Beast Tamer

勇者パーティーを追放されたビーストテイマー、最強種の猫耳少女と出会う (Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou sareta Beast Tamer, Saikyoushu no Nekomimi Shoujo to Deau)

5.6(1)

OtakuDen

6.9(122,129)

MAL Score

Ranked #5390

Popularity #1155

Action
Adventure
Fantasy

Episodes: 13
Duration: 23 min per ep
Aired: Oct 2, 2022 to Dec 25, 2022
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

In a world teeming with monsters, a rare handful are known as “ultimate species,” creatures whose overwhelming power and magic place them above all others. Their abilities are so coveted that human greed has pushed some of these extraordinary beings toward extinction.

Rein Shroud works as a beast tamer, relying on animal companions for support roles like scouting and transport. He’s recruited into a party led by the calculating hero Arios Orlando, but after six months he’s cast out as “useless” for being a non-combat class. Rein’s true worth comes to light when he encounters Kanade, a cat spirit counted among the ultimate species, and succeeds in forming a contract with her—setting him on a new path as an adventurer who climbs the ranks and crosses paths with more ultimate species along the way.

Otaku Consensus

Beast Tamer lands as polished comfort fantasy rather than a prestige adventure: Atsushi Nigorikawa’s direction and Takashi Aoshima’s series composition keep the 13-episode run brisk, easy to binge, and centered on party chemistry. Its strongest pull is the kemonomimi found-family appeal, while the most common criticism is that its hero-party revenge setup and harem escalation feel familiar enough to cap the show at “pleasant” instead of memorable. With MAL, AniList, and IMDb all clustered around 6.8–6.9, reception has settled into a clear verdict: reliable genre food for viewers already hungry for it.

Why You Should Watch

Watch Beast Tamer if you want a low-friction fantasy power fantasy without the heavier cynicism of The Rising of the Shield Hero or the slower domestic focus of Banished from the Hero’s Party. It scratches the “rejected support class proves his value” itch, but its real identity is softer: kemonomimi bonding, monster-girl party building, quick emotional payoffs, and a non-isekai world that still has the familiar guild-and-adventurer rhythm of an isekai binge. The series is best for viewers who like harem dynamics when they are framed as loyalty and found family rather than constant romantic chaos. EMT Squared’s adaptation keeps the tone bright and digestible, making it especially suited to a weekend watch when you want fantasy competence, cute companions, and minimal narrative punishment.

Key Characters

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Rein Shroud
Rein is interesting less as a typical front-line hero than as a support-class lead whose value comes from coordination, trust, and the fantasy of being recognized for skills others dismissed.
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Kanade
Kanade became the show’s signature draw because she fuses nekomimi charm with “ultimate species” battle credibility, making her both mascot and power-scaling statement.
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Arios Orlando
Arios functions as the series’ clearest critique of utilitarian hero-party logic, giving the comfort-fantasy elements a personal antagonist rather than a faceless system.

What Makes It Stand Out

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The anime was produced by EMT Squared as a compact 13-episode Fall 2022 single cour, airing from October 2 to December 25, which gives it a clean seasonal binge shape rather than a long-running adventure sprawl.
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AniList users tag the series overwhelmingly through character appeal: Female Harem at 90%, Kemonomimi at 87%, Primarily Female Cast at 87%, Monster Girl at 85%, and Found Family at 82%. That tag profile explains the fandom conversation better than the broad Action, Adventure, and Fantasy genre labels.
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Despite having no formal MAL theme classification, the show is strongly identified by creature-taming and companion subgenres, with AniList also tagging Creature Taming at 65%, Dragons at 60%, Animals at 58%, Fairy at 53%, and Twins at 53%.
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The production credits separate original character design by Hotosouka from animation character design by Shuuhei Yamamoto, a useful distinction for fans tracking how light-novel-style designs are translated into TV-anime models.
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Critical and viewer commentary often frames it as “not isekai but feels like it,” because its guild fantasy, party hierarchy, and wish-fulfillment structure overlap heavily with isekai comfort viewing even without a reincarnation premise.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: Its audience scores are unusually consistent across platforms: MAL lists 6.9 from 122,129 votes, AniList lists 68/100 with 1,763 favourites, and IMDb is also summarized at 6.9.
Fun fact 2: Takashi Aoshima handled series composition, while Atsushi Nigorikawa directed; those two roles are central to why the anime maintains a straightforward, episodic comfort-fantasy rhythm across one cour.
Fun fact 3: The visual staff list includes two art directors, Kenichi Tajiri and Yuuto Murata, alongside Tomoko Koyama on color design, indicating a production pipeline with separate oversight for background/world presentation and palette control.
Fun fact 4: Hiroshi Tanabe is credited as main animator and Yurika Someya as prop designer, two roles that matter in a fantasy series built around companion creatures, equipment, and recurring adventurer-world details.
Fun fact 5: An English dub season review appeared on February 3, 2023, after the Japanese broadcast ended on December 25, 2022, showing the title’s quick post-season afterlife among international fantasy-harem viewers.