Seton Academy is a place attended by a plethora of interesting and diverse animal species. Jin Mazama is one of the few humans there, who also happens to vehemently hate animals from the bottom of his heart! One day, he stumbles upon the rowdy and assertive girl Ranka Ookami, a small "lone wolf" without a pack, who has not a single friend.
The desperate Ranka tries to invite Jin into joining her pack; Jin, who hates animals, naturally refuses. Amid this situation, Jin meets Hitomi Hino, a fellow human, and promptly becomes infatuated with her. After getting to know each other, the two decide to create a cooking club, and after a few bad-blooded misunderstandings, Ranka soon joins the club as well.
Thus begins the howl-some and howl-arious story of two normal humans; an adorable wolf; a cheerful koala; a sluggish, blonde sloth; and a feline with cattitude in their newfound club—in a story that teaches that friendship can be forged by creatures of different kinds.
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Walpurgies
----SPOILER FREE REVIEW---- A T-rex professor, a homo girafe, an exhibitionist mole-rat, a hermaphrodite hyena, an unbreakable badger, a star panda, an ever-dying sloth and a pero-pero obsessed cute loli wolf. That’s just a little part of the mess that you can find in this hilarious and smooth anime. Murenase! Seton Gakuen or Seton Academy: Join the pack! has finally finished airing and damn, it was a blast all along. If you think that’s an uninteresting furry anime, you are missing something big time. Throughout my review I hope you will see this anime in a clearer light which is absolutely well-deserved. First a quick resume: SetonGakuen is a slice of life, comedy, school anime. Classic. Except there are only 2 humans in the entire school. Yes, all the other students are animals in the true sense of the word.
The story follows Jin Mazama, our lonely human, as he enrolls into Seton Gakuen as a sophomore. Jin despite all animals (quite the height if you ask me), so what is his surprise when he encounters Hitomi Hino the beautiful second human-girl in the school. As his desires and dreams keep getting wilder, he stumbled across the path of a little pink ball of furry. That’s Ookami Ranka, our cute loli wolf whose dream is to build her own pack…starting with Jin!
Now, let’s break out the different aspects:
Story:
The story itself is quite simple as most of the comedy/school anime. While the story is simple, the show stays quite entertaining because once in a while, when a new animal is introduced or do their “specific animal things”, the narrator explains the “Did you know…?” in a funny way with instructive chibby drawings. Still good to take that general knowledge while laughing and be like “Wtf…?” ^^’ You will have some good anecdote to tell your friends who wouldn’t have known that their friend is an animal expert.
Not much left to say about the story but you do have quite some surprises along the anime that you wouldn’t have think of. – 8/10
Characters:
The characters design is quite simple for the animals, but they hit right on the spot. If you have followed your biology courses in school and watched 1 or 2 animal documentary you should be able to recognize most of the species shown (“And what if I watched Interspecies reviewers?” -Keep your mouth shut, pervert)
Frequently it’s just the head and the body design in the uniform that are representative of the animal. From time to time it’s a human figure but with an animal part (ears or tail for example) and occasionally the whole body is shown.
All the cast is well written, they are faithful to their specific and respective animals’ characteristics, so it brings many elements of humor throughout the show. – 8/10
Animation:
Now that’s the point I want to bring up. Seton Gakuen’s animation is clean af. The backgrounds are okay but what strikes the most is the details and the diversity of the animations of the cast. Just go take a glimpse at the opening to give you an idea. Did you ever see a more animated opening? Just be careful if you are epileptic. At first look, it seems like a giant mess (which is quite right to depict the f big zoo that is Seton’s school) but once you look closer you can see all the little things that proves that some work had been put into it. A lot of work.
The movements are fluid and it’s simply great. The faces of the member of the casts are very expressive and can display a wide range of emotions. Studio Gokami which has done anime such as Tsurezure Children and Kiniro Mosaic did a great job for this anime.
One thing I also want to point out is the fan-service. Maaaan there is little fan-service in this anime, but it’s done damn good. Trust me when I say that soon enough there will be Hitomi doujinshis popping out faster than the coronavirus cases.
– 9/10
Sound:
The opening song is very catchy, that’s what you expect for this type of show and it’s done good! Meanwhile the ending song is a little troll (ever wondered what a crying wolf sound like?).
The VA are on-point, they really fit their character. Sometimes they try to make their own animal noises which is really funny to listen. (Watch the previews!) – 9/10
Enjoyment:
Overall, I loved Seton Gakuen. Watching it with my friends got us bursts of laughter and we just simply had a really great time. – 10/10
Conclusion:
To conclude, Seton Gakuen is breath of fresh air in the comedy type of anime. If you wanna have a fun time watching a short (but educational!) comedy filled with joy, love and drool from Ranka-Chan, why not grab your confinement kit and simply Join the Pack!!
Thanks for reading!
~ Walpurgies
Stark700
Murenase Shiiton Gakuen (Seton Academy) is amazing, amazing in the fact that within a span of 12 episodes, it managed to make me dislike animals. On the surface, this show doesn’t raise too many red flags. Besides, we’ve had other anime about the animal society in recent years such as Beastars. The problem about Seton Academy lies in its story execution and character cast. People may see this just another genre cliché milked by school academy tropes. When you combine that with an academy of animals, there’s hardly anything original about the storytelling. And you’d be right. When the audience first meets animal hater, Mazama Jin,he’s nothing more special than an average teenager with a teenage crush on Hino Hitomi, who happens to also be a human. The story tries to adapt and evolve from its initial premise but never chooses an opportunity for development. That’s because his life is now gotten more chaotic than ever after being involved with an animal pack, led by the overenergetic wolf, Ranka.
I really wish this anime had an auto-mute whenever Ranka opens her mouth. Being a wolf and fiercely protective of her territory, Ranka explifies just about everything I hate about children: loud, annoying, impulsive, and always tries to have her way. Watching her character behavior equates to watching a 5-year old fighting over food with their sibling. Unfortunately for Jin, he has to deal with her behavior on a daily basis. And that doesn’t even count the fact that she is a living object getting in the way of Jin professing his feelings to Hino. Speaking of which, Hino is thrown into the show as a nice type of girl; think of the ‘girl next door type’. It doesn’t take long for Hino to somehow also get entangled into the Ranka’s daily misadventures. To add fuel to the fire, the show somehow manages to throw her into embarrassing situations without batting an eye. The show doesn’t take time to truly develop either character or their relationship. It instead recycles the endless clichés over and over until it milks it dry.
Honestly, I’m not particularly sure what type of audience this anime is aimed at. With minimal story direction, you’d think this appeals to slice of life fans looking for an extra dose of popcorn entertainment. But no, that’s not where the appeals lies. The show lacks the realism of a human storyteller. It puts overemphasis on the animal society that there’s no time to find life quality. Watching the series feels like the author wanted us to believe in this animal society, taking place in an academy. The animals takes on human roles such as the students and staff. But in reality, these character roles are deconstructed that results in an insufferable character cast. It challenged me to name one character that truly felt worth investing time into and in the end, I came up none.
Then, there’s the problem with character relationships. Let’s start with the most normal, being the pair of Jin and Hitomi. This is nothing more than a fantasy daydream saturated with character delusions and idiotic fantasies. While many anime of similar genre follows the trend, this show somehow manages to add them without a shred of shame at any chance it gets. The more this show aired, the more these delusions became more like a way of adding extra TV time for each episode. On the animal front, delusions sometimes gets raunchy and suggestive as we have to remember that they behave just like animals. The anime also takes pleasure to show as much as fan service as possible when given the chance, such as with Ranka’s impulsive licking or Miki’s near naked outfits. The character relationship between Jin and Ranka is like compared to a babysitter and a baby. Jin literally has to hold her back sometimes to avoid public problems. Why? That’s because Ranka seems to have the mentality of a kindergartener. Oh and I’m afraid the rest of the cast isn’t any better. For instance, the female koala Shisho has the animal behavior of a sloth and you likely won’t remember a single dialogue in the episodes she’s in. Others such as Komori or Mei Mei fails to capitalize on their own character personalities to be something unique. When I watch either of them interact with others, it reminds me of elementary school, the days where children behave like annoying children. Even some of the more fierce and masculine characters such as the lions aren’t what I pictured them to be. It’s too bad really because this could have been a somewhat entertaining educational exploration of an animal society. But instead, the creators made this look like a horrible meme with unfunny gags and endless amount of idiocy.
Somehow, I made it through this anime without smashing my TV screen. This show looked like one written by a zoo fanatic but completely fails to mesmerize the audience with their ideas. With little to no story direction and an absolutely insufferable character cast, it truly deserves the score it gets. Hopefully after reading this review and if someone recommends you to watch Murenase Shiiton Gakuen, you turn your head away and say “no”.
ExemplarCayman
It’s an animal trivia-based absurdist comedy. It’s good. If I had to describe it in one word, I’d call it “dumb fun for smart people with refined taste and appreciation for wit.” Here’s what a comedy series should do to be a 10: - Out of all the animal-factoids-applied-to-a-humanoid-society shows of the last few years this one is easily the most ingenious in the way, well, in the way the animal trivia is applied to the humanoid societal circumstances and situations (taking into account that the end-goal here is making gags). - The comedy is consistently funny, again, because the gags are artfully built on the triviafoundation. I repeat the same thing multiple times because it really deserves to be emphasized: THIS SHOW IS VERY, VERY CLEVER IN TURNING THE NATURE DOCUMENTARY MATERIAL INTO HUMAN SOCIAL INTERACTIONS. On top of that, it does not concern itself in the slightest with the pedantical adhering to reality (have I mentioned the comedy here is “absurdist”? Because the comedy here is absurdist). Instead, it liberally mixes scientific facts and urban legends based on whichever will be funnier in a given moment, and this unfettered approach works wonders. Yet, the show never fails to point out when a piece of trivia it uses is not real, which is also important for keeping it dapper.
- The characters are likeable and their relationships are “investment-worthy” (believable and interesting to follow). Same deal as in the paragraph above, the characters’ personalities are based on either the real or the folklore traits of their corresponding animal base, and the exact degree of their “animalness” changes arbitrarily based on the necessities of a good joke. While the story’s format and the sheer number of the cast members doesn’t exactly allow for the super complex character arcs, everyone has a clearly defined personality, interacts with the other cast members in a logical way based on how their personalities match, and has some goals and aspirations that steadily progress as the plot progresses.
- High-effort anime adaptation. The easy place to point this out is the OP/ED. The OP manages to convey every major character’s role in the story in just a few short seconds, while playing thematically fitting jungle music. The ED is simply a work of art. Things like these are your flags - whether you are familiar with the source material or not, they let you know that the anime adaptation’s creative team have put some actual effort and passion into their work. The source material here isn’t mindlessly copy-pasted or mindlessly abridged - things are reshuffled, rewritten and repurposed in order to work better in a different medium that has different strengths and limitations, while preserving the soul of the work. There is more than one case of an episode being stitched together from the parts of five different non-consecutive manga chapters (and I mean “different story arcs” kind of non-consecutive) and it looks completely seamless to a naked eye.
9.5/10 for a consistently funny, thought-provoking, and high production values comedy series.
HellLyter
Murenase! Seton Gakuen is a lighthearted school comedy, but in order to set it apart from the countless others of its genre, it needed a twist. So...the entire academy with the exception of the protagonist and his love interest are animals! Therefore I'm obligated to use awful animal puns. The show is simplistic but actually really howlarious, I'm not lion! It's a solid easygoing show and I ended up wolfing down each episode's classy comedy content. I had initially thought that this anime would lack depth and that it would slowly trudge on like a sloth, but it's littered with cute episodic stories that highlight eachof the characters. There's also some deeper meaty substance when it comes to the portrayal of the relationship between the animal hater Jin and the energetic wolf girl Ranka. I was surprised at how much I had fun with each episode and how they would even occasionally bring some depth to some of the characters. The show gets bonus points for actually bringing up some fun facts about animals from time to time. I have no idea if they're always valid, but I respect shows that can incorporate a bit of educational knowledge into their story without it being a hindrance to the actual narrative. And the way that the anime included some of the more humorous animal characteristics such as female hyenas having...*ahem*...BOTH privates really elevated the anime further. There's just a lot of koalaty to be found in Seton Academy!
The cast of characters are a colorful bunch that really breath life into the show. Now there are a lot of them for a single cour anime, and it's true that most of them fall to the background after getting their own dedicated episode. But don't worry, this isn't a cat-tastrophe by any means. This isn't a narrative driven story but a comedy based one, and I believe that keeping each episode fresh by shining the spotlight on different animals each week kept the show engaging and fun. Whether it was Miyubi's constant deaths or Meimei's masochistic tendencies, there was always something enjoyable to watch. This exotic group causes a lot of pandamonium for Jin, who just wants to spend some time with Hitomi, the epidomy of femininity. Of course we can't forget the ever present wolf girl Ranka, who's sheer positivity and energetic nature were incredibly endearing. And you gotta love her licking and barking. Despite Jin's tsundere nature and claims that he doesn't like her, Ranka almost never loses her upbeat nature, which I appreciate. Though I guess that means she's not much of an aware wolf. This is a comedy anime first and foremost, and I believe that the success of such a show hinges on the quality of the cast. And while these aren't the most developed characters or anything, I'm pleased to say that I was thoroughly entertained by their antics.
Now I know that I'm not a koalafied art critic or anything, but I found the animation to be the weakest part of the anime. In the beginning, it just looks low budget, which is unfortunate, because the visuals probably turned a lot of people away from the show who probably would have enjoyed the actual content of the anime. But this anime did something incredibly rare, which is improve vissually as it went on. Maybe it's just me, but I thought that later episodes featured much more detailed art and pretty aesthetics. We get an assortment of cute character designs and many of the characters are pretty expressive. I just feel like the animation lacked consistency. On the flip side, I absolutely loved the voice acting since the beginning. The high pitched animal noises that the seyiuu were making were both hilarious and adorable. Especially Ranka, whose loud, high pitched voice ALMOST ventured into the realm of annoying, but it was just too cute to not like. And the way that she sang the ending theme song, voice cracks and all, was just so howlsome and precious!
I'll conclude by addressing the elephant in the room, which is do I recommend Murenase! Seton Gakuen? I would say that it's quite the entertaining anime, and if you just want to watch something fun and don't mind some weird animal shenanigans, then I'd say go ahead and give this a shot. It's not purrfect by any means, but if you like a good school life comedy, animals, or a crazy combination of the two, then you should totally watch this anime and join the pack! Thanks for bearing with me to the end!
KANLen09
You know what the Ancients always say: "Birds of a feather flock together." And in the world of the anthropomorphized animal kingdom such as this, whether there's some form or (valiant) escape or not, this animal academy has it all, nooks and crannies that's enjoyable to the same degree. This is what this show encapsulates them all into one school comedic package that anyone can pick up and enjoy from start to finish. And for once, both the manga original source and anime are on par with each other. The story of humans being in the animal kingdom is relatively unheard of (unless when it comesto prey and predator), but that's what happened to male MC Jin Mazama. Being someone whose abhorrence with animals has carried his senses from young, an animal school like Seton Academy wouldn't be his best shot (but decides to make the best anyway by finding human girls like love-interest Hitomi Hino) and make it out alive, all in one piece.
ALAS, meeting someone coincidentally like Ranka Ookami the wolf just begs his sanity, and you'd know when wolves like to mark people as part of their pack, is when Jin always marks Ranka as the "irritable flea" of the group (despite her calling Jin the "boss"), but doesn't want her (licking) love shoved in his face. All in all, these animals which arrive by proceeding episodes all shoved into Jin and Hitomi's cooking club, as stupid and questionable as it sounds, makes for some fun comedy pertaining to each and every animal species' quirks.
Character-wise, it's easily a 50-50 combined win for this series. In the cooking club, from adorable Ranka to strong koala Komori and sloth Miyubi (who ALWAYS "Die!" out of comedic laziness) to cat-centric Kurumi, if it's taking the animal kingdom into the human context, it succeeds somewhat. Remember, ANY and EVERY animal is shown to great detail of how they resemble in real-life, bar none from some differences that are made to characterize (e.g. hyena-girl Yena who acts like a tomboy despite being female). To make the experience turn up a notch, the "scientific" narrations provide a great depth of knowledge based on the highlights of the animals shown and given time to mold their characterization (it was a good time learning from the humans' standpoint as well). And of course, the lion-impala running gag moments of King Shishino and Shiho Ihara (by which if you've watched the show, you'd know what I mean). In all sense of the word, if animals are your thing, then this show can satisfy your eyes. The character category is why this show truly excels in its own right.
With Studio Gokumi helming the production and Cygames being the overall producer, having that "Uma Musume" effect from 2 years ago still rings a lot in my head as far as memories of unique stand-out horse girls go, and this show is no exception. Clearly the Cygames effect just can't be outclassed when it comes to the specials of standouts from Seton Academy's footing to all of the character cast (plus the background notables). The same can be said on Studio Gokumi's side with good artwork and decent animation that overall, I'll give it a pass for not trying too hard, but having just enough to suffice for the inevitable that the series has offered, much more than actually showcasing the low budgets (which are STILL a sacrificial point, needless to say).
The musical side though, it was decent overall while the only notable was the OP however. Trying to cram a lot of the key settings and the eccentricity of the characters in a song that's as unique as idol-centric music was a nice treat to listen to every week, and it did not get old. What got old was Ranka's ED, but really, a good effort for trying on VA Hina Kino's part to act on Ranka and her "Ookami Blues" putting a spin on being alternating between cheerfully happy and sad moments.
All I can say is, it was fun while it lasted. School comedy in the animal kingdom sense is somewhat of a subgenre twist according to the settings here, but while there are hits and misses, generally this is a good show to relax to (while it's not on the Iyashikei side of things). Not great, but no slouch either.
Animal lovers of all ages, resound at the beauty of this show, and you'll never be disappointed. If your answer is a resounding "Yes", come along to Join the Pack at Seton Academy!
Horn_dawg_2019
As this anime ends , I'd probably say that this was just one of those harem themed anime where there weren't any competition for the guy's affection, and quite frankly there isn't a lot of them animes like this where it's the girl who has to try hard to wind over the guy's affection, also this probably the only anime where we see a female character taking the lead when it comes to being the "BOSS" of the group, so: Story: Pros: Ok, so the plot ride on that usual harem genre, but unlike the usual, the plot itself wasn't more like guy like certain girl butanother girl keeps the guy from ever having a serious relationship with the girl that the guy like, also this has that certain situation, where it wasn't the harem that was being portrayed around here but rather the relationships of the members of the "Cooking Cub" as they go day by day of being able to proved that different species can get along......
Con: given that this was the usual harem themed anime, it still relies on the short romances that the club members have for the guy.....
Verdict (6/10)
Art:
Pros: It may have that usual ecchi element but it was mostly limited to Miki Hadano, though the most intense one would be with Mashima Krone in the beginning and Hino Hitomi at the end.
Cons: Thought there was an onsen service and beach service don't expect any boob flash from Hitomi nor with anybody else.
Verdict (6/10)
Sound:
Pros: Well, I can say for sure that studio Studio Gokumi did choose the right seiyuu to do the voices of the characters most especially when they choose Kino Hina to do Ranka's voice and there that opening theme " "Gakuen Soukan Zoo " by Ryouri-bu and ending theme "Ookami Blues by Kino Hina.
Cons: It was kind of a waste that the seiyuu who did Shishio, Miyubi's voice
Kohara, Konomi was basically a waste of the seiyuu's talent, also the who did the Mammoth Girl's voice sounded pretty much like a reatard.
Verdict (7/10)
Character:
Pros: Well, I did say that having an MC like Jin who wasn't much of a nice guy, in fact he's one guy you'll like to hate, but here he's an exception , cu'z he really did played his tsundere role very well, now I don't know about you but TBH, I really do find Ranka being this yauidere dere dere to Jin as rather annoying and if this anime's manga series I would prefer that he ends up with Hitomi, if not IMAO it would better that it gets a harem ending.
Cons: Thought Ranka does provide the comedic aspect of this seires ( Anime and Manga) she was pretty much an annoyance that I would have prefer that Jin just simply ignores her when Kronoe was having fun with her, also I kinda hate that Hitomi becomes this yuri magnet for Yena and Ann, now if Ann was looking forward to make them mordern humans to go extinct, then she doesn't have to put up a sweat given that Jin might end up with Ranka and Hitomi might end up having a yri relationship with her and Yena.
Verdict (8/10)
Enjoyment:
Pros: It wasn't a chore watching it.
Cons: Nothing to mentioned.
Overall:
Verdict (8/10)
Even thought, this maybe the usual harem anime, it was just worthwhile watching it, but for this to have a season 2, well IMAO that just pushing it.....
Art:
sohayou
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! Review SPOILER FREE Intro After witnessing a fair amount of drama surrounding this show from the furry community leaking into the anime community, I decided to give this show a shot. Fueled by an urge to support a series that was falsely slandered online, I finished Seton Academy; and overall, it wasn’t that bad! Story The story of Seton Academy is very limited compared to other anime, while not falling to far behind from others of its genre. It follows a human named Jin enrolling at a school called Seton Academy filled with animals, all of which he hates with a passion for mostly unexplainedreasons. After he meets a human girl named Hitomi, he feels as though his experience at the academy will finally be turned around. When he finds that Hitomi is rather sympathetic to the other species of the academy, he inadvertently becomes part of a multi species harem under the guise of a cooking club. The story is obviously not a very important part of the show, because it is mostly ignored in favour of bolstering the other departments of the show which make it worth watching. Be honest, if you are watching Seton for the plot, then you need a better hobby.
6/10
Art
The art of SA is wholly unremarkable but is rather important to discuss at least for a bit. The main reason I decided to watch SE is because of the drama that it garnered during its pilot, when it is revealed that the main premise of the show is a mix of real animals and kemonomimi. There was no mention of SE’s art direction before its anime adaptation, but after certain furries found this show, there was quite a bit of uproar about just that. I’m very impartial to kemonomimi, and anthropomorphic styles both, but the needless conflict about it bugged me quite a bit. If a viewer wants anthropomorphic style, there is more than enough content surrounding it online, even Beastars caters directly to that crowd in the anime space. Let the people that want to watch a show for kemonomimi do that in peace, this show clearly wasn’t made to be accurate in that category… it’s a harem SoL. Nobody complains about Cells at Work cells being humans and not round unicellular blobs, because that’s the appeal. Rant aside, the art does more than enough to convey themes and characters but doesn’t overachieve in that sense.
7/10
Sound
There isn’t much to be said about the sound design of SE. Like the story, that simply isn’t a big focus. So even though it gets a lower individual rating, it won’t matter as much as the others do towards the overall score. There are no bangers to be found here, but the ED is enjoyable, and sound effects realistic which can be said add to the overall comedy of the show.
6/10
Character
The characters of this show are very good. For the genre, they each have surprising depth even if it’s not exactly how more sophisticated shows might portray depth. Each character doesn’t vary far from the quirks that each animal they’re based of off might have, but each animal’s shortcomings irl are real shortcomings that the characters experience and can overcome. Each character, like other harems, have two-dimensional identities, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing, because it helps the main three characters: Ranka, Jin, and Hitomi become more developed. Those three, by the way, are all very likable and help with this show’s enjoyment. I won’t give specific characters, because the joy of this show is slowly getting introduced to all the characters and their quirks.
8/10
Enjoyment
If there is one aspect this anime excels at, it is enjoyment. Seeing the progression of characters being added and seeing how real-life aspects of their animals affect them is always a treat and did not get old even up to the loli mammoth they added because mammoths were smaller than people think. Small things like that add up to give this show a unique dumb enjoyment not often found. Many shows worry too much about being the next masterpiece like death note, or the next needlessly ecchi show like Ishuzoku Reviewers. This show knows its place very well in the anime community, and caters extremely niche, yet very broad at the same time. If you can get past the entry barrier of the female and male animal split there awaits a very enjoyable anime to take your mind off the scary events ongoing in real life.
9/10
Overall
SE is hyper focused in certain aspects to maximize the strong suits of its genre. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing to some watchers, but it could be off putting to others. Thus, it finds itself in a limbo of not being dumb fun, but also not very serious either, if that interests you then I highly suggest Seton Academy.
Appleman66
Seton Academy is one of those shows you look at and think "Wow, this looks really dumb." but you would be wrong. ~~~May Contain Spoilers~~~ This show has a purpose. That purpose is supposed to teach you that no matter where you come from or what you look like you should make friends with everyone! Overall the show is very light-hearted with very mild "uncomfortable" scenes. Almost every episode tries to put a point across, mostly friendship related. such as getting along with this person, setting aside differences, and just dong judge someone by looking at them. All around I enjoyed this show a lot. If youare one of those people that don't really understand furries or animal people this show might not be for you. BUT... Half the people look humanish so its not really that bad. Overall I would watch the first episode and if you don't like the way they look or act you should probably stop because it doesn't change much.
LegendAqua
Kemono Friends: School Life Edition Welcome to Seton Gakuen, where the teachers are literally dinosaurs and the students are anthropomorphized animal-human hybrids! Jin Mazama voiced by Haruki Ishiya hates animals but accidentally enrolled to Seton academy however he becomes smitten with Hitomi Hino voiced by Yume Miyamoto HOWEVER Ranka Ookami voiced by Hina Kino a wolf wants Jin to be in her "pack" as she wants to have a colorful cast of different species to be in her pack. Hitomi on the other hand creates the cooking club where Jin joins to spend more time with her however Ranka and the latter on, Yukari Komori voiced byMisaki Kuno a koala who wants to eat tasty new food, Miyubi Shishi voiced by Konomi a sloth that "dies" from "overwork", Kurumi Nekomai voiced by Sora Tokui a cat joins the cooking club and comedy hijinks ensues. Due to Ranka's overactive and helpful nature is how she bring sin all these animals into the cooking club and because of this the club goes beyond six members thanks to this.
The comedy if anything from Murenase Seton Gakuen revolves around the animals and how they're "nature" translate into the hijinks into the anime and that Jin and Ranka and the cooking club needs to fix, be it if it's a lion who falls in love with impala to a
sports festival...with animals in where Miyubi wants to TAKE PART IN IT!??!?!. This does take the comedy to crazy levels merely due to the premise itself and majority of the time it lands as it's both realistic due to how informative it is about the animal in question of the episode to the character interactions with those animals in question that makes the comedy rather funny AND informative.
The characters themselves are pretty well done for a comedy anime as yes they do have some running gags about them like Ranka and her clinginess to Jin and JIn wanting to find ways for him to be alone time with Hitomi and backfiring to Miyubi's deaths and whatnot but as the anime progresses and the new character verge to the cooing club ALOT of great interactions happens and best part is that the anime's structure doesn't reset itself, thus as more characters comes into play, they sometimes have a cascading effect towards the cooking club one way or another. Of course there are some isolated episodes like their look at the Sea division of the Seton Gakuen but for the most part, due to how the anime's cast grows, the character interactions and thus little developments with the huge cast grows at that too.
Ok now for the elephant in the room...or more like human in the room this time, Jin as a character will probably be the most divisive character in the anime due to how hostile and annoyed he is to ALMOST every character in the anime besides Hitomi and wants nothing to do with him. On one hand he does help with the what Ranka wants to help with, bu on the other hand in more comedic moments he wants nothing to do with Ranka, so take JIn like you will, even LA can't pin Jin down...he can be a good one liner due to how informative he is about animals as much as he hates animals, but on the other when he's extremely hostile to Ranka and even the animals outside the cooking club, he can be VERY aggressive. In a ways it's like Noah from Noah's Ark being pissed off that he's stuck with animals for the rest of his life with NO human interaction.
The animation done by Studio Gokumi was pretty consistent and detailed all things withstanding thanks to how good the character designs were as well as all the crazy reactions from ALL the characters were as well as the decent backgrounds etc. From the character designs themselves, the female characters have the typical anime anthropomorphized form to them (well cept Hitomi cos she's you know HUMAN) while the male characters have more animal features to them. From this Studio Gokumi overall did a great job in the animation while LA will also praise the manga author Bungo Yamashita for creating the world of Murenase! Seton Gakuen whereas it's an amalgamation of what if? of humanized/antromorphized animals co-existing with humans.
The voice cast is actually pretty great in all honesty from Yukari Tamura as the student council president Miki Hadano, Tomokazu Sugita as King Shishino the big lion on campus, Sora Tokui as Kurumi Nekomai, Misaki Kuno as Yukari Komori, Konomi Kohara as Miyubi Shisho, Yuu Serizawa as Mei Mei, Yume Miyamoto as Hitomi Hino and finally Hino Kino as Ranka Ookami. Probably the MVP is easily Hina Kino as the hyperactive genki wolf Ranka but LA would also like to give it to Misaki Kuno as Yukari because of that one koala scream she did because WOW...it's like Hawkform Seven Deadly Sins x 100 screaming cadence, LA was actually quite impressed nonetheless.
Murenase! Seton Gakuen does go into an sorta finale arc once Anne Anetani voiced by Sumire Uesaka arrives where she struggles in having a crush on Hitomi while trying to "achieve her goal" and the WHOLE club is affected during the cultural festival. Nonetheless this breaks form the isolated "animal" episode. Either way, typical finale arc with a change in tone, which LA didn't mind.
Murenase Seton Gakuen is both an informative school comedy about the animals and their interactions with other animals AND the humans that are in school with them. If anything it's not Hitomi and Jin in school with dinosaurs and animals, it's Hitomi and Jin being the zookeepers and finding ways to fix problems with the academy zoo with a wolf, sloth, cat, koala and panda all helping and this kinda premise though LA wasn't interested at first, as soon as LA watched it, LA was hooked and LA had fun with this anime ALL the way through.
So why not "join the pack?"
uknatun
The show is funny but not sure who are the right people for this kind of show, it lacked the progression between the 2 human main characters. Art and sound are fine with the exception of Ranka's annoying voice. Totally zero character development which is a letdown. I have to admit that the only reason why I watched this is because of the Dino school staff, I particularly liked Terano sensei and was hoping that they would give the Dino teachers more screen time but they didn't which is quite disappointing I would have preferred if they focused a little more on the character relationship developmentand it lacked a proper story but overall I did enjoy the comedic part of the show.
badabass
Murenase! Seto Gakuen, was a good show. A fun watch with fun character. I love the animal character they have here. Various cute animal out of nowhere and join the cooking club. Lucky Jin, with how hate Jin to the animal, he always get into the problem to the all cute animal girls. My best scene was in MeiMei episode. How cute their relations. Sadly, it wont long last. Yet, with the focus of the genre do not come to any relationship, i can't do anything to help. Maybe a bit too over reacted at some scene. And i dislike so much about Hyena persona.But its okay afterall. Since they just prove, that they have a good character with cute and fun persona as a unison Lol. Dont get me wrong.
Maybe this is my shortes review, because this anime can not watch continously at one day. But, its okay. This show actually pretty fun and give a prospecting promising one of this year series. How detailed narrator give information can not missed my judgement here. It was so amazing. How they put it with best momment, the interaction was so smooth. Sometimes, maybe a bit too rushed. The side story also a good approach to show some more unique dedications. But, my complaint just one. The ending. Its awful, non sense, can not bring my enjoyment at other previous episodes. Damn, with that problem, and other unnoticeable-with-no-explanation reason, i just wanna put my rating to the story section at 7. An average story with an awful ending. Really apreciate if the studio give their best video to improve my complain. Can they?
For other aspect like music, sounds, art, characteristic were good. Maybe not be the best. But not bad at all. I smirk with the animal sound, and mixing it with female acting realy make laugh. 8/10 for them, which is include to the art one. Enjoyment shall be the integration to all aspect. Same as the overall section. By clearing my intentions there, i will give my enjoyment for some conditions. First, story telling quiet well enough explanations, and it plot was good. The aspect to this some was average, 5 point. With that plus my reason aboves, the total shall be 6 points. Second, character development was nice, or unique, and strong enough to surpass the plot advancement to the story sake. With that i may come my score to the 8, since i like how Jin's character so well change every episode. His interaction over other female animals was good. Even, his characteristic is horrible, but that just make this anime likeable by me. With that, i give 8 to compare all of the problem, and give total character point to 8 aswell. 8 plus 6 is 7. So that is my enjoyment and overall points for this show. Not bad nor best at my common sense of decision.
Ritsu99
Murenase! Seton Gakuen is an anime about a couple of humans or rather the human male Jin experiences on an school for animals. The story isn't anything too special but good enough to enjoy it as every character and their way of acting is explained with their real life counterpart. The art is colorful and someone may think that it's aimed to children but it has quite the amount of fanservice. As for the characters, Jin isn't a bad character but sometimes it's hard to sympathize with him as he tends to be too hard on some of his classmates, yet still redeems himself everytime by helping themat the end of the episode. I wouldn't call it a case of tsundererism but sometimes he doesn't make too much sense.
Overall is a serie easy to watch and one of these you must watch this season.
Gadrick
Give this show a shot if you enjoy fun humor and interesting banter. I love this show! The story is not in-depth or complex like you would expect from something like Death Note. It's light-hearted and fun but you still look forward to what happens next episode! I have no issues with the art. Personally I think it fit perfectly with the style and tone of the show! Characters were loveable. You'll understand what I mean from the first episode. Overall, I really enjoyed this anime. What stood out for me was the humor and concept. Well executed in my opinion.
Ryhzik
I don't typically watch or enjoy this type of show. I find episodic comedies too often end up being monotonous and formulaic. However, Seton Academy did a good job with the episodic architecture of the show. Rather than being formulaic, each episode tends to do something new as compared to previous ones. New, significant characters are introduced, a recurring story line might be advanced, or a different character steps into the limelight. While I did think some of the episodes were boring, I generally thought the show did a good job keeping things fresh and interesting. The animal theme was well done, and I enjoyed thecharacter design. It wasn’t just an aesthetic, but a core component of the story and characters. I'm unable to vouch for their voracity, but I also enjoyed how various factual details (some of which are clearly embellished) of animal characteristics and behavior was used to model the cast. For example, Ranka's (wolf) iconic greeting, Miyubi's (sloth) frequent "deaths" due to overexertion, Yukari's (koala) interesting dietary choices, and Kurumi's (cat) aloof, independent nature, to name just a few. Even beyond that, this theme is used flavor the characters relationships with each other, such as the romance between King (lion) and Shiho (impala). The level of detail afforded to this component is commendable.
Jin and Ranka's interactions were the highlight of the show for me. Ranka's indomitable optimism, belief in her friends, and affection for Jin provides a humorous contrast against Jin's tsundere nature (spawned from his marked, yet ever-diminishing hatred of all animals). There obviously isn't much story given the nature of the show, but Jin and Ranka's relationship along with other elements, such as the King/Shiho romance and Yena's protracted character development, provide a small amount of continuity.
I thought the production quality was solid other than the intro/outro music which I did not like at all. The voice acting (Japanese) was pleasant. I especially liked the vocal rendition of Jin and Ranka. The art and animation were good: on par with most shows produced during the same time period.
iiyanesu
This is a cute anime but the episodes for me are random sometimes and sometimes it doesn't have a storyline. I learn a little information about some animals in this anime and it is pretty funny. The thing I liked about this anime that it is random, kind of teaching you new information and the comedy that was put in this anime. It taught me new things about animals that I find nice. I would recommend this to my friend if they were feeling blue and wanted a good laugh at the same time learning new information. (kind of a spoiler?)The characters in this animeare just random if they are male and the girls are cute.
NoteNeedpotion
I usually say I like my monster girls to look more um... Monster. So upon seeing concept art and clips of this around the net I immediately said non non non. Ears and a tail is not enough for me, I need that fur, I need paws and spider legs, etc. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the slapstick comedy presented in the show. Not that I laughed out loud a lot but the show presents the anthropomorphic characters as their animal counterparts are in the real world and use that for comedic purposes. By setting up a joke that pays off with a fun punchline accompaniedby trivia about a specific animal. My reaction at times was usually "hah, I didn´t know". The more you know so to say, and each of these moments felt pleasant.
Of course, I imagine a general interest in animals is required to maximize your experience watching this. But the show should probably appeal to any casual viewer looking for something fun to waste time on.
KadeCaptain
Seton Academy somehow manages to be one of the most bland shows with a great concept in existence. The concept of two humans going to a school full of animals could have worked in theory but what they do with that is so mind numbing. The story of the show really revolves around a cooking class of diffrent species which again sounds interesting but it always gets sidelined by a diffrent and more boring plot. Most of the core cast only really have one joke to tell the gets repeated over and over again like the Sloth (dies/lazy) or the Panda (Rich). The main characteris really annoying and serves as an unlikable protagonist. The main love interest is so boring and one note that not only can I not remember her name, but I can't remember really anything about her.
The character designs are bad as all the males look like one to one copies of the animals while the females look like humans wearing animal ears and tails, while this might not seem bad, it can make seems really weird to watch like when the lion wants to date the gazelle which on paper sounds like a good concept but again just amounts to nothing and looks like an adult trying to date a teenager.
The comedy is also bad, with most of the comedy boiling down to character gimmicks and violence While a joke or to can land (like the sloth at the carnival or the mammoths strength) it really feels like they are just throwing stuff onto a wall until it sticks.
Overall, a bad show that could have been good if it wasn't wasted on bad characters. 3/10
Kami-O
This show was great. Definitely came out of it wanting a Ranka. The MC is a tsundere and as much as I can't stand tsundere guys he is not that bad. There was only one time I disliked him and it was because he made Ranka cry pretty hard. Unacceptable. He doesn't like animals, but he knows a variety of facts about some of the most random ones, including marine life. I can tell he genuinely doesn"t like animals, but I guess even he can't resist a cute face all the time. Ranka is cute pink-hair wolf-girl. She is beyond cute and very prideful. Most ofthat pride is used for comedic effect, but she is a sincere sweetheart nonetheless.
The rest of the characters are truly just interested in cooking. Not much else to say since it doesn't really have a plot. It is mostly just for comedy and that alone would usually get a 10 outta me, but I think a 9 is fair. The comedy and cuteness were spot on. The tiny tension in the last episode is just comedic. Although you gotta feel bad for Hitomi. Always getting knocked out by apes XD. Enjoy the watch!
Forbidforbid
It was refreshing for me. As of late, I was getting bogged down by some rather underwhelming action animes so this change was quite jarring for me. Thankfully, I was able to get into this quickly, and adapt to the genre this is. The story is typical for a slice-of-life (but not really) comedy. That is, there is not really a story but more like a series of events. This is typical so the overarching story/plot won’t be judged. The events that take place makes sense. The setting works well with the story, though I would like to see a bit more world building if possible.Things happen, characters and occurrences are introduced, and it works out nicely. It is simple but well done.
The art is good. Not amazing. Good. The brighter colors fit well with the theme and it helps add to the fact that things aren’t too serious. This is a good thing since art must be able to portray the atmosphere.
The sound is something I can’t focus on too much. It’s okay. I’m really bad with listening specifically for music, so unless it is amazing or catches me on a good time, I mostly won’t notice music too much. What I heard was okay. The music catered toward the story, which was nice. However the music kind of flew under my radar mostly. Doesn’t add much IMO.
The characters are well done. Each character is unique in personality and design. The interactions are quite comedic, and I believe this is where the show shines. I enjoyed each character but I have to say that there isn’t much development at all. It seems that the characters are thrown in just to interact, similar to a puppet show for children. They talk, have fun, a new puppet gets thrown in, they talk, they have fun, so on. This makes the characters seem static, stagnant, and too in-the-moment. Though, this wasn’t too big of a problem for me.
I enjoyed this anime quite a lot. I was able to press the next button with motivation after each episode, which is rare for me. This wasn’t the greatest piece of entertainment I enjoyed but I could definitely say that I cannot wait for season 2.
Overall, I think this is a fun piece of fiction. It doesn’t seem real at all, which is fine, and the comedy is well done. There is also bits of information here and there about the animals themselves, making this show somewhat comparable to Cells At Work, but more comedy rather than educational.
Good show, I recommend, have fun.
