Kemono Jihen is a Japanese manga arrangement by Shō Aimoto, and It has been serialized in Shueisha‘s shōnen manga magazine Jump Square since December 2016. Shueisha’s Jump SQ. magazine’s April issue uncovered a teaser visual and the main staff for the TV anime adjustment.
Anime’s main staff members include:
- Masaya Fujimori is directing the anime at Ajia-do
- Noboru Kimura is in charge of series composition and scripts
- Nozomi Tachibana is designing the characters

The story follows in a quiet rural village, where many domestic animals die unnatural deaths in a strange incident. To resolve the incident, an odd-looking man from Tokyo who goes by the name Inugami comes to the town to investigate. In the town, he meets a young boy who has a mysterious air about him called “Dorotabō.”
- Anime’s official website: “Kemono Jihen“
- Anime’s official Twitter account: “@Kemonojihen_tv“