It highly depends on the creator and the character.Ĭurrently, kemono art is often distributed through Japanese fanzine circles, " doujinshi." Fans of kemono are called kemona or kemoners (ケモナー kemonā), from kemono and English -er this had once been controversial. Although this can vary from creator to creator. As such, kemono are usually shown living the way normal humans live in the same setting: speaking a normal language, wearing normal clothes, eating normal food, living in normal homes, in ways that blur their distinction from ordinary humans. Most kemono character designs retain a fundamentally human personality, seldom acting like the real animals after which they are designed. (Examples include smaller snouts and big anime eyes.) Kemono characters can also have varying fur textures, example (fur with a pronounced, "fluffy", texture.) The Kemono style is not just "Moe" though and it can come from a variety of anime styles. It can be largely agreed upon by the fandom that the kemono style lies in the face and the eyes. The style combines popular character design with animal traits deemed cute and endearing. Human-like animal characters are called Jūjin ( Japanese 獣人 or じゅうじん "Beastman, or less literally, therianthrope").
It is used widely in drawing, painting, manga, anime, and video game designs, many of which are popular in the rest of the world. Kemono ( Japanese 獣, ケモノ, or けもの "beast") is a genre of Japanese art and character design that prominently features fictional anthropomorphic animal characters in human-like settings and situations.
Kemono comic Book of the Beast, cover by TRUMP.