How was Michiru turned into a beastman?
Isabella Harris
Updated on January 06, 2026
Michiru Kagemori, the protagonist of Studio Trigger's new anime BNA: Brand New Animal , was once an ordinary human girl. A blood transfusion following a car accident, however, resulted in her turning into a beastman, specifically a tanuki.
BNA: Brand New Animal
BNA: Brand New Animal (Japanese: BNA ビー・エヌ・エー, Hepburn: Bī Enu Ē), or simply known as BNA by Netflix internationally, is an original Japanese anime television series produced by Studio Trigger and directed by Yoh Yoshinari.
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What kind of beastman is Michiru?
Michiru is basically a tanuki Beastman, though she bore handful traits of blue jay (possibli judging from the color scheme of her hair and tail) and raccoon (marking around the eyes).Does Michiru stay a beastman?
By the end of the series, Michiru not only chooses to remain in her tanuki form, but chooses to decline the cure to her "beastman disease," which would allow her to become fully human and see her family again. She has found a new home in Anima City, and seems, for the moment, to be completely happy with who she is.How do you become a beastman?
As stated by Alan, a beastman, purebred or regular, can become one through being ritualistically exposed to the blood of 1000 of their brethren, possibly through sacrificing them.Is Michiru a shapeshifter?
Michiru's shape shifting abilities are inspired by that of tanuki, a creature of Japanese mythology which too, a shapeshifter. Ironically, she insisted that her basic Beastman form being that of raccoon, which admittedly not entirely wrong since her eye marking being similar to that of animal in question most.❣️Michiru❣️Finds out the truth that's how she became a beastmen Bna brand new animal
Why is Michiru a beastman?
Michiru Kagemori, the protagonist of Studio Trigger's new anime BNA: Brand New Animal, was once an ordinary human girl. A blood transfusion following a car accident, however, resulted in her turning into a beastman, specifically a tanuki.What is a beastman?
Definition of beastman1 British : herdsman. 2 : a low or brutal person.