Kemono Jihen

Kemono Jihen is a 2021 anime based on the manga series by Shō Aimoto. It was serialized and published in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine on December 2, 2016.

The anime series was announced on December 21, 2019^[1]. It was animated by Ajia-do Animation Works, directed by Masaya Fujimori, and tt ran in Japan from January 10, 2021 to March 28, 2021, consisting of 12 episodes. Funimation licensed the series, while Kocha Sound produced the English Dub, which premiered on the FunimationNow streaming service on May 23, 2021^[2].

Synopsis

When a series of animal bodies rotting after a single night start turning up in a remote mountain town, Inugami, a Tokyo detective who specializes in the occult, is called in to investigate. While working on the case, he befriends a strange boy who works in the fields every day instead of going to school. Shunned by his peers and nicknamed "Dorotabo" after a yokai who lives in the mud, he helps Inugami uncover the truth behind the murders, but there are supernatural forces at work, and while Dorotabo is just a nickname, he may don't be the only one. about the boy who is not human.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Kabane Kusaka	Natsumi Fujiwara	Madeleine Morris
	Kohachi Inugami	Junichi Suwabe	Patrick Seitz
	Shiki Tademaru	Natsuki Hanae	A.J. Beckles
	Shiki Tademaru	Motoko Kumai (child; ep. 7)	Anairis Quiñones
	Akira	Ayumu Murase	Cassie Ewulu
	Akira	Satomi Satō (child; ep. 10)	Cassie Ewulu
Secondary Characters
	Mihai Florescu	Daisuke Ono	Matt Shipman
	Yoko Inari	Kana Hanazawa	Kristen McGuire
	Kon	Yumiri Hanamori	Brittany Lauda
	Nobimaru	Hiro Shimono	Kevin K. Gomez
	Aya Tademaru	Kaede Hondo	Corina Boettger
	Yui	Kaito Ishikawa	Ben Balmaceda
	Yui	Yō Taichi (child; ep. 10)	Daisy Guevara
Recurring Characters
	Kumi Tademaru	Aya Hisakawa	Heather Gonzalez
	Akio Tademaru	Akira Ishida	Cody Savoie
	Nii-San	Yō Taichi	Y. Chang

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Yataro	Hisako Kanemoto	Anjali Kunapaneni	1
Yataro's Mother	Aiko Nogami	Veronica Taylor	1
Hayato's Siblings	Mutsumi Tamura	Brandon Winckler	2
Hayato's Siblings	Nichika Omori	Courtney Meeker
Hayato's Mother		Ciarán Strange
Male Police Receptionist	Daisuke Hatooka	Brent Mukai	3
Yoruno	Daisuke Kishio	Nazeeh Tarsha	3-4
Mao	Mariya Ise	Kira Buckland	4
Elder Frog Kemono	Hiroshi Yanaka	Kellen Goff	4
Reika Kaga	Yoshino Nanjō	Meli Grant	5-6
Momoka Kaga	Tomori Kusunoki	Rachel Slotky
Erika Kaga	Arisa Komiya	Rebeka Thomas
Ohana	Ikuko Tani	Stacy Harrison	8-9
Katanashi	Mikako Komatsu	Shara Kirby	9
Male Newscaster	Hironori Kendō	Zeno Robinson	9
Yui and Akira's Father	Hironori Kendō	Jonah Scott	10
Male Drunk	Daisuke Hatooka	Kevin Thelwell	10
Hisame	Yūko Kaida	Katelyn Barr	10-11