirty work. Later on in the show, she seems to genuinely care about his well-being. Other characters he meets also begins to understand him more such as Hanako and Carmilla. The one character that seems to despise Genzo is Altena, especially after being embarrassed and not helping with her goals. However, this becomes more of a running gag than a moody revenge sub-plot. She even becomes a source of butt monkey jokes. In fact, several characters in the show carries a degree of comedy gags thanks to the brainchild of Konosuba, Natsume Akatsuki. If you’re familiar with the Konosuba franchise, you may be able to draw similarities with Genzo to Kazuma, Hanako to Megumi, Carmilla to Darkness, and in some ways, Shigure to Aqua. Someday, it would be entertaining to see the two anime get a crossover.

Combined with the sarcastic humor and running gags, it’s easy to label Kemono Michi at times as an isekai parody. Some characters such as Genzo are portrayed as powerful humans while ironically, supernatural beings such as Carmilla becomes a jobber in hilarious ways. Character personalities is amplified with some of their habits such as Hanako’s big appetite. And of course, some fans will call this an “isekai furry” anime. After all, some of the more prominent characters display animalistic instincts such as Shigure. And while not being an actual animal, Hanako’s dragon transformation shows her true instincts when she’s angered in one particular episode. In many ways, the anime loves to play itself and that can either be something fans will enjoy or mock for it absurd humor.

With such a peculiar premise, Kemono Michi’s artwork isn’t actually strange and actually less visually noticeable compared to Konosuba. Studio ENGi was established in 2018 and this is their first take on an anime project. However, the anime itself delivers an adequate portrayal of the manga. The character designs are also made with fantasy elements and in some cases, animalistic traits. Being a professional wrestler, Genzo is portrayed as a muscular man with masculine features. Even his voice delivers a commanding tone at times when dealing with monsters he encounters. The show itself contains fan service although most of it is portrayed as cheeky humor similar to the Konosuba series. And while I can’t say the battles may suit everyone’s tastes, it definitely look catchy to the eye.

You’re probably going to look back and remember some of the hilarious moments in Kemono Michi. With the author of Konosuba helming the show, it won’t be hard to notice the similar style of its humor. I can watch Kemono Michi and say the anime is an enjoyable at best when you embrace its humor. If you looking deeper into the show, there’s not much more you’ll find within.

Overall	7
Story	6
Animation	6
Sound	5
Character	8
Enjoyment	8

It feels like the anime gods just spin a wheel to decide what becomes an Isekai. We’ve had Isekai where the protagonist is an evil Overlord, a Hitler Loli, an Otaku, another Otaku, yet another Otaku, an Otaku who is overpowered, another Otaku who is overpowered, a Daemon Lord, a book worm, a slime, a certain blue hedgehog, you get the god-damn point. So this time, wheel has decided to land on, “Wrestler, in another world.” No doubt about it, this sounds stupid but considering that the show we are talking about today was originally created by the same author who worked on Konosuba, I was intrigued. So lets talk about it shall we?

Sit back, relax as I present to you THE REIGNING! DEFENDING! UNDISPUTED, ISEKAI CHAMPION! HATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGE, KEMONO MICHI.

The story begins with our protagonist and professional wrestler, Genzo Shibata and he is about to complete his final match as a wrestler. Before he finishes the final blow in the match, he is suddenly transported to a fantasy world and is requested by Princess Altena to be the hero they need and slay all of the daemon beasts threatening the kingdom. However, Genzo is a lover of all animals, he could never harm them. So what does he do? He decides to go Brock Lesnar on her ass and takes her to suplex city. b**ch. Fleeing the castle and having nowhere to go, he meets a wolf-girl by the name of Shigure and together, they work on Genzo’s lifelong dream, opening a pet shop.

It’s a unique premise in terms of Isekai plots go and the way it goes about it is well done. It establishes early on that we are in for different kind of Isekai with Genzo basically going “You want me to kill animals? F**k that.” And then goes off to do his own thing. In terms of setting the scene, this show does it very well and we see how the pet shop unfolds over time with the animals Genzo captures and how to get the funding. But throughout the show, we never get to see payoff to all of the tasks Genzo, Shigure as well as two other characters that join him later on, Carmilla and Hanako. It’s all building up to it yet there no ounce of payoff to convince the people that these beasts that threaten the kingdom could be adopted as pets. It’s kind of disappointing.

Of course, being a pet shop Isekai isn’t the only thing that makes this show unique, as it also part wrestling and this is where most of the comedy is with all of the German suplexes you desire. The show is definitely more physical humour than witty humour with Genzo and other characters laying the smack down on anyone that provokes them, friend or foe, male or female (yes, we have another true advocate of gender equality here). So it’s definitely got a certain taste but what makes it work is the timing of it considering that the characters were asking for it. It has plenty of running gags in this show as well that, even though you can see them coming, are well executed every time. It’s well done and definitely is humorous. That’s not to say that the dialogue doesn’t have some funny moments because it truly does so it isn’t all physical humour as the writing does add to the humour.

As a protagonist, Genzo isn’t exactly relatable. He’s loud, brash, doesn’t think outside the box and his only interests are for himself with no consideration for other people. As a wrestling protagonist though, he fits that mould well. Now, I have watched wrestling for several years before finally getting bored with it earlier this year (Thank you Vince McMahon), so I have a good idea of how a good wrestler should act and he definitely does that. He exaggerates everything in every situation for the sake of entertaining the viewer even though he doesn’t realise it. For example, when someone calls him the Daemon Beast Killer, he doesn’t try to reiterate that he doesn’t want to be called that. Instead, he either makes the person go through a table or chucks that person into the ceiling. He dramatise more than he should and makes it work. This makes him a funny protagonist because again, these characters are asking for it and he is just replying how he sees fit, even if it is a bit ridiculous.

Now the characters that join Genzo in his quest to open a pet shop are rather basic in terms of how unique these characters are. Shigure is obviously the level headed one in order to see what genzo does is quite ridiculous. While she is a “good” person, she sees this pet shop as way to get rich fast. Hanako, who is a young dragon-girl, is just obsessed with food and that’s pretty much it (although she is smarter than she comes across). Carmilla is a vampire who is obsessed with serving Hanako. The all have simple desires and character depth but they all share a similar mindset which is there obsession over something. Genzo being animals, Shigure being money, Hanako being food and Carmilla being Hanako herself. They aren’t complex because they don’t need to be. They all fill their roles well and their single obsessions is all you need to for them to stick together and to have chemistry with one another. As well as Carmilla getting her ass kicked by Genzo for being a sarcastic b**ch is always funny. There is even a dog that accompanies Genzo by the name of Hiroyuki and he is just adorable.

The supporting cast as well has its niches that they definitely fulfil. They all add something to either the plot, to the comedy, or both. Where it can be simply be Celes wanting to be Genzo’s apprentice, a group of thieves where the wolf-man gets traumatised because Genzo loves animals a bit too much. Even a simple anthropomorphic ant that is somehow part of the pet shop idea and we have no reason why. It’s something stupid like that makes the cast as a whole, enjoyable and there isn’t a character I hate in bad way. It’s rare that I find a cast of characters where I don’t like at least one character but I don’t, they all fulfil there role well and I can’t complain too much besides a couple of gripes.

The animation for Hataage isn’t exactly impressive but it is also not bad either. But it is weird saying that because at one point, it can look uninspired. But other times, like when Genzo fights an Orc Chieftain, it looks really good. It lead me to the assumption that it was used for more comedic effect that when it gets down to it, it is impressive; something I think this show has an edge over the manga. That being said, art style isn’t exactly impressive and leans to the more generic side with no signature features to make it stand out. The character designs though is good because they each stand out in there own way can be easily identifiable from one another. So it has that going for it.

The soundtrack is a mixed bag. Half of the soundtrack is more or less generic fantasy music like flute instrumentals or a more light hearted ost for the show’s comedic moments. It sounds like a standard ost that you would hear in other shows. It doesn’t sound bad but it doesn’t stand out. Then there is the other half, where it sounds energetic, intense and adds to the atmosphere. This is normally played during the wrestling scenes or when Genzo is laying the smackdown on people. It definitely is more noticeable than the other half of the ost and adds to the scene of this fight that you would be watching. I also like in significant moments when Genzo german suplexes someone, you can hear someone counting “One. Two. Threeee!” It’s a nice touch for a show that is part wrestling.

The opening is alright in my opinion. «Fight! Kemoner Mask» by NoB is definitely energetic, paced well and matches the tone of the show pretty well. It’s one of openings that can get you hyped for the show but didn’t exactly wow me and I wanted to go back and listen to it again. Good openings do that. But this opening lacks that itch that makes you want to do that. It is most likely down tot the visuals being okay. But the opening is solid overall. The ending sequence is very meh. «Anegdot» by Momosu Momosu is one I skipped through about 3 episodes in. I saw Hiroyuki, I saw his dance, it was adorable and I moved on. It’s pretty much the same animation on a loop so it got boring fast.

Hataage is definitely one of those that is there for the sake of being entertaining for the viewer. It’s a rather simple minded show because really, it doesn’t need to be anything else. It just needs to find a way to entertain the viewer and it does that in my opinion. Now sure, it ain’t the best thing in the world since it never does anything amazing but it does do things right to make one of the more entertaining Isekais out there. I will commend it for doing something different instead of just doing, “Transported to another fantasy world but this time have the protagonist be a wrestler to save the world.” Despite having a lack of payoff for all of this, it is one of those shows that you can sit down, turn your brain off after a long day and watch a wrestler german suplex a princess.

My personal enjoyment: 7.5/10

Overall score: 6.7/10 Recommendation: Watch it

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