Official Starter Guidebook

The Official Starter Guidebook is an art book showcasing various concept art used in the creation and production of BNA: Brand New Animal, as well as two interviews. The guidebook is 42 pages long (plus the inner sides for both the front and back covers) and is available on Toho Animation’s digital storefront for 2,000 yen.

Contents
The booklet begins with a brief introductory passage on the inner cover along with various credits.

Characters
The characters section contains multiple pieces of concept art for most main characters in the anime, along with a page at the end dedicated to showing some other designs for miscellaneous Beastmen, such as the Monkey Thief and Old Goat.

Interviews
Two interviews with Yoh Yoshinari and Kazuki Nakashima written in Japanese span multiple pages, color-coded to indicate whether the interviewer or interviewee is speaking.

Image Board
The Image Board section shows several concept images for locations around Anima City, such as the medical center, and the police station.

Concept Art
The concept art section includes several storyboards from the first episode by Genice Chan, location concept art by James Gillard, and another page of location concepts by Jasmin Lai.