After posting a thread about an anthro fox demi-god that wanted to live like a human but is seen as anthro by every teenager and not adults, I went ahead try to look for more official manga that actually have anthro characters as the main characters of the manga or at least be important enough to always show up in the manga. Though I also found some good number of manga that feature animals as the main characters as well. Since there is no sticky thread that is about furry manga in general I decided to make one myself and others that found manga with official anthro and anthro-like characters. However, there are a couple of rules that must be followed so it this thread wouldn't be buried under manga that only have kemonominis (human looking characters with animal ears and tails only that are supposed to be animals apparently). I only have a superficial reason against these character types, but it's more of they don't interest me at all kind of way and not in a hatred kind of way, still here is what I considered to be a real furry manga along with a particular type of animal manga that is also acceptable in my own opinion.
Furry Manga in this particular thread means:
1. An anthro/furry character that is a main character or protagonist of a manga.
2. No Kemonominis (Characters that look like humans but with animal ears and tails) as the ONLY kind of anthro character in the manga. (It's okay if they're with other anthro/furry characters)
3. It is okay if the anthro/furry character shows up later in the manga and joins the main cast just like Carrot the Rabbit Mink (anthro rabbit girl) joining Luffy's Pirate Crew in One Piece in roughly 600-800 chapters later for example. As long as they are from now on always part of the main cast of the manga it is acceptable in this thread list. Just make sure to remember the specific chapters they appear in the manga.
4. It doesn't have to be a manga that features ONLY anthro/furry characters, like in rule 3, as long as an anthro/furry character exists and is a main character even among humans, the manga is acceptable to this list. Like Happy the blue Flying Cat called an Exceed from Fairy Tail for example.
5. If the anthro/furry characters are simply background characters it doesn't count.
Animal Manga in this particular thread means:
1. The animal is a main character and not something that's like an auxiliary member of the protagonist, meaning they have a near equal amount of screen time as the human or not-so-human and have just as many chapters dedicated to them.
2. We can see the animal's thoughts (that's optional).
3. If they aren't anthro, monsters just as dragons and other mythic creatures count in this category, even if they do talk.
4. Mon-creatures that act like Pokémon or Digimon can count as this or furry.
Courtesy Rules (meaning they're not required but appreciated)
a. Tag the manga your posting as Furry or Animal.
b. Post the Manga's Cover here, I think it's okay to do that, I hope...
c. If the anthro/furry or animal character shows up pretty later in the manga post their intro chapter, as well as the chapter where they officially join the main cast.
d. I'd rather you don't link the "manga site" you found your manga in, I doubt many people would want to brave the possible viruses as you are. But do it at your own risk.
e. If you know the other names the manga goes by, it would be nice of you to name them here.
f. If the anthro/furry or animal character gains a human form and spends the majority of the manga in that form then technically it's not eligible for the list. However, this will be forgiven if you didn't know that will happen when you added the manga to the list. So please say so if you discover this happened later in the manga you suggested.
g. Please note if you actually read the manga or not, skimming is completely fine as well.
h. If you actually read it, try to describe the story in your own words, but if you only skimmed it then it's probably for the best that you let the synopsis explain the manga's plot instead.
Now that the rules are made I'll start with the manga I'm most interested in and go from there.
Animal Manga
Reincarnated as a Dragon's Egg - Let's Aim to be the Strongest
Other name: Tensei Shitara Dragon no Tamago Datta - Saikyou Igai Mezasa Nee
The protagonist is the dragon in front of the girl. It's one of my most anticipated manga as it's about a guy who got reincarnated into a dragon egg in a Mon style kind of way. After surviving his first monster encounter he was able to evolve into the dragon in the picture. The plot is like the Reincarnated as a Spider manga with the protagonist being able to see stats like he's in a video game but is sprinkled with the Reincarnated as a Slime manga/anime in that the protagonist wants to build a relationship with the humans of this world. Of course he'll have it harder than the slime protagonist since he can't understand the humans' language first. Basically our dragon hero is in a survival like situation where he not only has to figure out how to live in this RPG like world where he can see the stats of almost living everything, he's been told that he must become the strongest monster in the world by a mysterious God's Voice. Although he'd rather figure out how to live in this world along with the humans first before doing that, but circumstances like not being able to understand the humans there (at first) forced him to focus on leveling up and establishing a home base instead. It's a great story if you're fan of dragons and RPG mechanics done right where the only advantage the hero has over others is that he can see the status of everyone and has to adjust his strategies accordingly during battles. Also don't worry about a part in a story where he chooses an evolution that will let him gain the ability to turn into a human, because it quickly became not worth the trouble in the end. Pretty much my favorite manga among that I actually read all the way through first.
Furry manga
From Mightiest Hero to Demon King
Other Name: Saikyou Yuusha wa Oharaibako: Maou ni nattara zutto Ore no Musou Return; 最強勇者はお払い箱→魔王になったらずっと俺の無双ターン
This fat human protagonist was the hero of his world where people will get random special abilities but because he was considered ugly by the royalty his achievements of saving the world went to someone they approve of and to make things worse; another member of the royalty tried to throw a coup using him and a werecat girl (basically an anthro cat) as a scapegoat. Even though he stopped the coup, the werecat still injured the fake "real hero" in front of the masses so he had to flee the country and find a place of safety among the other displaced "monsters" of the "free world."
This is basically a story where the humans in questions (at least the rich elite and royalty) are not exactly the good guys they claim to be. Funny enough I like the protagonist is a fat guy and the interactions he has with the werecat girl (the bottom right of the cover) where they talk about the differences in how a "monsters" abilities are different from the humans. The hero's ability is particularly interesting in that he can bring out any item's full potential and even use their hidden magical properties should they have any, of course in this story he has to do it without a magical recharging armor that lets him use his ability repeatedly. I guess in one way or another it reminds me of the Seven Sins manga/anime with every fighter having some sort of ability but so far only the evil knight who was part of the coup showed his power first. The only real shame is that the werecat girl seems to be the only anthro character in the main cast and she isn't even part of his developing harem (showing no interest in him beyond friends and her savior).
Oh, I hit my limit on uploading pictures to a single post and I can only do 10 at a time. And I put in too many words so I'll have to cut a few of my entries to fit this thread. Well at least I posted the top two manga that I'm really interested in first, so it'll be a good opening to this kind of new thread. However there is a WHOLE LOT more than this and I probably won't get to do all of them in a couple of hours, so I hope you'll forgive me if you made a comment and I ignored or didn't noticed your reply until after I posted at least 10 more manga that has anthro/furry characters and animal characters. But for now here's the first 2 manga that has furry and animal characters as part of the main cast.
Furry Manga in this particular thread means:
1. An anthro/furry character that is a main character or protagonist of a manga.
2. No Kemonominis (Characters that look like humans but with animal ears and tails) as the ONLY kind of anthro character in the manga. (It's okay if they're with other anthro/furry characters)
3. It is okay if the anthro/furry character shows up later in the manga and joins the main cast just like Carrot the Rabbit Mink (anthro rabbit girl) joining Luffy's Pirate Crew in One Piece in roughly 600-800 chapters later for example. As long as they are from now on always part of the main cast of the manga it is acceptable in this thread list. Just make sure to remember the specific chapters they appear in the manga.
4. It doesn't have to be a manga that features ONLY anthro/furry characters, like in rule 3, as long as an anthro/furry character exists and is a main character even among humans, the manga is acceptable to this list. Like Happy the blue Flying Cat called an Exceed from Fairy Tail for example.
5. If the anthro/furry characters are simply background characters it doesn't count.
Animal Manga in this particular thread means:
1. The animal is a main character and not something that's like an auxiliary member of the protagonist, meaning they have a near equal amount of screen time as the human or not-so-human and have just as many chapters dedicated to them.
2. We can see the animal's thoughts (that's optional).
3. If they aren't anthro, monsters just as dragons and other mythic creatures count in this category, even if they do talk.
4. Mon-creatures that act like Pokémon or Digimon can count as this or furry.
Courtesy Rules (meaning they're not required but appreciated)
a. Tag the manga your posting as Furry or Animal.
b. Post the Manga's Cover here, I think it's okay to do that, I hope...
c. If the anthro/furry or animal character shows up pretty later in the manga post their intro chapter, as well as the chapter where they officially join the main cast.
d. I'd rather you don't link the "manga site" you found your manga in, I doubt many people would want to brave the possible viruses as you are. But do it at your own risk.
e. If you know the other names the manga goes by, it would be nice of you to name them here.
f. If the anthro/furry or animal character gains a human form and spends the majority of the manga in that form then technically it's not eligible for the list. However, this will be forgiven if you didn't know that will happen when you added the manga to the list. So please say so if you discover this happened later in the manga you suggested.
g. Please note if you actually read the manga or not, skimming is completely fine as well.
h. If you actually read it, try to describe the story in your own words, but if you only skimmed it then it's probably for the best that you let the synopsis explain the manga's plot instead.
Now that the rules are made I'll start with the manga I'm most interested in and go from there.
Animal Manga
Reincarnated as a Dragon's Egg - Let's Aim to be the Strongest
Other name: Tensei Shitara Dragon no Tamago Datta - Saikyou Igai Mezasa Nee
The protagonist is the dragon in front of the girl. It's one of my most anticipated manga as it's about a guy who got reincarnated into a dragon egg in a Mon style kind of way. After surviving his first monster encounter he was able to evolve into the dragon in the picture. The plot is like the Reincarnated as a Spider manga with the protagonist being able to see stats like he's in a video game but is sprinkled with the Reincarnated as a Slime manga/anime in that the protagonist wants to build a relationship with the humans of this world. Of course he'll have it harder than the slime protagonist since he can't understand the humans' language first. Basically our dragon hero is in a survival like situation where he not only has to figure out how to live in this RPG like world where he can see the stats of almost living everything, he's been told that he must become the strongest monster in the world by a mysterious God's Voice. Although he'd rather figure out how to live in this world along with the humans first before doing that, but circumstances like not being able to understand the humans there (at first) forced him to focus on leveling up and establishing a home base instead. It's a great story if you're fan of dragons and RPG mechanics done right where the only advantage the hero has over others is that he can see the status of everyone and has to adjust his strategies accordingly during battles. Also don't worry about a part in a story where he chooses an evolution that will let him gain the ability to turn into a human, because it quickly became not worth the trouble in the end. Pretty much my favorite manga among that I actually read all the way through first.
Furry manga
From Mightiest Hero to Demon King
Other Name: Saikyou Yuusha wa Oharaibako: Maou ni nattara zutto Ore no Musou Return; 最強勇者はお払い箱→魔王になったらずっと俺の無双ターン
This fat human protagonist was the hero of his world where people will get random special abilities but because he was considered ugly by the royalty his achievements of saving the world went to someone they approve of and to make things worse; another member of the royalty tried to throw a coup using him and a werecat girl (basically an anthro cat) as a scapegoat. Even though he stopped the coup, the werecat still injured the fake "real hero" in front of the masses so he had to flee the country and find a place of safety among the other displaced "monsters" of the "free world."
This is basically a story where the humans in questions (at least the rich elite and royalty) are not exactly the good guys they claim to be. Funny enough I like the protagonist is a fat guy and the interactions he has with the werecat girl (the bottom right of the cover) where they talk about the differences in how a "monsters" abilities are different from the humans. The hero's ability is particularly interesting in that he can bring out any item's full potential and even use their hidden magical properties should they have any, of course in this story he has to do it without a magical recharging armor that lets him use his ability repeatedly. I guess in one way or another it reminds me of the Seven Sins manga/anime with every fighter having some sort of ability but so far only the evil knight who was part of the coup showed his power first. The only real shame is that the werecat girl seems to be the only anthro character in the main cast and she isn't even part of his developing harem (showing no interest in him beyond friends and her savior).
Oh, I hit my limit on uploading pictures to a single post and I can only do 10 at a time. And I put in too many words so I'll have to cut a few of my entries to fit this thread. Well at least I posted the top two manga that I'm really interested in first, so it'll be a good opening to this kind of new thread. However there is a WHOLE LOT more than this and I probably won't get to do all of them in a couple of hours, so I hope you'll forgive me if you made a comment and I ignored or didn't noticed your reply until after I posted at least 10 more manga that has anthro/furry characters and animal characters. But for now here's the first 2 manga that has furry and animal characters as part of the main cast.