Interspecies Reviewers

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Interspecies Reviewers (異種族レビュアーズ, Ishuzoku Rebyuāzu) is a Japanese sex comedy manga series written by Amahara and illustrated by masha. It has been serialized through Nico Nico Seiga's manga website Dragon Dragon Age^[f] since August 2016 and since collected in four tankōbon volumes published by Kadokawa. The series is licensed in English by Yen Press. A 12-episode television anime adaptation produced by Passionepremiered on January 11, 2020.

Plot[]

In a world where many different humanoid species exist and prostitution is legal, there exists various brothels for each kind of species run by "succu-girls", who have succubus blood running through them. As each species has different opinions on how each succu-girl works for them, various brothel visitors have become reviewers, rating their experiences with various succu-girls and posting them in the local tavern. The series largely centers on a human named Stunk, an elf named Zel, and an angel named Crimvael.

Characters[]

Reviewers[]

Stunk (スタンク, Sutanku): Voiced by: Junji Majima; A male human adventurer and one of the reviewers. He values appearance when it comes to succu-girls.
Zel (ゼル, Zeru): Voiced by: Yūsuke Kobayashi; A male elf adventurer and one of the reviewers. He values succu-girls that have a high mana level.
Crimvael (クリムヴェール, Kurimuvēru): Voiced by: Miyu Tomita; An angel with a broken halo who is rescued by Stunk and Zel and works at the Ale & Eats. Although Crimvael possess both male and female genitalia, he chooses to identify as a male in order to avoid unwanted attention from Stunk and Zel. He's somewhat embarrassed by the fact that he is by far the largest among them, as discovered at the fairy brothel, where each girl has limits on what size she can handle and he's the only one too large for anyone.
Kanchal (カンチャル, Kancharu): Voiced by: Kaede Yuasa; A male halfling reviewer.
Brooz (ブルーズ, Burūzu): Voiced by: Kenji Hamada; A wolfman reviewer.
Samturn (サムターン, Samutān): Voiced by: Yuuki Inoue; A demon reviewer.
Narugami (ナルガミ, Narugami): Voiced by: Kengo Kawanishi; A lamia reviewer.
Lulu (ルルゥ, Rurū): Voiced by: Ayaka Nanase; An honorary fairy reviewer.
Delibel (デリベル, Deriberu): A vampire reviewer.

Succu-Girls[]

Elma (エルマ, Eruma): Voiced by: Momoyo Koyama; A female elf prostitute. She is often looked down upon by non-human species for being over 500 years old.
Mitsue (ミツエ, Mitsue): Voiced by: Kyō Yaoya; A middle-aged female human prostitute. Despite her physical appearance, she is a favorite of Zel due to her high quality of mana.
Mii (みー, Mī): Voiced by: Carin Isobe; A catgirl prostitute.
Okpa (オクパ, Okupa): Voiced by: Mari Hino; A prostitute with tentacles (a Cecaelia; though the series refers to her as a Dagon).
Eldry (エルドリー, Erudorī): Voiced by: Rei Matsuzaki; A birdmaid prostitute.
Aloe (アロエ, Aroe): Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa; A fairy madam.
Milky (ミルキー, Mirukī): Voiced by: Yuri Katō; A female minotaur prostitute with blue eyes and tan skin.
Ginny (ギニー, Ginī): Voiced by: Yuka Nukui; A female minotaur prostitute with green eyes.
Elza (エルザ, Eruza): Voiced by: Makoto Koichi; A hyena girl prostitute.
Piltia (ピルティア, Pirutia): Voiced by: Shiori Izawa; A female halfling prostitute.
Roana (ローナ, Rōna): Voiced by: Takako Tanaka; A female elf prostitute.
Tiaplate (ティアプレート, Tiapurēto): Voiced by: Natsumi Takamori; A female fire spirit (Salamander) prostitute.

Others[]

Meidri (メイドリー, Meidorī): Voiced by: M.A.O (Japanese); Brittany Lauda (English); A birdmaid waitress at the Ale & Eats.

Manga[]

Interspecies Reviewers is a manga series written by Amahara (天原) and illustrated by masha. The first chapter was launched on July 7, 2016 as a special one-shot in Fujimi Shobo's shōnen magazine Monthly Dragon Age; the manga began monthly serialization through Nico Nico Seiga's affiliated comic website Dragon Dragon Age on August 19. Amahara had previously drawn a similar 18+ comic series entitled Ishufūzoku Kurosu Rebyū (異種風俗クロスレビュー, lit. "Interspecies Sex Service Cross-Review") on Pixivbeginning in September 2014. As of January 2020, the manga has been collected in four tankōbon volumes published by Kadokawa. A manga anthology, titled Interspecies Reviewers Comic Anthology: Darkness (異種族レビュアーズコミックアンソロジー〜ダークネス〜) was released on January 9, 2020. The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press, which announced an English paperback release at Sakura-Con on March 31, 2018.

In August 2017, the manga was awarded the "DLsite Award" by Media Factory's manga news magazine Da Vinci and the streaming service Niconico.

Light Novel[]

A light novel adaptation entitled Interspecies Reviewers: Ecstacy Days (異種族レビュアーズ　えくすたしー・でいず, Ekusutashi ̄Deizu) was published by Kadokawa on December 7, 2018. It was written by Tetsu Habara (葉原鉄) and illustrated by W18. A sequel, Interspecies Reviewers: Marionette Crisis (異種族レビュアーズ　まりおねっと・くらいしす, Marionetto Kuraishisu), was published on January 9, 2020. The novels are licensed in North America by Yen Press; the first is planned for release on April 21, 2020.

Anime[]

On June 28, 2019, Kadokawa announced that the manga would receive a television anime adaptation produced by Passione. The 12-episode series was directed by Yuki Ogawa and written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, with character designs by Makoto Uno and music composed by Kotone Uchihigashi. Junji Majima, Yūsuke Kobayashi, and Miyu Tomita (the voice actors of Stunk, Zel, and Crimvael, respectively) performed the opening theme song "Ikōze☆Paradise" (イこうぜ☆パラダイス, lit. Let's Go Paradise) and the ending theme "Hanabira Ondo" (ハナビラ音頭, lit. Flower Petal Ondō). The series premiered on AT-X on January 11, 2020, with a censored version later airing on Tokyo MX, BS11, KBS, and SUN. In February 2020, Tokyo MX cancelled its broadcast due to "changes in circumstances within [the station] , while SUN cancelled future airings of the series at the behest of channel company's management. It began airing on GBS on February 28, 2020 and will begin airing on BBC on March 7, 2020.

The anime was licensed in North America by Funimation, which simulcast the first three censored episodes with English subtitles and later released a dubbed version of the first episode. However, the company removed the series from its online streaming platform on January 31, stating that it "fell outside of [Funimation's] standards. On February 1, the company's French subsidiary Wakanim announced that it would discontinue the English release, but continued offering the anime with French, German, and Russian subtitles. On February 2, Australian subsidiary AnimeLab announced that it would continue simulcasting the series in Australia and New Zealand after "adjusting [its] sourcing of materials. On February 6, Amazon Prime Video removed the anime from its service.