The dog people are the most prominent (other races just get the Unusual Ears, wings, or even wings AS ears.Utawarerumono has almost the entire cast of them.The characters of Strike Witches take on the ears and tails of various animals when they use their magic.Ryo-okhi has three forms, ones as cat-rabbit, one as humanoid with cabbit-like feature, and the third is a starship.His Evil Counterpart, Guame, however, has the humanoid form of a Lizard Man. Boota in his human form in the Multi-Dimensional Labryinth is a Bishonen with whiskers.If you pull out his teeth they grow back.' He looks mostly human, except for catlike eyes and paws and shark's teeth. According to Studio Gainax, Viral from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is 'a shark with feline genetics.Like Ichigo (wildcat likened to domestic cats) and Zakuro (wolf given a few dog qualities), Retasu and her powers are mostly porpoise-related but sometimes reflect just plain fish, like how she can breathe underwater. Her cetecean features are limited to ribbonlike antennae coming out of her head, although she later turns into a mermaid. Midorikawa Retasu/Mew Lettuce of Tokyo Mew Mew is a rare example of a porpoise-girl.Hwang Bu-ling/Mew Pudding of Tokyo Mew Mew, a golden lion tamarin.Fujiwara Zakuro/Mew Zakuro in Tokyo Mew Mew.Aizawa Minto/Mew Mint of Tokyo Mew Mew, who is part Lorikeet.

Shirayuki Berii/Mew Berry of Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode is part catgirl, part bunnygirl, and all Canon Sue.For costume ears, see Animal-Eared Headband. See also: Kitsune, Our Monsters Are Different, Winged Humanoid, Unusual Ears. They can be normal humans who have been turned into Little Bit Beastly. See Beast Folk for human characters who retain larger shares of animal features.Įxamples do not have to be defaultly Little Bit Beastly. See Petting Zoo People and especially Funny Animal and Civilized Animal for animal characters who retain larger shares of animal features, on the Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism. Compare Half-Human Hybrid for an actual hybrid between a human and another species. Sometimes referred to as the 'ten percent' variety of anthropomorphism, usually to differentiate fans of this type of character from Furry Fandom. This is often Hand Waved as an 'Alternate Evolutionary Path'. This can overlap with Rubber Forehead Aliens, depending on the setting one of the most common (some would argue overused) ways to invent a fictional race or alien species is to take a non-hominid animal and anthropomorphize it to an extreme, resulting in a virtually human character with a few animal traits, or alternatively, an animal head on a human frame, complete with other human features like a pair of Non-Mammal Mammaries. In-universe, they display the same mannerisms (including the need to wear clothes) as humans, but are generally considered a distinct species in their own right (demons being common), due to the general Squick of the alternative.Ī similar term is ' gijinka', similarly anthropomorphized creatures, animals or Mons who are regarded as actual creatures later transformed into humans, retaining only their most prominent features (again, mostly their original ears and tail) and/or special abilities (Mons especially). Additional features like claws, horns, Animal Eyes, Cute Little Fangs, or the special abilities and/or instincts of that animal, may also be present. A Little Bit Beastly is not furry, and should still have human skin, a human face, a completely human nose, and a human skull and torso structure. Known in Japan as ' kemonomimi' (roughly translating as 'animal ears', but not so easy to spell), these are the most dramatically anthropomorphized characters, who appear virtually human, but feature the added characteristics of an animal's ears and tail.

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