History YMMV / KemonoFriends

** The Friend habit of calling Lucky Beast "Boss" often has fans interposing the other [[Franchise/MetalGear Boss]], both Big Boss and the original. This resulted in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is-bEX_Vd1Y Metal Gear parodies]] being [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avan-pdDu08 made]].

** Tsuchinoko also has quite a large number of fans.

** The controversy over Tatsuki getting the boot from production quickly made the hashtag [=#NoTatsukiNoTanoshii=] run viral in the fandom.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The second season was never able to get over all the hubbub brought about due to the TroubledProduction, where the director was forced to leave and the voice cast were made to apologize for something that wasn't their fault. To make matters worse, the newer season effectively retcons everything Season 1 built up, with the writing basically saying everything Yaoyorozu created was inferior to the new team's writing. As a result of the near-blatant insults to the cast and worldbuilding that made ''Kemono Friends'' such a major hit, fan reception going into the 2nd Season was rock bottom and stayed very low, only really acknowledging it for the new character designs it provided, and it sadly ended up as another example of how not to handle a booming property. Some have even gone so far as to suggest that the manga adaptation of ''2'' is the [[BetterThanCanon proper sequel]] given its more positive reception, encouraging others who want to continue the story to seek that out instead of the animated version.

* BetterThanCanon: The manga adaption of ''Kemono Friends 2'' that ran in ''Shonen Ace'' had a much more positive reception by fans than the actual second season itself. Head of the second season’s animation studio, Numata, acknowledged this himself.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Compared to Season 1, Season 2 got a ''lot'' of animal facts wrong:
** The bird-type Friend is called a Spotted-billed Duck in Episode 1, while drawn with Mallard coloring
** Giant Panda's tail was shown to be black. Panda tail is white.
** The Spectacled Caiman in Episode 5 has Black Caiman spots.
** Greater Roadrunners are fast runners with limited flight ability, yet the Greater Roadrunner was seen flying rather than running for the entire episode.
** The narration for Tanuki in episode 8 implies that Tanukis prefer to live in wetlands and forests. Tanukis don't usually live in wetlands, and Japanese fans speculated that the staff simply quoted a passage from the Japanese Wikipedia article when doing research.
** In episode 8, Crested Ibis was captioned as a ''mammal''.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' might be the biggest example of this in the anime media. Based on a dead mobile game about animal girls with only ten people working on it for five hundred days, NoBudget and full of [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects noticeable CGI]], even the creators expected it to flop terribly. Yet the generally decent writing, solid character designs and surprisingly compelling OntologicalMystery made for a solid watch, and it ultimately became ''extremely'' popular through [[MemeticMutation internet word-of-mouth]]. Its first episode became the most-watched anime episode on Website/NicoNicoDouga; disc sets and merchandise quickly sold out, and the DoItYourselfThemeTune reached #3 on Japan's iTunes rankings.

** The bird-type Friend is called a Spotted-billed Duck in Episode 1, while drawn with Mallard coloring - even missing the spot on her “duckbill” hair.

* FriendlyFandoms: Since [[IntercontinuityCrossover the crossover event]] with [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Tezuka Productions]] where Manga/{{Unico}} was added as a [=DLC=] Guest Character on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RlEH82Ao-A February 18th, 2021]] complete with a LittleBitBeastly [[https://i.imgur.com/UpDAexa.png design]]. The Japanese fanbase has immediately gotten along with fans of the Unico series. Notably fans of [[Creator/{{Sanrio}} Sanrio Animation's]] ''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico'' and ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic'' with [[MilestoneCelebration the former film celebrating its 40th anniversary.]]

* DieForOurShip: Thanks to the post-season gender reveal, the already much-hated Kyururu is this for ''all'' shippers, as the anime is entirely made up of females sans the Lucky Beasts.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The second season was never able to get over all the hubbub brought about due to the TroubledProduction, where the director was forced to leave and the voice cast were made to apologize for something that wasn't their fault. To make matters worse is how the newer season effectively spat on everything Season 1 built up, with the writing basically saying everything Yaoyorozu created was inferior to the new team's writing. As a result of the near-blatant insults to everybody and everything that made Kemono Friends such a major hit, almost nobody actually has any interest in the 2nd Season, only really acknowledging it for the new character designs it provided, as just another example of how not to handle a property, and for some as the reason why the video game is called Kemono Friends "3". Some have even gone so far as to suggest that the manga adaptation of ''2'' is the proper sequel given its more positive reception, encouraging others who want to continue the story to seek that out instead of the animated version.

* CreatorWorship: TATSUKI, and the rest of Yaoyorozu in general, are held in higher regard than the other creative teams in the franchise, including Ryuichi Kimura and Tomason of the ''2'' era.

* FriendlyFandoms: Since [[IntercontinuityCrossover the crossover event]] with [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Tezuka Productions]] where Manga/{{Unico}} was added as a [=DLC=] Guest Character on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RlEH82Ao-A February 18th, 2021]] complete with a LittleBitBeastly [[https://i.imgur.com/UpDAexa.png design]]. The Japanese fanbase has immediately gotten along with fans of the Unico series. Notably fans of [[Creator/{{Sanrio}} Sanrio Animation's]] ''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico'' and ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic'' with [[MilestoneCelebration the former film celebrating it's 40th anniversary.]]

* OvershadowedByControversy: The second season was never able to get over all the hubbub brought about due to the TroubledProduction, where the director was forced to leave and the voice cast were made to apologize for something that wasn't their fault. To make matters worse is how the newer season effectively spat on everything Season 1 built up, with the writing basically saying everything Yaoyorozu created was inferior to the new team's writing. As a result of the near-blatant insults to everybody and everything that made Kemono Friends such a major hit, almost nobody actually has any interest in the 2nd Season, only really acknowledging it for the new character designs it provided, as just another example of how not to handle a property, and for some as the reason why the video game is called Kemono Friends "3". Some have even gone so far as to suggest that the manga adaptation of ''2'' is the proper sequel given it's more positive reception, encouraging others who want to continue the story to seek that out instead of the animated version.

** An [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBKNSGCb44c& official blooper reel]] for the English dub was posted on Website/YouTube, and highlights included: Prairie Dog calling Serval "Madam Buttsniff," Lucky Beast saying yeet and fam, half the cast abusing the Big Chungus meme to no end, all the jokes about Princess's English voice actress Creator/AmandaLee, and Princess referencing various memetic songs such as [[Music/TheLonelyIsland I'm On a Boat]] and [[Music/LuisFonsi Despacito.]]

* FriendlyFandoms: Since [[IntercontinuityCrossover the crossover event]] with [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Tezuka Productions]] where Manga/{{Unico}} was added as a [=DLC=] GuestCharacter on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RlEH82Ao-A February 18th, 2021]] complete with ALittleBitBeastly [[https://i.imgur.com/UpDAexa.png design]]. The Japanese fanbase has immediately gotten along with fans of the Unico series. Notably fans of [[Creator/{{Sanrio}} Sanrio Animation's]] ''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico'' and ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfUnico'' with [[MilestoneCelebration the former film celebrating it's 40th anniversary.]]

** Naito Ryu, the writer of the manga adaption of ''Kemono Friends 2'', for not only solving the traumatic depictions of certain events but also managing to take some of the more negatively received aspects of the second season and either spinning them around or retconning them in ways that fans have near unanimously accepted the manga of ''2'' over the show's telling of the story.

** Naito Ryu, the writer of the manga adaption of ''Kemono Friends 2'', for solving the traumatic depictions of certain events.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The second season was never able to get over all the hubbub brought about due to the TroubledProduction, where the director was forced to leave and the voice cast were made to apologize for something that wasn't their fault. To make matters worse is how the newer season effectively spat on everything Season 1 built up, with the writing basically saying everything Yaoyorozu created was inferior to the new team's writing. As a result of the near-blatant insults to everybody and everything that made Kemono Friends such a major hit, almost nobody actually has any interest in the 2nd Season, only really acknowledging it for the new character designs it provided, as just another example of how not to handle a property, and for some as the reason why the video game is called Kemono Friends "3".

* BetterThanCanon: The manga adaption of ''Kemono Friends 2'' that ran in ''Shonen Ace'' has had a much more positive reception by fans than the actual second season itself. Head of the second season’s animation studio, Numata, acknowledged this himself.

** Naito Ryu, for solving the traumatic depictions of certain events.

** Serval's dumb smile from episode 1, simply known as "[[https://i.imgur.com/NnXIe5D.jpg that face]]" in Japan, became inexplicably popular after it was used in the banner of the fan blog "Kemono Friends channel". In fact, it became so popular that [[AscendedMeme it became an expression]] for the [[http://images.goodsmile.info/cgm/images/product/20170714/6588/46555/large/6f897a6a4d519270c18ca7c5d04d2c21.jpg Good Smile Figma Serval]] under the name "gentle smiling face".

** Serval's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoHvfRO-WEw "Myanmyanmyanmyanminmi~"] from Episode 5 ended up getting a huge following for just how cute it sounded, leading to an entire genre of videos featuring it under the tag "Church of Minmi". This later became an ascended meme when the line was included in the Kemono Friends Alarm Clock app.

** The idea that season 2 actually took place ''two thousand years after season 1'' also baffled many fans, with many feeling that there was absolutely no reason for such a large time skip, since not only does this raise the question of how are ''any'' of the manmade structures still standing, but nothing of significance happens in-between anyway.