Kemono no Souja Erin (The Beast Player Erin)

Kemono no Souja Erin follows the life of a young girl named Erin. We meet Erin and her mother and quickly learn that her world isn't the same as ours. Her world is full of nature, beasts, interesting people, unexpected turns of events and harsh ways of life for those with green eyes. I'm 9 episodes in and she's already had it pretty rough compared to most girls her age. One thing she has going is resilience, smarts and curiosity...almost too much curiosity.

We get to experience many new things with Erin, including times of heartache, times of wonder and times she gets to figure stuff out. That happens a lot. It's light fare, but I seem hooked and will be watching through until the end. The theme song seems to foreshadow a lot of what's to come, except for the heavy use of apples. In the ending theme, she has long hair, and appears to be traveling the globe. I'm looking forward to following her on her journey, because she doesn't bug me and has some interesting experiences with creatures and people. I wouldn't say it's fast-paced, but because there always seems to be something happening, I wasn't bored at any point so far.

Oh, one thing I must mention is that there are times when instead of following Erin, for a few minutes, a pair of brothers that are within reach of royalty seem to be getting their story started. I'm assuming their paths will cross somehow, but it's certainly a distraction that isn't much of a tease.

The alternative title I've found for this series "The Beast Player" almost makes it sound like this anime is about some sort of game. I believe this phrase refers to how Erin has a way with beasts, as if she can wield and play them like instruments. I have not seen the harp that is shown in the picture in this post yet, so the "Player" thing could be something different than my suspicions.

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Video Sample:

As the only good video clip I could find on youtube for this series, this has a major spoiler in it, so if you are dead serious about spoilers, do not watch past 00:35.



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