Kemono Jihen(2021)

series - first aired/released 2021-01-10 - audience 7.6

Animation, Mystery, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Directed by Hidekazu Oka, Hodaka Kuramoto, Masaya Fujimori, Mihiro Yamaguchi, Naoki Murata, Shinpei Matsuo, Yoshiki Kawasaki, Yuta Murano

When a series of animal bodies that rot away after a single night begin appearing in a remote mountain village, Inugami, a detective from Tokyo who specializes in the occult, is called to investigate. While working the case, he befriends a strange boy who works in the field every day instead of going to school. Shunned by his peers and nicknamed “Dorotabo” after a yokai that lives in the mud, he helps Inugami uncover the truth behind the killings — but supernatural forces are at work, and while Dorotabo is just a nickname, it might not be the only thing about the boy that isn’t human.