31 Fan-Favorite Anime for Furries

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While there aren’t any anime about furries (that we know of), there are a lot that may appeal to furries. In this article, we interviewed a therian, searched the internet, and consulted Reddit forums to compile a list of some of the most popular anime series and movies featuring anthropomorphic animals, human-animal hybrids, and other important animal characters. Did your favorite make our list? Read on to find out!

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Therian Nolan v Mucci says some great animal-inspired anime are Wolf’s Rain, Inuyasha, Chainsmoker Cat, and Beastars. Some series feature anthropomorphic animals, like BNA: Brand New Animal and African Salaryman, while others feature humans with animal features, like Tokyo Mew Mew. There aren’t any anime about furries.

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Beastars

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  1. Beastars is a well-known animal-inspired anime that lots of people recommend, says Mucci.[1] Set in a world inhabited solely by anthropomorphic animals, there’s a strong tension between herbivores and carnivores, especially after an alpaca is eaten. Legoshi is a wolf who is feared by his herbivore classmates at Cherryton Academy, but despite his reputation, he befriends and develops a relationship with Haru, a rabbit.[2]
    • Genre: Coming-of-age, drama, fantasy
    • Where to watch: Netflix
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Wolf’s Rain

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  1. Wolf’s Rain is a great animal-inspired anime, and Mucci’s favorite![3] One Reddit user even says Wolf’s Rain is “a classic for furries.” Set in a post-apocalyptic world, Wolf’s Rain follows a pack of wolves as they search for a mythical utopia. Wolves are the only creatures said to be able to access this world, but it’s unclear if they’ll find it at the end of the world or if finding it will cause the end of the world. The series is furry-adjacent because the wolves can disguise themselves as humans to avoid hunters or anyone who might harm them.[4]
    • Genre: Dark fantasy, post-apocalyptic, dystopian, sci-fi, adventure, drama
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
    • Be warned—Wolf’s Rain is a sad anime that might make you cry!
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Inuyasha

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  1. Inuyasha is one of Mucci's all-time favorite animal-inspired anime series.[5] It follows Kagome Higurashi, a teenage girl who is transported to feudal-era Japan. When she accidentally destroys a magical jewel, she teams up with the half-dog demon Inuyasha to find the shards before the half-demon Naraku does. As a half-dog demon, Inuyasha has dog ears and sharp claws, so his appearance may appeal to those who enjoy anthropomorphic animals or characters with animal-like traits.[6]
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Chainsmoker Cat

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  1. This is another animal-inspired anime that Mucci recommends.[7] The comedy series follows Yani, a catgirl who’s seriously addicted to smoking. All of her money and energy go towards smoking, to the detriment of her home, job, and relationships. With her life falling apart, Yani’s friends and family step in to help her out. The question is, will she actually be able to get her life together?[8]
    • Genre: Comedy, slice of life
    • Where to watch: Netflix
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BNA: Brand New Animal

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  1. BNA: Brand New Animal is a sci-fi fantasy that follows Michiru, a teenage girl who gets transformed into an anthropomorphic tanuki known as a Beastman. Because Beastmen are persecuted, she flees to Anima-City, a haven for Beastmen, and works alongside a wolf Beastman named Shirou Ogami to learn the truth about her transformation and protect the city.[9] One Redditor describes the series as “100% furry, with amazing voice acting, art, animation, and music.”
    • Genre: Action, comedy, sci-fi, fantasy
    • Where to watch: Netflix
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Kuramiko: Girl Meets Bear

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  1. In Kuramiko, Machi is a teenage shrine maiden who lives with her guardian, Natsu, who happens to be a talking bear. Machi has lived in her rural village her entire life, but she dreams of attending high school in the city. To make sure she’s ready, Natsu prepares a series of comedic “trials” she must face to prove she understands the outside world.[10]
    • Genre: Comedy, slice-of-life, seinen
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
7

Hyper Police

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  1. Set in a futuristic world where humans are almost extinct and the majority of the population consists of monsters or human-animal hybrids, Hyper Police follows Natsuki Sasahara, a catgirl working for a private police company, as she investigates crimes and fights criminals.[11]
    • Genre: Sci-fi, fantasy, action, sitcom
    • Where to watch: Not available on streaming, but many episodes are on YouTube
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African Salaryman

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  1. Also known as African Office Worker, this workplace comedy follows an anthropomorphic lion, lizard, and toucan as they work a dull office job. The series focuses on everyday struggles, like work and relationship drama, while also addressing the characters’ unique struggles of living in Japan rather than the African savanna.[12]
    • Genre: Comedy, slice-of-life, parody
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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Damekko Doubutsu

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  1. Damekko Doubutsu follows a cast of “animals” (humans wearing cutesy animal costumes). It centers on Uruno, a shy wolf who stumbles upon a group of outcast animals while looking for a new home in the forest. None of them live up to the expectations of their species, and the series follows their daily misadventures.[13]
    • Genre: Comedy, slice-of-life, parody
    • Where to watch: Not available on streaming, but many episodes are on YouTube
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Kemono Friends

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  1. Set in a zoo where animals are transformed into humanoids known as Friends, Kemono Friends follows a human named Kaban who has lost her memory. She soon encounters Serval, a cat-girl determined to help her recover her memories and figure out where she belongs. Along the way, they meet many other Friends and observe their animal-like quirks and traits.[14]
    • Genre: Action/adventure, slice-of-life, comedy, sci-fi
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
11

Gleipnir

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  1. Gleipnir doesn’t feature any anthropomorphic animals, but you could argue that its main character, Shuichi Kagaya, has a fursuit. Or rather, he turns into a fursuit. He’s a regular teenage boy who happens to transform into a large dog mascot to fight monsters. When his classmate Claire discovers his secret, they team up to hunt monsters and learn the truth about the mysterious alien coins that grant people like Shuichi their powers.[15]
    • Genre: Dark fantasy, supernatural thriller, action/adventure
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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Spice and Wolf

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  1. Spice and Wolf follows traveling merchant Kraft Lawrence as he encounters a wolf deity called Holo. Holo has been stuck in her village for centuries and wants to travel, so she makes a deal with Lawrence that she’ll help him with his work if he’ll accompany her on her journey.[16]
    • Genre: Historical fantasy, romance, adventure
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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Shirokuma Café

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  1. Also known as Polar Bear Café, this cozy anime is exactly what it sounds like. It follows Polar Bear as he runs a café that serves both animals and humans. Viewers get to see a lot of different interactions between the customers, but the story mainly focuses on the friendship between Polar Bear, Panda, and Penguin.[17]
    • Genre: Slice-of-life, comedy, iyashikei (healing)
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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Aggretsuko

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  1. Aggretsuko is a hilarious anime that follows an adorable red panda… who happens to have a lot of anger issues. In this workplace comedy, Retsuko struggles with her work, her boss and coworkers, and the dating scene. To deal with her frustrations, she sings heavy metal karaoke.[18]
    • Genre: Comedy, slice-of-life, musical
    • Where to watch: Netflix
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Wolf Children

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  1. Wolf Children follows the life of Hana, a young woman who fell in love and had two children with a werewolf. After her partner’s death, she faces many struggles as a single mother, which are made even more difficult by the fact that her children transform into wolves. What follows is an emotional story of motherhood and learning to let go.[19]
    • Genre: Slice-of-life, fantasy, drama
    • Where to watch: HBO Max
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Tokyo Mew Mew

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  1. Tokyo Mew Mew is an iconic magical girl anime. When 5 girls are infused with the DNA of endangered animals, they develop superpowers. Now, as humans, they work at a café, and they change into “Mew Mews” to use their powers to defend the Earth from aliens.[20] “It’s basically Sailor Moon but with cat girls,” notes one Reddit user.
    • Genre: Magical girl, fantasy, romance, comedy
    • Where to watch: HIDIVE (2022 reboot)
17

Seton Academy: Join the Pack!

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  1. Set in a world where humans exist alongside anthropomorphic animals, Seton Academy follows high school student Jin Mazama as he enrolls in an anthropomorphic school. The problem is, Jin hates animals. Despite this, a wolf-girl named Ranka Okami is determined to get him to join her pack. In an attempt to avoid her, Jin starts a cooking club with the only other human at the school, Hitomi Hino. His plan backfires, however, as this only attracts all kinds of anthropomorphic classmates.[21]
    • Genre: Romance, comedy, harem
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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Gekijoban Dobutsu no Mori

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  1. If you’re a fan of the Animal Crossing games, you’re in luck—Gekijoban Dobutsu no Mori is an anime movie adaptation. It follows a girl named Ai who moves to Animal Village, a village filled with anthropomorphic animals. It’s a slice-of-life story that centers around Ai and her new friends as they work together to host a Winter Festival.[22]
    • Genre: Slice-of-life, comedy, fantasy
    • Where to watch: Not available on streaming
19

Donyatsu

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  1. The characters in Donyatsu are animal hybrids… but they’re half-pastry instead of half-human. When an apocalypse wipes out all the humans, cat-pastry hybrids known as donyatsu inhabit the Earth. This lighthearted series follows them on their daily adventures while they try to figure out what happened to the humans.[23] One Reddit user describes it as “an acid trip.”
    • Genre: Comedy, sci-fi, slice-of-life, post-apocalyptic
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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The Cat Returns

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  1. The Cat Returns may be one of the strangest Studio Ghibli films, and we mean that as a compliment! It follows a human girl named Haru who saves a cat from being run over. It turns out the cat is actually the prince of the Cat Kingdom, and the king insists that the two wed. Haru is taken to the Cat Kingdom, where she must escape (with the help of the Baron, a charming cat in a top hat) before she turns into a cat herself.[24]
    • Genre: Fantasy, adventure, comedy
    • Where to watch: HBO Max
21

Guin Saga

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  1. Guin Saga follows Guin, an amnesiac warrior with the head of a leopard, and royal twins Rinda and Remus as they flee the destruction of their kingdom. They embark on a dangerous journey to help the twins reclaim the throne and help Guin regain his memories.[25]
    • Genre: Fantasy, adventure, drama
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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Princess Mononoke

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  1. Princess Mononoke doesn’t feature anthropomorphic animals, but it includes talking animal deities that some furries may enjoy. When Prince Ashitaka is cursed after killing a boar god, he sets out on a journey to find the Great Forest Spirit to reverse the curse. In the process, he gets caught in a war between an industrial town and the gods of the forest.[26]
    • Genre: Historical fantasy, adventure
    • Where to watch: HBO Max
23

The Life of Budori Gusuko

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  1. This anime film follows an anthropomorphic cat named Budori Gusuko as a sudden bout of cold, stormy weather leaves him and his fellow villagers starving. When his parents disappear into the woods and his sister, Neri, is kidnapped, he sets out to find her and try to save his village.[27]
    • Genre: Fantasy, sci-fi, adventure, coming-of-age
    • Where to watch: HIDIVE
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Kemono Michi: Rise Up

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  1. Kemono Michi: Rise Up follows animal-obsessed professional wrestler Genzo as he is transported to a magical realm where a princess demands that he eliminate all the magical beasts in the world. But as an animal lover, he refuses, and instead opens a pet shop with the help of some half-human, half-animal employees.[28]
    • Genre: Sports, isekai, fantasy, comedy
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
25

The Boy and the Beast

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  1. This anime movie centers on Kumatetsu, the heir to the Beast Kingdom, as he takes in a human child named Ren. The story follows them as they develop a father-son dynamic and learn to accept each other despite their differences.[29]
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Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid

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  1. In this cute anime series, Miss Kobayashi is a burnt-out office worker who one day saves the life of a dragon named Tohru. Tohru, able to transform into a human girl with horns and a tail, then decides to become Miss Kobayashi’s maid in an attempt to repay her. The thing is, Miss Kobayashi doesn’t really want her around, and chaos ensues.[30]
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Umamusume: Pretty Derby

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  1. Sure, lots of anime girls have cat ears or wolf ears, but what about horse ears? Umamusume: Pretty Derby has a pretty unique premise: famous racehorses are reincarnated as horse girls—human girls with horse-like features. They attend Tokyo’s Tracen Academy, where they train to be both racers and idols. See? We told you it was unique![31]
    • Genre: Sports, slice-of-life, drama
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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Killing Bites

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  1. When college student Yuuya Nomoto unknowingly tries to help kidnap Hitomi, a human-animal hybrid, Hitomi kills everyone else but spares Yuuya’s life. Yuuya then finds himself in the middle of the Killing Bites, a tournament in which the hybrids, known as Brutes, fight to the death. Hitomi is assigned to protect Yuuya, all while competing in the tournament herself.[32]
    • Genre: Action, sci-fi, seinen, ecchi
    • Where to watch: Not available on streaming
29

Dog Days

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  1. Dog Days follows Shinku Izumi, a teenage boy who is transported to a magical world inhabited by people with animal ears and tails. It turns out that the princess of the dog-like kingdom Biscotti Republic has summoned Shinku to defend them in light-hearted “battles” (more like sports competitions) against rival kingdoms (inhabited by cat-people and squirrel-people, respectively).[33]
    • Genre: Isekai, fantasy, action/adventure, comedy
    • Where to watch: Not available on streaming
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Odd Taxi

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  1. You probably wouldn’t think anthropomorphic animals would work well in a crime drama, but Odd Taxi proves it can be done well. Hiroshi Odokawa is a walrus taxi driver. His average life is turned upside down when he manages to get involved in a criminal conspiracy involving the yakuza. This show will have you on the edge of your seat as you wait to see if Hiroshi makes it out alive.[34]
    • Genre: Mystery, psychological thriller, crime drama
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga

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  1. The animals in this series aren’t anthropomorphic, but the unique plot makes up for it. When Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga dies in the 1500s, he is reincarnated as a Shiba Inu named Cinnamon in modern-day Japan. He lives a comfortable life with his owner, a young girl named Ichiko Oda, but soon discovers that other notable samurai have been reincarnated as dogs, as well.[35]
    • Genre: Historical, comedy, slice-of-life, isekai
    • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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This article was co-authored by Nolan v Mucci and by wikiHow staff writer, Raven Minyard, BA. Nolan v Mucci is a Therian and content creator based in Atlanta, GA. With seven years of experience as a therian, Nolan brings a long-term personal perspective and lived experience to conversations surrounding identity, self-expression, and community. After running away from foster care at 17 in search of a different future, he had to step away from high school, later returning at age 20 to earn his GED. That experience became part of a larger focus on rebuilding, personal growth, and creating a life on his own terms. As an influencer who lives with BPD, Nolan aims to use his platform and livestreams as a place where people who feel overlooked or unheard can speak openly and feel seen. He values honesty and authenticity, believing that people connect most through real experiences rather than perfect ones. His content often blends personal insight, fitness, and open conversations with a personality that can be spontaneous, unpredictable, and unapologetically free. This article has been viewed 1,309 times.
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