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Japanese Folklore in Brand New Animal

This page is dedicated to listing folklore included in BNA: Brand New Animal.

## General

Michiru Kagemori and Nazuna Hiwatashi’s transformative properties and designs allude to the folklore surrounding tanuki and kitsune, who both tend to have shape-shifting properties and other supernatural talents. In particular, the kitsune is described as being able to transform from a fox into a beautiful woman in order to trick or befuddle humans.  Nazuna could be described as doing the opposite of this- beginning as a human and being unwittingly transformed into a fox beastman and using this ability to obscure her human origins.

## Episode 5

During the baseball game against the flamingo team, one of the flamingos mocks Michiru, suggesting she sails away to Kachi Kachi Yama on a mud boat. This jab references the folktale of the same name, in which a villainous tanuki (referred to as a badger in the original translation,) ends up competing against a rabbit in a race in a mud boat and sinks.

## Episode 6

While describing the concept of transformation in the attic, a tanuki statue is shown on screen, referencing the folktales of tanuki being able to disguise itself by transforming into humans, animals, and inanimate objects.

## Other Folklore

The species of Sato, Tanaka, and Yamada may be a reference to the fable of The Deer Without a Heart, which also involves a trio consisting of a deer, a fox, and a lion. Additionally, both Yamada and the deer from the fable end up losing a body part that another character views them as not deserving of: in the case of Yamada, his antlers, and in the case of the deer from the fable, his heart (being from a time period in which the heart was viewed as containing knowledge and wisdom, similar to how the brain is viewed in modern times.)

Alan Sylvasta's godlike form of a three-headed canine bears resemblance to the three-headed Cerberus of the underworld from Greek mythology.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.japanitalybridge.com/en/2017/03/japan-folklore-kitsune/
2. ↑ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The\_Japanese\_Fairy\_Book/The\_Farmer\_and\_the\_Badger
3. ↑ https://folklorethursday.com/legends/tanuki-mischief-magic-and-change-in-the-japanese-countryside/
4. ↑ http://www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/reading/aesop/pages/04.htm
The Pink Flamingos

The Pink Flamingos is a baseball team in *BNA: Brand New Animal*. They’re one of the teams in the Anima City Baseball League and consist of solely female flamingo Beastmen.

## Description

The Pink Flamingos are a team of flamingos who, like most teams in the baseball league, use illicit means to win, with one flamingo using throwing knives on the field. The members of the team act cruel and callous towards their opponents, even to the young and inexperienced Bears.

## Uniform

The Pink Flamingos’ uniform is a yellow and blue top and skirt combo and a light-blue baseball cap with a stylized insignia on it (possibly the letter ‘P,’ . On the back of the uniforms are a number, with two members of the team sharing the number nine.

## History

Michiru Kagemori’s first experience with the Anima City Baseball League is watching a match between The Pink Flamingos and The Bears. After watching the flamingos maiming the Bears and gaining a lead against them, Michiru steps in as a member of The Bears and scores a decisive victory against the Pink Flamingos. The flamingos’ loss causes Saotome, a criminal heavily involved in baseball gambling, to beat Dante, the coach of the Bears, with his henchmen in retribution for the upset.

## Gallery

A member of the Pink Flamingos with throwing knivesThe P-like insignia on the Pink Flamingos' hats.Concept art from the BNA art book, possibly an older design for the flamingos
Beast Hunters

Humans who search for beastmen to hunt and capture. They target beastmen immigrating to Anima city.

## Beast Hunters

A group of Beast hunters attacked Michiru during the events of Episode 1. They rode motorcycles and brandished makeshift weapons like bats and sticks. Most of them wear hoodies, masks, and bandannas to hide their identity.
Miraculouses

The Miraculouses are special jewels that give powers to those who own them.

## Story

Millions of years ago, a magician created the Miraculous to allow humans to use the powers of the kwami, ancient creatures that possess the energy of the cosmos inside them. In the centuries many heroes but also enemies used them to save people or achieve their goals. Among all are the two most powerful: the Peacock Miraculous and the Sparrow Miraculous who, if united in a unique miraculous called "crown of power" can make the wearer immune to everything and open a portal to the " Dimension of Memories"where a source of power is kept so powerful that it can make immortals and change reality: the famous Light of kwamis.

## Powers and Abilities

Each Miraculous has different abilities and powers but each of them has two forms (dormant and active) to better hide the jewel. Moreover each of them has a special power that allows to control or influence the elements of nature or emotions. After having used it they can stay five minutes before turning back unless they are adults.

## List of Miraculouses

* Peacock Miraculous:a brooch that represents the protection of the soul.Dona the power of the amok.
* Sparrow Miraculous: a hair elastic that gives the power to create a strong wind.
* Cat Miracolous: A hairs clip that represents earth and sweetness. It allows people to be hypnotized.
* Dragon Miraculous: A necklace that represents tlfire and strength. It gives the ability to transform into a dragon and to acquire its abilities.
* Secretary Bird Miraculous:An anklet that represents the air. It allows to break an object.
* Moth Miraculous: A bracelet that represents nature and adaptability. It allows us to create akuma and give powers.
* Alligator Miraculous: A contact lens that represents water and ferocity. His abilities are currently unknown.
* Red Panda Miraculous: An unknown jewel with an unknown skill.
* Raccoon Miraculous: An unknown jewel with an unknown skill.
* Cheetah Miraculous:A bracelet with an unknown skill
* Rhino Miraculous: An unknown jewel with an unknown skill
* Grief Miraculous: An unknown jewel with an unknown skill
* Dragonfly Miraculous:
* Lowland Streaked Tenrec Miraculous: An unknown jewel with an unknown skill.
* Fruit Bat Miraculous:An unknown jewel with an unknown skill
* Owl Miraculous: An unknown jewel with an unknown skill
* Firefly Miraculous: An unknown jewel with an unknown skill
* Hummingbird Miraculous: An unknown jewel with an unknown skill
* Hyena Miraculous: An unknown jewel with an unknown skill
* Yin-Yang Miraculous: A medallion with the power of purification and harmony
Melissa Horner

* Human
* Beastman

**Melissa Horner** (メリッサ・ホーナー, *Merissa Hōnā*) is a main and recurring character in the *BNA: Brand New Animal* series. She is the wife of Gem Horner and the couple run the Beastman Co-op. She is a wombat Beastman.

## Appearance

In her human form, she has tan skin, shoulder-length, auburn, permed hair, and black pupils. She wears a cerulean cardigan, white blouse, a long gray skirt, white socks, and gray slip-on shoes. She carries a gray notebook around.

In her wombat form, she gets a round black nose, pointy ears, and brown fur. Her hair and clothing remain the same.

## Personality

Melissa is a kind, sweet, and caring lady. She tries her best to help Michiru in any capacity, but can be aloof at times.

## History

Melissa and Gem welcome Michiru into their home in Episode 2. She scolds Gem for being inconsiderate of Michiru and properly introduces themselves to her. In Episode 5, Michiru asks her if there are any basketball leagues in the city so she mistakenly takes her to a baseball game. In Episode 6, it is revealed she is a devout follower of Ginrou, and even has a shrine of him in the home. She gives a Ginrou safety charm to both Michiru and Shirou before they head out for the day.
Genice Chan

**Genice Chan** is a Chinese-Canadian artist based in Vancouver. She created the concept art for *BNA: Brand New Animal* and directed the ED animation.

## Personal Life

Genice studied at Capilano University in British Columbia majored in 2D Animation and Visual Development. She worked as an Illustration intern at Giant Ant, an animation house based in Vancouver, and returned to work full-time post-graduation.

According to Tattun in a live-stream, Studio Trigger has been a big fan of her work and approached her to work together on a project. Beginning in November 2018, she joined the BNA project as a freelance to produce the ED animation and design the concept art with the help of the team at Giant Ant.

In the official poster, Yoh Yoshinari drew the line drawings of the characters while Genice worked on the background art and coloring.

## Work on BNA

* Poster background art and coloring
* ED song
* 10 image boards designed together with @jgilleard

## Artwork

Michiru artwork on her TwitterBNA x Animal Crossing@genicecream on TwitterShirou art on her TwitterOfficial poster for BNAArtwork featured on her website
## External Links

* Personal Website
* Twitter
* DeviantArt

## References

1. ↑ https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/07/05-1/trigger-reveals-its-new-original-tv-anime-project-bna-at-anime-expo
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/genicecream/status/1223370343294726144
Anima City Festival

The **Anima City Festival** is a festival celebrating the 10th anniversary of the founding of Anima City.

## Description

The festival begins in the dark with beastmen all wearing Ginrou face masks. Then all the lights turn on, and they throw off the masks. There are flamingo can-can line dancers, Chinese dragon dance-inspired performance, fireworks, fire-breathing lizards, acrobats, Chinese-plate spinners(?), live rock band (lio cat and rooster galo), dog dancers, and large medieval Ginrou float.

Sometime after Mayor Rose gives an announcement, there's a terrorism incident that causes the jumbotron to collapse. A wolf beastman called Shirou uses his highly keen sense of smell to track down the perpetrators, defeat them, and leave them for the police to come to pick them up.

Known vendors:

* Fire Bull
* Fried Potato
* Candied apples shaped like bears
* Japanese crêpes (+ ice cream?)
* Burgers
* Boba Tea
* Cotton Candy
* Kebabs

## Appearances

* Elsa purchases bread from a bull beastman vendor.
* During Rose's speech, Yuji Tachiki is spying on Kusakabe and the Coyote henchman in the crowd.
* Jackie is eating a candied apple in the crowd near the food stalls.
* The Old Goat that Michiru saves from the falling television appears several minutes earlier in the same scene as Jackie
* Giuliano Flip is in the crowd that the Monkey Thief runs off into after stealing Michiru's wallet.

## Trivia

* Beastmen resembling Lio and Galo from *Promare* can be seen performing in the band. Lio is the pianist and Galo is a guitarist.
* Lotte and Barbara from *Little Witch Academia* are seen in the background when Michiru first meets Marie at the festival.
* Bokko from Osamu Tezuka's *The Amazing Three* makes an appearance during the festival.
* Inferno Cop makes a brief cameo on the billboard during the festival.
* A fox beastman in the festival looks like Nick Wilde from Disney's *Zootopia*.
* A rabbit beastman during the festival resembles Lotte from *Little Witch Academia*.
* You can find Sushio bunnies running during the accident.
* The dog beastman in a green dress running during the accident resembles Sierra from Ashcozy's works.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promare
2. ↑ *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Amazing\_3*
Bears Baseball Team

* Beastman
* Human

**The Bears** is a co-ed baseball team in the *BNA: Brand New Animal* anime. They compete in the Anima City Baseball League and consist of a group of Bear Beastmen from the Slums in Anima City.

## Description

The Bears are a team of inexperienced Bear Beastmen that live in the Slums. They all share a small room as their home and live in dire poverty. Dante is the head coach of the team and fixes match behind the scenes with The Family. The team consists of 11 members including the coach and Michiru.

The members are often made fun of for being dumb and gullible, which is shown when they follow their coach's forced signs to bunt in Game 2 and when they purchase gimmicks with the prize money they won instead of a more worthwhile investment. Arai and Jackie are both female while the rest of the members are male.

## Uniform

Their uniform consists of a white short-sleeved baseball jersey with black buttons, two yellow stripes running beside the buttons, and a yellow bear symbol over the left breast. The back of the jersey has their player number in large yellow print. They also wear a black shirt underneath the jersey, a yellow cap with small bear ears, a black belt, white pants, gray socks, and black shoes.

There is some variation in how they wear their uniforms. Some unbutton their jersey, others wear their cap backward or choose to forgo wearing it. Michiru wears the jersey unbuttoned, a short-sleeved inner shirt, and white short shorts instead of the standard uniform.

A lot of the gear they own is worn out or unsuitable for baseball. For instance, Arai Rascal uses an oven mitt as a glove when subbed in as a pitcher in the game against the tigers. Other clothing and gear they own contain a lot of patches.

## History

In Episode 5, the team's pitcher is incapacitated during a game with the flamingos. Because the team lacks a relief pitcher and only had 8 active members, they would be forced to forfeit the match. Getting no response from their sleeping coach, Jackie calls in a pitcher switch in with Michiru. Michiru easily guides to team to victory with the help of her Gorilla Arm powers.

The team swept the series with their ace Michiru. They make it to the finals against the Killer Animals. The team loses six straight innings before gaining momentum and scoring 20 points in the last 3 innings. However, they lose by one point and place second overall in the season. The team is still able to win prize money, which they spend on a costly gimmick.

## League statistics

 Buffalos vs. Bears
 Bears vs. Tigers
 Killer Animals vs. Bears

## Trivia

* They are inspired by the *Bad News Bears*.
Mimura

* Human
* Beastman

**Fumio Mimura** (三村文雄, *Mimura Fumio*) is supporting character in the *BNA: Brand New Animal* anime. He is a Chameleon Beastman who is a researcher at the Medical Center and reports directly to the chief Yaba.

## Appearance

In his human form, he has fair skin, a long, narrow face, and dark brown hair in a pointy hairstyle.

In his chameleon form, he resembles a chameleon and has green skin and an extendable tongue. The tongue can function as an extra appendage and manipulate objects.

## Personality

Mimura is best described as attentive and obedient. He is the first to recognize Michiru and notifies Chief Yaba immediately.

He is also manipulative and sly, using Michiru as a hostage to demand a helicopter for escape.

## History

He recognizes Michiru during the Medical Center bombing incident and knows her from the past, before Michiru's beastman transformation. He also holds Michiru hostage on the rooftop and demanded a helicopter as ransom. He confesses to embezzlement and facilitating the Medical Center bombings. He is currently detained.

## Abilities

* **Camouflage/Invisibility** - Mimura can disappear into the surroundings and remain undetected.
* **Extendable Tongue** - Mimura can use his tongue to extend and manipulate objects. It is strong enough to physically restrain Michiru.
* **Panoramic Vision** - He has a 360-degree field-of-view and can see attackers approaching from the back. He is able to stop Kuro this way during the hostage situation.
Pizzanimals

**Pizzanimal** is a pizza shop in Anima City connected to gang activity and baseball gambling.

## Description

### Exterior

Pizzanimal is located on the corner of a street and an alleyway with a main entrance off of the street and a side entrance from the back alley. The pizzeria’s facade is primarily made of glass, with the alley-side of the storefront matching the architecture of the rest of the building. On both sides of the pizzeria is a green sign with the name of the restaurant, with the primary side having an inverted pizza slice replacing the first A in the name of the restaurant, as well as several lights pointed towards its sign. The windows have some unreadable writing on them, as well as a drawing of a pizza.

### Interior

Only two rooms are shown- a dining room, and a back room containing a safe. Both rooms have hardwood flooring and light-colored walls. The dining room contains several tables with four chairs each, ceiling lights, and a framed painting, drawing, or poster on a wall. The back room (which seems to be some sort of employees-only area and is accessed through a door behind the dining room) contains multiple shelving units, and a large safe in the center of the room.

## History

Pizzanimal is either used or owned by a gang heavily involved in baseball gambling. During the nighttime, they’ve been shown to use it to privately beat, threaten, or attempt to bribe Dante to coerce him to rig the baseball games of the Bears Baseball Team. The day of the Bears’ final match against the Killer Animals, Dante breaks into the building to steal the money from the gang leader’s safe.

## Gallery

The dining room at Pizzanimal during nighttime.The back room at Pizzanimal.
Reiwa High School

**Reiwa High School** (黎和高等学校, *ryō wa kōtō gakkō*) is a high school that Michiru Kagemori and Nazuna Hiwatashi attended before they were beastmen.

## Description

Michiru and Nazuna were both 2nd-year students before their disappearance. Michiru participated in the high school's basketball team.

## Student ID Card

**Front**

* School ID No. 2n54
* This certifies that the person mentioned below is a student at our school.
* Year 2 Class 1
* Name: Kagemori Michiru
* Birthdate: Heisei Era Year 15 Month 5 Day 13 born (2003/5/13)
* Species type: Human
* Issue date: Reiwa Era Year 2 Month 4 Day 1 (2020/4/1)
* School institution Reiwa Gakuen: Reiwa High School

**Back**

* You must carry this student ID wherever you go. This card verifies your status as a student (Reiwa High School).
* Please show your school ID to the staff when you buy a season pass (transportation) for a student, or get a student discount.
* This card can't be leased or transferred to others.

## Trivia

* The name of the institution comes from the era the show takes place in, Reiwa.
Lisa

**Lisa** (リサ, *Risa*) is a supporting character in *BNA: Brand New Animal*. She is an SNS friend of Nina Flip and a human.

## Appearance

Lisa has fair skin, long, pink hair, dark pink eyebrows, pink eyes, and wears pink lipstick. She wears a black crop top, white pants with sea-green circles on the right side and pink circles on the left, and black shoes plus a sea-green cloth tied around her left wrist.

## Personality

Lisa is best described as friendly and outgoing. She accepts both human and beastmen alike and sympathizes beastmen for having to suffer from discrimination.

However, she is ignorant and shallow. In the end, she only had a surface level understanding of Nina and almost killed her due to negligence.

## History

Lisa is friends with Nina Flip on Facelook and invites her to a party she's hosting. Once at the party, the two meet, and Nina accidentally turns into a beastman. Nina doesn't react negatively and is excited by the reveal. She then introduces Nina to the attendees as the guest of honor.

When Michiru leaves to the bathroom, Lisa traps Nina in a fish tank under the assumption she needs water to breathe. Michiru gets mad at Lisa who shrugs it off without a care which results in the disillusioned duo promptly leaving the shameful looking Lisa behind along with the other guests.

## Trivia

* Although she holds no prejudice against beastmen, Lisa's action in drowning Nina nevertheless represented one of horrors of prejudice in question where in this case, ignorance. The cycle of hatred mankind and beastmen trapped within during the events of the series prevented either race to understand one another, often leading to potentially harmful misunderstandings.
Moth Miraculous

Moth Miraculous is a bracelet with Darkk in it. Anyone who owns it can turn into a moth-themed hero.

## Appaerence

The bracelet support is dark gray with a black akuma pendant in the center.

## Abilities

This Miraculous has powers based on changing nature. It can also create akuma that allow people to give powers to ordinary people.

## List of Owners

### Wielders

* Grandpa (ex)
* Papillon de Nuit
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Beastman Co-op

The **Beastman Co-op** (獣人生活協同組合, *shishijin seikatsukyōdōkumiai*) is a social work cooperative located in Anima City. It is also the home of Gem Horner and Melissa Horner.

## Description

The building is located on a corner of an intersection in Anima City. There are multiple stories, and has an accessible balcony on the rooftop.

Shirou Ogami, Kuro, and Michiru Kagemori all live at the residence.

Shirou Ogami resides in the room just above the entrance while Michiru lives in the room on the rooftop.

And once the Silver wolf Order move in there has been placed statue of Nazuna Hiwatashi depicting her as the silver wolf with wings right next to the building in a ;light pink undertone of color with white.

## History

The Horner couple welcome Michiru with open arms and allows her to live at the residence. Mayor Barbara Rose has visited the home on two occasions to discuss investigation work with Shirou.
Hiromu Yaba

* Human
* Beastman

**Hiromu Yaba** (矢場広務, *Yaba Hiromu*) is a minor character in *BNA: Brand New Animal*. He was an Indian Rhinoceros Beastman and the director of the Medical Center. He reported directly to Alan Sylvasta.

## Appearance

In his human form, Yaba is stocky in stature and has a wide head, large nose, and gray receding hair. He wears a collared shirt, khakis, and a white lab coat.

In his beastman form, he resembles a gray rhinoceros and yields tremendous strength. Once he falls victim to Nirvasyl Syndrome induced by Boris Cliff, his beastman form is larger and more monstrous with sharp spikes appearing where his prior form had none, and his horn becoming much longer. His skin also darkens in color and shows several brightly-colored veins emerging from his body.

## Personality

He is best described as cynical and aggressive. He attacks and scolds Shirou for failing to stop the bomb incident at the hospital. Later, he retaliates and attacks Shirou and the company instead of submitting quietly when his corruption is discovered.

## History

Yaba together with his assistant Mimura orchestrated the Medical Center bombings. They were involved in an embezzlement scheme with the Flip Gang until Sylvasta Pharmaceuticals executives caught wind. In order to hide the traces, he plots a terrorist bombing to destroy all the data and evidence.

When Shirou and company move in to apprehend him, he transforms into his beastman form and tries to escape. Shirou subdues him and destroys his horn in the process. He is apprehended and eventually confesses to his crimes. He was taken into custody.

Boris Cliff visited Yaba in prison and gave him a substance that turned him into a gigantic rhino-like monster. He was defeated by Shirou who bisects him and his deceased body is being given an autopsy at the Medical Center.

## Abilities

* **Super Strength:** In his beastman form, Yaba gains tremendous strength and easily able to destroy furniture and subdue Shirou.

## Gallery

Yaba in his human form.Yaba in his rhinoceros form.Yaba mutated by the Nirvasyl Syndrome.Yaba in a more beetle-like mutated form.
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Episode 8
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Episode 3
Rabbit Town Children

The **Rabbit Town Children** are the group of orphans and abandoned children that Gram Grandma takes care of in Rabbit Town. Youta is one of the children.

## History

The children appear in Episode 2 in a daycare in Rabbit Town. After learning that Michiru is a student, Gram Grandma promises to give her back her wallet if she teaches the children to read and write. During the lessons, one of the children made a drawing of Ginrou, and Michiru wonders if that's who she saw when she first arrived in Anima City.

In the evening, the children along with Michiru are locked in a cage, ready to be sold to Giuliano Flip. Michiru uses her long arms and expandable tail to destroy the cage and protect the children. As they are running away, they're stopped by Elsa and her associates but Shirou comes to their aid.

As Gram Grandma and her gang are being taken into custody, Yuji Tachiki of the Anima City Police tells Michiru that the children have been taken to an institution for orphans.

## Trivia

* There are over 10 kids in Rabbit Town. About 4 girls and 6 boys.
* One of the dogs in the group heavily resembles Michiru's human form from her mom's profile picture, It is unknown in this was intentional or not. Michiru herself however, doesn't seem to address this.
NIGHT RUNNING

**NIGHT RUNNING** is the ending song in BNA: Brand New Animal anime, composed by SHIN SAKIURA and sung by AAAMYYY.

## Lyrics

### Full Version

#### Japanese

突然にもUpside down

世界は変わり出す

祈りも届かない

僕が変わり出す

意味を求めて走り続けて

自分が誰かわからなくなる

泣きそうだけど

負けたくないから

教えて

夜に馳せるこのゆらめきと

思いのままに飛びまわって

もっと自由に駆けて行こうよ

星を見上げてさ

一生分のUps and downs

世界は動き出す

痛みは止まらない

覚醒して飛び出せ

意味もなくまた走り続けて

終わりの見えない旅を続ける

きらめく夜に世界を見たいから

教えて

夜に馳せるこのゆらめきと

思いのままに飛びまわって

最後まで走り切ったら

僕らはどうなるの

いつかまたこの場所に立って

何度でも立ち上がるきっと

最後まで見届けてずっと

自由に生きてたい

意味を求めて走り続けて

自分が誰かわからなくなる

泣きそうだけど

負けたくないの

教えて

夜に馳せるこのゆらめきと

思いのままに飛びまわって

最後まで走り切ったら

僕らはどうなるの

いつかまたこの場所に立って

何度でも立ち上がるきっと

最後まで見届けてずっと

自由に生きてたい

#### Romaji

Totsuzen ni Mou Upside Down

Sekai wa kawaridasu

kinou ni mo todokanai

Boku ga kawaridasu

Kimi wo motomete hashiri tsuzukete

Jibun ga dareka wakaranaku naru

Nakisou dakedo maketakunai kara

Oshiete

Yoru ni Haseru Kono Yurameki to

Omoi no Mama ni Tobimawatte

Motto Jiyuu ni Kakete Yukou yo

Hoshi wo miagete sa

Isshou bun no Ups and Downs

Sekai wa ugokidasu

Itami wa tomaranai

Kakusei shite tobidasu

Imi mo naku mata hashiri tsuzukete

Owari no mienai tabi wo tsuzukeru

Kirameku you ni sekai wo mitai kara

Oshiete

Yoru ni Haseru Kono Yurameki to

Omoi no Mama ni Tobimawatte

Saigo made hashiri kittara

Bokura wa dou naru no?

Itsuka mata kono basho ni tatte

Nando demo tachiagaru kitto

Saigo made mitodokete zutto

Jiyuu ni ikitetai

Kimi wo motomete hashiri tsuzukete

Jibun ga dareka wakaranaku naru

Nakisou dakedo maketakunai no

Oshiete

Yoru ni Haseru Kono Yurameki to

Omoi no Mama ni Tobimawatte

Saigo made hashiri kittara

Bokura wa dou naru no?

Itsuka mata kono basho ni tatte

Nando demo tachiagaru kitto

Saigo made mitodokete zutto

Jiyuu ni ikitetai

Oshiete

Yoru ni Haseru Kono Yurameki to

Omoi no Mama ni Tobimawatte

Saigo made hashiri kittara

Bokura wa dou naru no?
Monkey Thief

**Monkey Thief** is a minor character in *BNA: Brand New Animal*. He is a squirrel monkey Beastman and the thief who stole a wallet from Michiru.

## Appearance

He is short and slender and has a light complexion, black hair, beard, and a thick unibrow. He wears a red hoop earrings, gray hoodie, apple green pants, and white shoes.

## Personality

Monkey is a crafty pickpocket. In addition, he is slick and agile, able to escape even after being caught.

## History

Monkey Thief first appears in Runaway Raccoon where he steals Michiru's wallet that she is storing in her tail while Michiru is speaking with Marie Itami. Michiru gives chase but is unable to catch the thief. During her pursuit, however, she notices Sato hastily leaving the festival, eventually leading to Shirou stopping the perpetrators of the festival bombing.

Due to the stolen wallet, Michiru is later forced to venture into Rabbit Town in the episode of the same name in order to get it back, as it contains her student ID.

## Gallery

Monkey thief sheet from the "BNA Starter Guidebook."
Engel Machine

**Engel Machine** is an autonomous medical robot in BNA: Brand New Animal. It is built by Sylvasta Pharmaceuticals and deployed for use at the Medical Center. However, after the Livestream, these robots were all deployed into the city to subdue the rampaging beastman with a vaccine that'll transform them into a human permanently.

## Description

Engel Machines were hi-tech, rectangular machines that supposedly developed to help dealing beastmen who succumbed to Nirvasyl Syndrome. True to this, they were armed with guns that fire tranquilizer bullets to sedate a mutated beastman and metal restrains to carry him/her on the back.
Sylvasta Pharmaceuticals

**Sylvasta Pharmaceuticals** is a drug manufacturing company that operates the Medical Center in *BNA: Brand New Animal*. The CEO is Alan Sylvasta. It is a subsidiary of the Sylvasta Conglomerate.

History
Sylvasta Pharmaceuticals was instrumental in creating Anima city.

The organisation has been set on trying to create anti-beastman weapons which would turn beastmen into humans.

Sylvasta Pharmaceuticals are also responsible for the attack on the medical center, as well as the disaster in Episode 11 in which they caused thousands of beastmen to become enraged and wreak havoc upon anima-city.
Shipping Port

**Shipping Port** is a freight transport facility in Anima City. There seem to be strong ties to crime in the facility. The Family appears to conduct their business operations here.

## Description

The facility is modern and industrial, equipped with cargo transport cranes to move cargo boxes on and off ships. The port also holds a lot of inventory at a given time with many rows of cargo containers stacked to the side. Ships are regularly seen stationed at the port.

## History

### *Brand New Animal*

Michiru and the Rabbit Town Children are packed into a shipping container and about to be loaded onto a cargo ship before Michiru frees them all. Shirou Ogami stops the attempted trafficking and Gram Grandma, Elsa, and the rest of the gang are arrested by the Anima City Police.

Dante the Bears baseball coach has seen water tortured at the shipping facility after failing to fix a baseball game.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 2
2. ↑ Episode 5
Dante

* Human
* Beastman

**Dante** (ダンテ, *Dante*) is a supporting character in *BNA: Brand New Animal*. He is the coach of the Bears Baseball Team. He is an aye-aye Beastman.

## Appearance

His beastform is a gray aye-aye with a brown birthmark on his face and green eyes. As a child, Dante had a beige muzzle color that began to disappear with age. In the aye-aye form, it has long triangular drooping ears, a smooth-haired tail, a large mouth and a slightly elongated muzzle. Young Dante had smooth brown hair. Throughout the BNA events, he had pink spots on his face that appeared due to his alcoholism. He also has a bruise on his left eye. Dante wears a white "Henly" shirt with buttons on the collar, white trousers and beige flip-flops.

## Personality

He initially appears as a lazy, apathetic coach; until it is revealed he is coerced into fixing the matches by the mafia. In his youth, he was a driven and passionate baseball player, only to have his hopes dashed by constant discrimination which resulted in him raging at his abusers. He became an alcoholic to cope with his traumatic past.

He rekindles his love for baseball during the baseball league finals, and gives Michiru a much-needed fiery boost of encouragement; not to mention quits his drinking.

## History

### Background

Dante had hopes of playing in the major leagues ever since he caught a baseball at a game during his childhood.

When he grew up, Dante joined the Odaibo team in the mainland. He was the first beastman to join a major league baseball team and made the papers. Dante is initially optimistic and joyful, but he faces discrimination everywhere, from fans and even teammates. Eventually, he explodes during a match, and in a fury, attacks the players on the field.

He later comes to Anima City and becomes a coach for the Bears Baseball Team.

### *Brand New Animal*

During the course of the season, he is pressured to fix matches and to make the Bears lose. When Michiru joins the team and the Bears begin a winning streak, the mafia gets angry and threatens him to force the Bears to lose. During the finale, he sneaks into the mafia hideout and steals the gambling winnings. Shirou intercepts and takes the money from him while showing him a recording of Michiru's speech to the people in the stadium which brings him to tears of mirth and joy while also feeling a downpour of shame and regret. Dante later encourages Michiru and his team to win the game. The Bears still lose by a small margin, and the mafia boss tries handing Dante (thinking he kept his word) his pay, but he refuses while stating that gambling does not interest him anymore and that he now wants to play the sport.

## Special Abilities

* **Stealth:** Dante is able to crawl from ceilings, enter guarded spaces, and steal locked items undetected.

## Gallery

Dante as a beastman during his pro career.Dante as a child.
## Trivia

* Dante is likely a reference to Danpei Tange from Osamu Dezzaki's *Ashita no Joe*.

### Etymology

* Dante is a contracted form of the Italian name Durante which means "steadfast, enduring" from the Latin "durus" meaning "hard, firm".
The Family

**The Family** is a criminal mafia operated by Giuliano Flip. They appear to be central to the underworld of *BNA: Brand New Animal*.

## Description

The Family is the major crime syndicate in Anima City. They operate and have an influence on several aspects of Anima City life, such as baseball gambling. The Family has control over Gram Grandma and her Rabbit Town gang. They also appear to have ties to the Sylvasta Pharmaceuticals. Their mannerisms, presentation, and behavior are very similar to the mafia in the real world.

Members wear a silver dolphin pin on their lapel. Typical attire for mafia members include tuxedos, suits, and trench coats. The dolphin symbol was also found on a lighter from someone in The Slums.

## Notable Members

* Giuliano Flip (leader)
* Masaru Kusakabe (deceased)

## History

### *Brand New Animal*

Giuliano Flip and Masaru Kusakabe pressure Gram Grandma to traffick the children to pay off the debt.

Later, Kusakabe and a few other mafia members are aiding Medical Center staff to destroy evidence before being thwarted by Michiru and Shirou.

At a boat dock, Giuliano Flip tortures and interrogates Kusakabe for the situation the other day. Kusakabe is later killed when Shirou intervenes, the rope Kusakabe is tied to is revealed to have a rock tied to the end, which Flip throws into the motor of a passing boat. Upon hearing that Nina Flip escaped to the mainland, Flip assembles a group of mafia members to wage war against the humans. Shirou stops him before it's too late.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 6
2. ↑ Episode 2
3. ↑ Episode 3
4. ↑ Episode 4
The Killer Animals

The Killer Animals are a baseball team in *BNA: Brand New Animal* and the reigning champion of the Anima City Baseball League. They are a group of strong and violent animals who are willing to use any tactics, no matter how extreme, to win their baseball games.

## Description

The Killer Animals are a team of nine vicious Beastmen of various species, including a mole and a rat. The team employs various weapons to help them win matches, and show no mercy to any opponents they face, even ones that don’t fight back.

## Uniform

The uniform of the Killer Animals is a black short-sleeved button-up with red trim around the sleeves and along the buttons. They also wear plain, black baseball caps. Their pants and shoes are also black, with red socks also being a part of the team uniform.

## Members

The Killer Animals have nine members, with their names, batting order, and position being visible at the start of the match. The teammates listed by batting order is as follows:

 Welvina
 Kiyohara
 Jyon
 Maekawa
 Cesar
 Okawa
 Matsuoka
 Mejia

## History

In Greedy Bears, the Killer Animals are the fourth and final team faced by The Bears Baseball Team. Despite the Bears giving trying their hardest (with the assistance of Michiru Kagemori,) the Bears lose by one point to their opponents, but manage to find solace in the hard work they put in and the bond they shared as a team.

## Gallery

The Killer Animals lined up against the Bears Baseball Team.Mad, of the Killer Animals at bat.A mole on the Killer Animals running.A Beastman on the Killer Animals running with a ball and chain.Mejia, the pitcher of the Killer Animals.Matsuoka, the catcher of the Killer Animals.
Anima City Baseball League

## Anima Baseball League

The **Anima Baseball League** is a baseball league set in the world of *BNA: Brand New Animal*. The Killer Animals are the champions of the last completed season before the events of the anime.

## Description

The Anima Baseball League is a league that takes place in Anima City. Teams of Beastmen compete to become the season champions. They play in their Beastmen form and resort to violence and cheating to win matches. There is also a high amount of gambling involved with spectators and the mafia fix matches behind the scenes, with Saotome seeming to lead the gambling, or at least play a large role in perpetuating it.

The championship game was held at the Anima Stadium with The Bears Baseball Team and Killer Animals. The Killer Animals lead but the Bears catch up in the 8th inning. The Killer Animals pull through with a 1 point difference and win the league.

## Teams

### The Pink Flamingos

The Pink Flamingos are a team of flamingos in the baseball league. They are sassy and love to taunt their opponents. They also use throwing knives to incapacitate the Bear's pitcher.

### The Buffalos

The Buffalos are a powerhouse team of oxen and bison. They are strong but extremely slow.

### The Tigers

The Tigers are another powerhouse team and consist of tigers. They compete against the Bears in the semifinals.

### Bears Baseball Team

Main article: Bears Baseball Team

The Bears are a ragtag group of baseball players from the Slums of Anima City. Their team consists of a tanuki, a panda bear, spectacled bear, brown bears, a grizzly bear, polar bear, and a moon bear. They are coached by Dante.

The team was on a long losing streak before Michiru joins as an emergency pitcher. She propels the team to the finals where they lose to the Killer Animals.

### The Killer Animals

The Killer Animals are the champions of the current season. Their members include a rat, mole, boar, and dog Beastmen. They are famous for resorting to extreme violence to win matches and were the favorites to win the championship match. They almost lose but win by one point.

**Killer Animals roster**

1. Mad (マッド)
2. Welvina (ウェルビナ)
3. Kiyohara (喜代原) - 1st Baseman
4. Jyon (ジョン) - Center Fielder
5. Maekawa (前河) - 2nd Baseman
6. Cesar (セサール) - 3rd Baseman
7. Okawa (尾川) - Right Fielder
8. Matsuoka (末岡) - Catcher
9. Mejia (メヒア) - Pitcher

**Items**

* Super bat - wooden bat embedded with spikes that explodes on impact sending shrapnel at the opponents
* Rotating spike bat - high speed rotating metal bat with spikes
* Ball and chain

## League statistics

 Buffalos vs. Bears
 Bears vs. Tigers
 Killer Animals vs. Bears
Jackie

* Human
* Beastman

**Jackie** (ジャッキー, *Jakkī*) is a supporting character in *BNA: Brand New Animal*. She is a baseball player on the Bears Baseball Team. She is a Bear Beastman.

## Appearance

Jackie is short in stature and has tan fur with a dark brown "mask" over her eyes. She has round ears, brown nose, large eyes and a bob-cut.

## Personality

Jackie is known to be a little dense and bad with money, falling for scams especially dealing with money. However, she is personable and passionate, especially for her baseball team. She exhibits strong leadership qualities. Jackie is cheerful, energetic, and very happy every day. She also is a gluttonous big eater and will eat everything.

## Plot

### Background

Jackie lives in the Slums, the poorest area of Anima City, with the rest of the Bears Baseball Team.

### *Brand New Animal*

Jackie pressures Michiru to join the Bears team. In a later episode, she buys an overly expensive water filtration device with a hefty loan, which she fails to pay back. She is about to be burned at the stake and is saved by the Silver Wolf Order cult.

## Quotes

* "I never thought I would be so disappointed to lose."

## Trivia

* Jackie's human form resembles Peppermint patty from peanuts.
* Jackie's animal appearance may be based on Pooh in Fyodor Khitruk’s *Winnie the Pooh* short film.
* Jackie and Akko from *Little Witch Academia* share the same voice actress.
* Jackie was revealed to be a female in a Trigger BNA Livestream. The gender of her character was intentionally kept ambiguous during design and production as she has both masculine and feminine traits.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://bna-anime.com/character/20.php
2. ↑ Episode 5
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh\_(1969\_film)
4. ↑ https://www.twitch.tv/videos/612844011
The Buffalos

The Buffalos is a baseball team in *BNA: Brand New Animal.* They’re one of the teams in the Anima City Baseball League and as the name implies, is populated entirely by nine buffaloes. They’re described as the “heavy hitters of the baseball gambling world” by the stadium’s announcer.

## Description

The Buffalos are a team of large and imposing buffalos with large horns. They possess both strength and speed, but do not appear to use any sort of weaponry like The Pink Flamingos or The Killer Animals of the same league.

## Uniform

The Buffalos’ uniform is a white short-sleeved button-up shirt with red vertical stripes and red trim around the neck and down the center of the shirt. They were read pants with a grey-brown belt. Their shirts have an insignia of the letter B with two horns sticking out from it.

## History

Once Michiru Kagemori joins the Bears Baseball Team, The Buffalos are the second team they face. Despite poor advice from Dante, the coach of the Bears Baseball Team who was being manipulated by the crime boss Saotome, the Bears Baseball team secure a victory over The Buffalos, the opposing team.

## Gallery

The pitcher of The Buffalos.The Buffalos lined up alongside the Bears Baseball Team.The Buffalos in the outfield.
Saotome

**Saotome** (早乙女, *Saotome*) is one of the supporting characters in *BNA: Brand New Animal*. He is the gang leader of the underground gambling ring for Anima City Baseball. He coerces Dante to fix matches.

## Appearance

In his human form, Saotome appears as a short, stout man with a brimmed hat, a suit, and a rounded pair of sunglasses. His shirt bears a dolphin pin on the breast, indicating his involvement with the family. In his Beastman form, Saotome dresses similarly, but omits the hat, revealing two small ears located at the top of his head. His fur is a light brown, beige color, and he has a patch of grey fur between his eyes and above his dark grey nose.

## History

Saotome debuts in Episode 5, where he is shown with a group of enforcers at Pizzanimal, beating up Dante as punishment for his team winning the most recent baseball match, as prior to that point, the Bears have only lost, so gamblers had been accustomed to betting against them. Later in the episode, he's confronted by Shirou for his role in the gambling ring, and he ultimately ends up trying to return some of his profits to Dante but is rebuffed.

## Gallery

Saotome's human form.

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Gem Horner

* Human
* Beastman

**Gem Horner** (ジェム・ホーナー, *Jemu Hōnā*) is a main character in the *BNA: Brand New Animal* series. He is the husband of of Melissa Horner and the couple run the Beastman Co-op. He is a cockerel Beastman.

## Appearance

In his human form, he has fair skin and red hair is slightly disheveled and swept to the left side, black pupils, and red mustache and beard. He wears a white collared shirt with a hunter green tie, red-framed glasses, a mustard yellow v-cut sweater, blue-gray trousers, and brown loafers.

In his rooster form, his red hair turns into a comb and his beard turns into a wattle. He grows a yellow beak and trades his shoes for yellow chicken feet. He keeps his glasses, trousers, and shirt, though his cardigan loses its sleeves.

## Personality

Gem has an affable, caring, and friendly personality. He welcomes Michiru Kagemori with open arms and helps her acclimate to living in Anima City.

He may accidentally come off as impolite at times, but he means no harm or ill intention.

## History

### Episode 2/Rabbit Town

Gem welcomes Michiru into their home. He uses a test strip and confirms that she is a Beastman. When Michiru repeatedly affirms that she is human, he mistakenly suggests she see a psychiatrist, which angers Michiru further. They later allow her to stay in a room they give her.

Later, Gem teaches Michiru the history of Ginrou through a picture book he wrote. He also perches on the rooftop every morning to crow.

## Special Abilities

* **Voice Amplification:** Gem is able to loudly amplify his voice, usually crowing in the morning.