Katsute Kami Datta Kemono-tachi e

With the initiation of the Patrian civil war came the creation of half-beast, half-human soldiers—a development of the outnumbered Northerners in a desperate attempt to counter the overwhelming Southern forces. Able to quickly dominate battlefields and achieve victory with ease, the soldiers' godlike abilities earned them the name "Incarnates." However, as the war raged on, the Incarnates encountered a problem involving the beasts inside them that they were unable to rectify by ordinary means.

Once the war was over, mysteries and accounts of the Incarnates submitting to the misfortune of their war days surfaced. Aware of the horrors they faced during the war, Special Sergeant Major and former captain of the Incarnates Hank Henriette becomes a Beast Hunter—those who take the lives of Incarnates who have succumbed to the issues they experienced on the battlefields.

After witnessing her father, a former Incarnate soldier, meet his end at the hands of one such Beast Hunter, Nancy Schaal Bancroft resolves to hunt the man who took her father's life. However, Nancy's eye-opening encounter with the Beast Hunter influences her to instead seek the reason behind her father's death and the Incarnates' problematic existence in society.

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Hank Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Bancroft, Nancy Schaal Main

Kakuma, Ai Japanese

Runecastle, Liza Supporting

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Madhouse, Cain Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Elaine Supporting

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Beatrice Supporting

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Edgar Supporting

Yasumoto, Hiroki Japanese

Miglieglia Supporting

Ichinose, Kana Japanese

Arthur Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Christopher Supporting

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Kitazawa, Shiryuu Producer

Ogawa, Takahiro Producer

Tada, Yuuichi Producer

Suzuki, Toshihiro Producer

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Feb 22, 2024

hexashadow13

Recommended

tl;dr: A solid start with an interesting premise and unique setting, but a major decline in writing quality as it progresses.

Due to various economic circumstances, the nation of Patricia broke out into a Civil War. The north created fearsome beast like super soldiers known as Incarnates in order to win the war. However, after that the Incarnates returned to their homes still possessing their tremendous powers. Furthermore, they all seemed to be ticking time bombs destined to lose their humanity and go on rampages. As such, the government decided to eliminate all Incarnates.

Hank, the former captain of the Incarnates and one of the most powerful, ... plays a key part in that as he travels the nation hunting down problematic Incarnates. This quest ultimately brings him to kill the father of Schaal, who swears revenge upon him. However, she quickly discovers that the situation is more complex than she thought and that Hank is facing his own inner conflicts while carrying out his mission. She begins following him on his journey hoping to come to a better understanding of what is going on and why it must be the way it is. However, the vice captain of the Incarnates, Cain, is organizing the Incarnates to resist their impending demise with plans to reignite the flames of war.

The first episode and the second somewhat are a prologue that helps set this premise up, but after that it focuses on Hank and Schaal going to confront various Incarnates. I felt that this was when the anime was at it’s best. The insanity of each Incarnate is based on their own trauma’s and complexes and the writing does a pretty good job of conveying the nuances to how those result in them taking the extreme actions they do. In a way this is like an extremely exaggerated look at PTSD and other issues that soldiers often face when they return from battlefields. I wouldn’t say it’s easy to sympathize with them, but the core message that the anime is trying to convey of them being human being trying their best to live and not just mindless monsters is conveyed very clearly. Alongside that, it does a pretty good job of fleshing out Hank and Schaal’s characters and showing slow but steady character growth in Schaal.

As the story progresses the anime begins focusing more and more on an overarching plot regarding Cain and his Incarnate rebellion. I felt the story surrounding him was very weak, and thus the anime gets much weaker towards the end. The first issue is that it’s written incredibly bizarrely. Cain actually does seem to have a point that could be thought of as reasonable: that it was completely unfair that the government had turned them into Incarnates and used them to win the war, but now that them becoming Incarnates was making them hard to deal with the government was simply trying to get rid of them all. So there actually was a lot of potential to write a good villain with depth.

However, for some reason the writing completely glosses over that and instead just tries to make him and everyone on his side cartoon villains. This results in a story completely lacking in any complexity. I also felt that pretty much all the parts focused on him had a noticeable drop in writing quality. The pacing felt slower than it should have been. Despite that, characters changing motivations and emotional states weren’t properly developed. The ending is also at a point that’s pretty in the middle of things plot wise so it’s not a very satisfying point to end on, though the final battle was pretty great.

The art and animation are pretty good. The action isn’t especially amazing, but it’s pretty solid. I also really liked the aesthetic of the series overall. It draws heavily from Civil War era America, though with some steampunk elements. And the Incarnates are based on monsters and such from all sorts of western mythologies and literature. But even beyond that I really liked the character designs in general and the general design principles in regards to how it handled things like faces which gave it a pretty unique look. The soundtrack also worked really well and was quite epic at times. The OP is also pretty great in terms of the song and visuals. The ED is decent in both regards.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 11, 2024

robert788

Mixed Feelings

Katsute Kami Datta Kemono-tachi e (2019)

A show of high potential that failed and doesn't need to come back. A classic 12-episode intro to manga/novel. The show has a pretty good first couple of episodes but then it falls hard. I like the storyline of hunting the monsters and not all is as it seems and so on. I enjoy the usual story of weapons that everyone needed and when they win are discarded. Much like the fate of heroes in some fantasy settings. This is the US Civil War with monsters.

The art honestly looks good if it was made in like 2012 but for 2019 ... it looks dated, grainy and just plain old. If that is what they wanted to do then great. What it does is make it something I don't think will be rewatched and in 5 years will drop off anyone's list if they haven't got around to it.

The music is fairly fitting but overly dramatic at times. Shouting is not the best and the show lacks any emphasis behind any action it does, sounds very flat.

The characters want to be deeper than they are. They try to set them up but then they fall apart too quickly. One minute they have absolute dedication and the next just like meh I am done.

The show had potential and in the end, it was rushed at the end with a plot that didn't provide enough interest. The fights are good, it is mostly enjoyable but at the same time, it does very little for me in progress or development. 4/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Dec 29, 2022

ToDo_Jp

Not Recommended

the opening is good that's why i rate the anime a 4/10 .
thanks to mafumafu for the song ♥ and mappa why u guys made this horribly bad anime ? :'( .
the story is bad wtf a random girl want to kill some big monsters that were gods one day with a shotgun xD .
characters are bad ,voice actors are pretty good but their characters in this anime made them look bad ...
the animation is mid ,mappa did well actually in many anime ,we've seen the studio's credibility ,i think this anime wasn't supposed to be a success in mappa's predictions .
yeah ! ,i did ... not enjoy it at all because they have no sense of drama at all just skip don't try to watch it you'll regret .

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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