Zootopia and BEASTARS
As more and more people watch, come to like, and recommend BEASTARS , many have ended up comparing it to Disney's Zootopia . It's hard to blame them for this connection. BEASTARS and Zootopia are both stories about talking animals in a society, and in general, short comparisons are just simpler to put together than whole summaries or synopses. Zootopia has enjoyed popularity ever since its release in theaters, enough popularity that even if most people haven't watched it themselves, they'll probably know something about the movie. Like Harry Potter , critics of Zootopia have pointed at certain story elements as being shorthand for addressing real life social issues. Arguments have sprung since BEASTARS ' debut as to which animated tale about animals in a society is better or deeper than the other. I'm not really interested in that discussion. Instead, I'm more interested in the differences in how b...
