As we begin to close out 2019 and say goodbye to the decade, we get ready to say hello to plenty of new things. Hello to a new year, 2020. Hello to a brand new decade full of possibilities. And hello to the January premiere of Interspecies Reviewers, an anime all about reviewing monster girl prostitutes and seeing which species can be crowned queen of sexual superiority. Thanks to a new announcement from Kadokawa, we now know exactly how many episodes of monster girl raunchiness we can expect from this series, as well as how some lucky fans may be able to catch the premiere of the anime a week early.
In a recent post on the official promotional website for Interspecies Reviewers, which is based on the manga Ishuzoku Reviewers by author Amahara and artist masha, a new video ad was shared that shows off some new tidbits of visuals from the erotic monster-girl anime. The blog post also revealed a new poster visual for the anime series and confirmed that the anime is set to run for a 12-episode length.
The anime adaptation is set to premiere on AT-X on January 11th in the 11:00 p.m. timeslot. Afterward, it will air on Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, and BS11 at later times. The show will also stream in Japan on d Anime Store and Niconico. However, those d Anime Store and Niconico streams will actually be exclusive early premieres. Niconico will stream the first episode of Interspecies Reviewers nearly a week early on January 5, while d Anime Store will be sharing their stream of the first episode even earlier on January 4. Additionally, these stream premieres are set to be different from the later broadcast versions, potentially hinting at some uncensored action in these early stream releases. The d Anime Store stream premiere is set to be a pretty exclusive event, though; their early streaming of the first episode will only be accessible to 500 members of the site on a first-come, first-serve basis.
In the world of Interspecies Reviewers, plenty of different humanoid species exist and live peacefully amongst each other. Humans, elves, fairies, demons, and more co-exist in this world. Also, prostitution is legal. Naturally, our main protagonist, Stunk, is a horny human who decides that he’s going to settle once and for all which species of monster girl is the best. He sets out to write a book chronicling his experiences in the red light district with each species of monster girl he can find, and he isn’t planning on shying away from any of the details. Along the way he’s joined by a dog guy named Brooze, an elf man named Zel, a halfling named Kanchal, and a demon named Samtahn. None of them can agree on which species of monster girl is hottest, leading to constant debates and bickering.
The full voice acting cast for the anime adaptation of Interspecies Reviewers is as follows:
- Junji Majima as Stunk
- Yūsuke Kobayashi as Zel
- Miyu Tomita as Crimvael
- Kaede Yuasa as Kanchal
- M.A.O as Maydry
- Momoyo Koyama as Elma
- Carin Isobe as Mii
- Mari Hino as Okpa
- Rei Matsuzaki as Eldry
- Yōko Hikasa as Aloe
- Yuri Katō as Milky
- Yuka Nukui as Ginny
- Makoto Koichi as Elza
- Shiori Izawa as Piltia
- Takako Tanaka as Roana
- Natsumi Takamori as Tiaplate
- Kyō Yaoya as Mitsue
The opening theme song, titled “Ikōze☆Paradise”, is performed by voice actors Junji Majima, Yūsuke Kobayashi, and Miyu Tomita. The voice actors are also performing the ending theme song “Hanabira Ondo.”
Interspecies Reviewers is being produced by anime production company Passione, with directing being handled by Yuki Ogawa who previously worked on FLCL Progressive and Miru Tights. Series composition for Interspecies Reviewers is being done by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, who was previously on staff for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Dropkick on My Devil!, and Girls’ Last Tour. Makoto Uno is in charge of character designs for the series, and you might recognize their iconic art from Witchblade, The Qwaser of Stigmata, Rail Wars, and High School DxD Hero. Music composition is being handled by Kotone Uchihigashi.
The original Interspecies Reviewers manga originally ran as a special one-shot in Kadokawa‘s Monthly Dragon Age magazine in July 2016 and is currently being published in compiled print volumes by Kadokawa. Yen Press has licensed the manga for distribution overseas. They released the first volume of the manga in print form on November 13 of 2018. The second print volume of Interspecies Reviewers came to America much later, though, being released on July 16 of this year. Yen Press describes the story as follows:
Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder! From elves to succubi to cyclopes and more, the Interspecies Reviewers rate the red-light delights of all manner of monster girls…the only thing is, they can never agree on which species is the hottest!
