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Save the Cat!® Unlocks the Magic of Netflix Anime Hit BEASTARS

BJ Markel

January 17, 2022

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The second installment of our edutainment videos—co-produced with Netflix and aimed at guiding the next generation of anime creators—is now available!

The new edition of Save the Cat! Goes Anime—”What Makes BEASTARS So Good?”—digs into the story structure of Season 1 of the Netflix Anime hit series BEASTARS.

BEASTARS‘ premise of herbivore and carnivore teenagers coming together in a co-ed high school to live and learn—all while fighting their primal nature and raging hormones—is a fresh take on the classic theme of “nature vs. nurture.”

We show how the premise pays off as Season 1 of BEASTARS embraces the same plot points all great stories do: the 15 Save the Cat! story beats.

The BEASTARS episode of Save the Cat! Goes Anime is now live on the Netflix Anime YouTube Channel.

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BJ Markel

BJ Markel first worked with Blake Snyder in 1986. He edited Blake's three Save the Cat! books and co-founded Blake Snyder Enterprises, LLC with Blake in 2005. In his other life, BJ worked in video acquisitions and entertainment marketing, including 20 years at the Walt Disney Company.