Fur Your Consideration.....

(November 24, 2024)

Table of Contents

Purpose of the Recommended Anthropomorphics List
Motion Picture
Dramatic Short Work
Dramatic Series
Novel
Short Fiction
General Literary Work
Non-Fiction Work
Graphic Story
Comic Strip
Magazine
Visual Art
Game
Website
Fursuit
Music
Miscellany

TOC     Purpose of the Recommended Anthropomorphics List

This twenty-fourth annual Recommended Anthropomorphics List has two purposes. Firstly, for furry fans to recommend what they consider to be the best anthropomorphic movies, TV series, novels, artwork, games, music, etc. that they found first published during 2024. The List is open to all, so if you know of anything Furry that you consider worth recommending, please send your recommendations to:

recommended@ursamajorawards.org

The ALAA reserves the right to exclude from the Recommended Anthropomorphics List, and from contention for an Ursa Major Award, any works it deems to be obscene, libelous, illegal, or otherwise detrimental to the integrity and good standing of the Ursa Major Awards and the anthropomorphics fandom that those awards represent. Note, this refers ONLY to works, not the character of the creator thereof.

It would be greatly appreciated if you are able to provide weblinks to your recommendations so that we can correctly add them to the list.

The second purpose is to serve as a guide to which items were produced in 2024, to help fans determine what is eligible to nominate for the year's Ursa Major Awards (to be voted upon in 2025). Note: Recommendation of items to this list does not constitute nomination for the awards, nor is it a requirement for nomination! Nominations may not be made until January 2025 - check the Nominations page for instructions.

The dividing line in size between Novel and Short Fiction is 40,000 words.

The "General Literary Work" category is for any literary work that does not fit into the existing written categories, including but not limited to such things as short story and comic strip collections, and graphic novels.

"Visual Art" includes single illustrations or other pictures, sculptures, and whatever visual art that does not fit the other categories.

What is Furry Music? Music written by furries? Music about the fandom? Music about a furry environment? All of the above and more - you tell us!

Recommended Anthropomorphic Miscellany is not matched by a similar category in the Ursa Major Awards. Recommended Miscellany is for those items like the Realm of the Claw action figures that appeared awhile back, or the Cthulhu plush dolls that do not fit into any of the existing categories, but are too good to be ignored.

Fursuit performances qualify under "Dramatic Short Work or Series", preferably in recorded form, or as performances which will be repeated.

Fursuit is an Award category with special requirements. Due to the difficulties with administering this category, we will have to ask for extra information and other requirements to accept them into this category. To submit them to the Recommended List we require ALL of the following:

• Fursuit name
• Fursuit's maker
• Fursuit's owner/player (if not the maker)
• Good quality photograph taken during the eligible year (2023 at present) with permission to publish it if it is not already available on line.
• Date photograph taken
• Venue at which the photograph was taken. Due to the resumption of conventions and furmeets, we prefer photos taken at these events. However, we will still consider online presentations this year.

If all details are correctly supplied, the fursuit will be eligible for an Ursa Major Award for that year only. ALL fursuits are eligible for the Recommended List and as a candidate for an Award for ONE YEAR ONLY. When Award nominations are opened in January, all nominees for the Fursuit category must be chosen from those on the Recommended List for the eligible year. The Ursa Major Award will be given to the fursuit maker, not the wearer/performer. Photographs will be published on this website for consideration by the public. If the photo has not already been published in a public site, you must have the rights to that photo and grant us permission to show it. NOTE: An Award will only be presented if there are sufficient recommendations to proceed with it.

This Recommended List is posted at https://ursamajorawards.org/. This website includes links to as many as possible of the recommended items that have their own entries on the Internet; so if you want to know more about any of them, you can go right to its site.

Recommended Lists for previous years:
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Motion Picture

           [Live-action or animated feature-length movies.]

1. The Garfield Movie (Directed by Mark Dindal - May 24)
2. Hitpig! (Directed Cinzia Angelini and David Feiss - November 1)
3. IF (Directed by John Krasinski - May 17)
4. Inside Out 2 (Directed by Kelsey Mann - June 14)
5. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Directed by Wes Ball - May 10)
6. Kung Fu Panda 4 (Directed by Mike Mitchell and Stephanie Ma Stine - March 8)
7. Orion and the Dark (Directed by Sean Charmatz - February 2)
8. Robot Dreams (Directed by Pablo Berger - May 31 (USA release))
9. Sasquatch Sunset (Directed by Nathan Zellner and David Zellner - April 12)
10. Thelma the Unicorn (Directed by Jared Hess and Lynn Wang - May 17)
11. The Tiger's Apprentice (Directed by Raman Hui, Yong Duk Jhun, and Paul Watling - February 2)
12. The Wild Robot (Directed by Chris Sanders - September 27)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work

           [one-shots, advertisements or short videos also specific episodes of series.]

1. Animation - A Ragtime Duet (Created by SirloinBurgers - June 29)
2. Baked with Love (Directed by Roshan Khorchid & Shireen Khorchid - May 31st)
3. The Ballad of Skipjack and Atticus (Directed by Dani De Guzman - June 6)
4. Bun Hunting: Overture (Directed by Piti Yindee - June 14)
5. BUNNY³ (Directed by Joaquin Salazar - August 14)
6. Catching Up (Pilot): Clubbing (Directed by Mark McConville (AKA LS Mark) - September 8)
7. Catnapper (Directed by Alyssia Baly - June 3rd)
8. Celine & Cheswick: Housebreaking! (Directed by Brycen Hassell - May 17)
9. CONTRABANDZ (Directed by Lindsey Katon - July 26)
10. Dungeon Flippers PILOT: The Ace of Wands (Directed by Travis Fowler - June 20)
11. Finders Keepers (Created by Caden Osojnak - June 14)
12. Fishy Dish (Directed by Shandzii - May 17)
13. Fly Away, Froggy Boy (Directed by Mia Lobo - May 31st)
14. Herons (Directed by Sam Windsor - July 4)
15. HORNY (Directed by zhangir - July 4.
16. I Knead You (Created by The Rutgers Animation Club - Directed by Michael Burton - June 12)
17. In Sheep's Clothing (Created by Glenn Powell - March 19)
18. Jimmy and Baby (Created by Paul Robertson and Michelle Larney - April 23)
19. Korobuska - Musical Animated Short (Directed by Patt Jewanarom - May 20)
20. Lackadaisy Ingenue (Directed by Fable Siegel - May 24)
21. The Last Winged Puppy (Created by Paula Moraga - June 28)
22. LUMEON LANDS (Animated by Daniel Spröhnle - October 19)
23. Mango the Dragon in Smoothie's Birthday Cake (Created by Punyawe Songpreda and Piti Yindee - August 5)
24. Neurodiverse Friends (Directed by Luca Fattore - March 23)
25. Neurodiverse Friends - Compulsive Loops (Directed by Luca Fattore - May 18)
26. Neurodiverse Friends - Tics & Stims (Directed by Luca Fattore - April 27)
27. Oren's Way (Directed by Keika Lee - October 15)
28. The OutCats: New Friend! (Created by Zachary Hunsinger - August 16)
29. Punk'd Pooch (Directed by Aberdeen Wasley - June 7)
30. Rare Americans - Mr. Please (Official Music Video) - August 10)
31. Sheep Hell (Directed by Jack Getschman and Max Beauchamp - July 16)
32. THE STARS ARE FALLING (Directed by Labirhin - October 23)
33. The Sword or the Stone (Directed by chumbus - July 4)
34. Tales from Planet Symma: Cafe Rush (Directed by HOwLiNG-MAdFoxHatter - February 7)
35. There's a Fire in the Building (Created by Jersey House Studio - March 15)
36. Too Much! (Created by Auni Adli - July 18)
37. Under the Stars (Created by Kaija Harrison - August 2)
38. a word from a bug (Created by Biscoff Enthusiast - June 28)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series

           [Video series]

1. Bluey (Created by Joe Brumm - April 7 to current)
2. Fanny and the Pack (Created by Montana Yergeau - June 1 to current)
3. Hazbin Hotel (Created by Vivienne Medrano - January 18 to February 1)
4. Helluva Boss (Created by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano - Season 2 Episode 8 to current)
5. Knuckles (Created by John Whittington and Toby Ascher - April 26)
6. Lackadaisy (Directed by Fable Siegel - Season 1 eps 1, 2))
7. Neurodiverse Friends (Directed by Luca Fattore - March 23 to current)
8. Park Players (also) (Created by Joe Cobden - May 7 to current)
9. Smiling Friends (Created by Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack - April 1 to June 24)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Novel

           [Written works of 40,000 words or more. Serialized novels qualify only for the year that the final chapter is published.]

1. First Word, by CM Brown. (Runespring Publishing - April 12)
2. Waterbearer, by CM Brown. (Runespring Publishing - October 31)
3. The Varcross Key, by Aeron Dusk. (Howling Reads - March 29) Mature Audiences.
4. The Ancient Egg (Xeno-Spectre #2), by Mary E. Lowd. (Deep Sky Anchor Press - January)
5. Voyage of the Wanderlust, by Mary E. Lowd. (Deep Sky Anchor Press - May)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Short Fiction

           [Stories less than 40,000 words, poetry and other short written works.]

1. The Cloak, by Erin Brown. (Zooscape - August)
2. The Unbearable Weight of a Photograph, by Jelena Dunato. (Zooscape - April)
3. Chrysalis Can Wait, by Mary E. Lowd. (Paw Prints Beyond the Moon - July)
4. Frond Farewell, by Mary E. Lowd. (Animal Voices, Unicorn Whispers - October)
5. Jellyfish for Dinner, by Mary E. Lowd. (Animal Voices, Unicorn Whispers - October)
6. The Muddy Unicorn, by Mary E. Lowd. (Deep Sky Anchor - January)
7. Treegadoon, by Mary E. Lowd. (Animal Voices, Unicorn Whispers - October)
8. What the Eyes Covet and the Stomach Craves, by Mary E. Lowd. (Brunch at the All Alien Cafe, March)
9. Sun Runner: An Imbrium Novella by Frances Pauli. (Amazon - May)
10. The Three-Piece Giant, by Gabrielle Steele. (Zooscape - April)
11. The Frog Wife, by Rebecca E. Treasure. Zooscape - August)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic General Literary Work

           [Story collections, comic collections, convention program books and the like.]

1. Lauren Ipsum Throws the Book At You, by Charles Brubaker. (Smallbug Press - comic strip collection - January 1)
2. Swords and Sausages Volume Two, by Jan (TigerKnight - comics collection - March 31)
3. Animal Voices, Unicorn Whispers, by Mary E. Lowd. (Deep Sky Anchor Press - short story collection - October)
4. Brunch at the All Alien Cafe, by Mary E. Lowd. (Deep Sky Anchor Press - short story collection - March)
5. Labrador Lieutenant, by Mary E. Lowd. (Deep Sky Anchor Press - short story collection, September)
6. Paw Prints Beyond the Moon, by Mary E. Lowd. (Deep Sky Anchor Press - short story collection - July)
7. Zooscape, Volume 4 (Issues 11-13) edited by Mary E. Lowd. (Deep Sky Anchor Press - anthology - August)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Non-Fiction Work

           [Includes opinion pieces and news articles.]

1. Anthrocon: Day 1 Compilation Unusual and Rare Fursuits 2024 - Kite's Visual Guide to the Furry Fandom - July 5)
2. Anthrocon to be biggest in 2024? Maybe (World in RooView - video - July 17)
3. Digging Up Positivity June'04: Fursuits, Furries, Charities, Animation & More! by Thabo Meerkat. (YouTube - video - June 29)
4. Fur Affinity hacked following Dragoneer's passing (World in RooView - video - August 26)
5. Fur Affinity owner Dragoneer and Hugo Nominated Vootie artist Taral Wayne pass away (World in RooView - video - August 12)
6. Utah school furry rumors can bite me. (World in RooView - video - April 29)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Graphic Story

           [Includes comic books and serialized online stories.]

1. 21 Century Fox, by Scott Kellogg (HiRezFox - January 1 to current)
2. Dragon(born), by Colarix. (Webtoons - page 43 to current) Mature Audiences.
3. Endtown, by Aaron Neathery. (GoComics - January 14 to current)
4. Freefall, by Mark Stanley. (Purrsia - January 1 to current)
5. Isla Aukate, by Foxenawolf. (Internet - end of "Puppet Show" to current)
6. Molly's Future Mishaps, by Peyton Partyhorn. (Internet - Chapters 39 to current)
7. Odaiment by Acil Gomes. (Webtoons - #10 to current)
8. Projection Edge, by Thomas K. Dye. (Keenspot - January 4 to current)
9. SlumberTown, by Macxi. (Internet - February 4 to current)
10. Swords and Sausages, by Jan (TigerKnight - February 4 to current)
11. Tamberlane, by Caytlin Vilbrandt and Ari Noble. (Internet - January 3 to current)
12. Twin Dragons, by Robin Dassen. (Internet - January 1 to current)
13. World of Vicki Fox, by Michael Russell (Internet - January 1 to current)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Comic Strip

           [For newspaper-style strips, including those with ongoing arcs.]

(Note - The Belfry contains links to a wide variety of comics including many anthropomorphic ones.)

1. Alpacomics!, by Oxfordinary (Webtoon - February 14 to current)
2. Animal Crackers , by Mike Osbun. (GoComics - January 1 to current)
3. Carry On, by Kathy Garrison. (HiRezFox - January 1 to current)
4. Damian Foxx, by Damian Foxx (Internet - January 1 to current)
5. Doc Rat, by Jenner. (Internet - January 1 to current)
6. Duncan and Eddie, by Chevril. (Twitter, Webtoons - March 24 to current)
7. Faux Pas, by Robert & Margaret Carspecken. (Internet - January 1 to current)
8. Foxes in Love, by Toivo Kaartinen. (Tumblr - Jan 1 to current)
9. Freefall, by Mark Stanley. (Purrsia - January 2 to current)
10. Frostbitten, by Jack Brady. (Internet - February to current)
11. Hyacinth and Sal, by David Fruner. (Internet - January 1 to current)
12. Kingdom of Cats, by Rachel Mills. (Internet - January 1 to current)
13. Lauren Ipsum, by Charles Brubaker. (Internet - January 1 to current)
14. MythTickle, by Justin Thompson. (Go Comics - January 1 to December 29)
15. Nine to Nine, by Jan (TigerKnight - January 1 to current)
16. Nothing Doing, by Horse On VHS. (Internet - January 1 to current)
17. Otterly Human, by Jaime and Connor. (Twitter - January 7 to current)
18. Phoebe and Her Unicorn, by Dana Simpson. (Go Comics - January 1 to current)
19. Pixie and Brutus, by Pet Foolery (Webtoons - #148 to current)
20. Sabrina Online: Stripes and Links, by Eric W. Schwartz. (Internet - January 1 to current)
21. Savestate, by Tim Weeks. (Internet - January 3 to current)
22. Slack Wyrm, by Joshua Wright. (Internet - January 2 to current)
23. Space Deer, by indiana-jonas. (Internet - #1 to current)
24. Welcome to HappyMart, by David Miller. (Internet - January 4 to current)
25. The Whiteboard, by Doc N. (Internet - January 1 to current)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Visual Art

           [Illustrations for books, magazines, convention program books, cover art for such, online art, T-shirt art, coffee table portfolios.]

1. Behane - Smaugust 02 - Furaffinity - August 2.
2. Buster_BrOwn - Airborne Wolf - FurAffinity - August 16.
3. Denucard - Memory Drive - Twitter - September 21.
4. Denucard - Radiant Memories - Twitter - October 7.
5. Denucard - picture - Twitter - October 1.
6. Dreamkeepers - Vivid Heroines Unite - Fur Affinity - January 3.
7. KlaraPL - [Comm] Bow to Me - Deviant Art - February 6.
8. Royz - Adventurers & Explorers - Fur Affinity - July 9.
9. zez - Drifting on a Moonlight Breeze - Furaffinity - August 3.

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Music

1. 808 Compact, by David Wojcieschowski - album - August.
2. Sad, Drunk and Needy, by WHSPRS - album - February 15.
3. Where Will the Animals Sleep? Songs for Kids & Other Living Things, by William Shatner - album - March 12.

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Magazine

           [Edited collections of creative and/or informational works by various people, professional or amateur, published in print or online in written, pictorial or audio-visual form.]

1. Dogpatch Press, edited by Patch O'Furr. (Internet - January to current)
2. Flayrah, edited by GreenReaper. (Internet - January 1 to current)
3. Furry Weekly, edited by Yeshua and Sunni. (Internet - Issue 285 to current)
4. InFurNation, edited by Rod O'Riley. (Internet - January 2 to current)
5. The Voice of Dog, hosted by Rob MacWolf. (Internet - January 1 to current)
6. Zooscape, edited by Mary E. Lowd. (Internet - April to end of year)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Website

           [Online collections of art, stories, and other creative and/or informational works. Includes galleries, story archives, directories, blogs, and personal sites.]

1. The Belfry WebComics Index - Extensive database of furry and other web comics.
2. Fluffle - reverse image search for the furry community
3. FurAffinity - furry community, art.
4. Skyehigh Studios, by Skye - Comprehensive fursuit making video instructions, commissions etc.
5. WikiFur - furry wiki.

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Game

           [Computer or console games, role-playing games, board games. No prereleases, just the finished version. Visual Novels an exception since I can't figure where to stick them yet. Suggestions?]

1. Animal Well (Developer: Shared Memory - Publisher: Bigmode (AKA Jason "videogamedunkey" Gastrow and Leah Gastrow) - May 9)
2. Another Crab's Treasure (Developer/Publisher: Aggro Crab - April 25)
3. Arches (Developer: Echo Project - Publisher: itch.io - October 07) Mature Audiences.
4. Biomorph (Developer/Publisher: Lucid Dreams Studio - April 5)
5. Black Myth: Wukong (Developer/Publisher: Game Science - August 20)
6. Bloomburrow (Developer/Publisher: Magic the Gathering - August 25)
7. Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus (Developer: Squid Shock Studios - Publisher: Humble Games - July 17)
8. Copycat (Developer: Spoonful of Wonder - Publisher: Neverland Entertainment, Nuuvem Inc, and Spoonful of Wonder - September 19)
9. Crypt Custodian (Developer: Kyle Thompson - Publishers: Kyle Thompson, Top Hat Studios, Inc., and H2 Interactive Co., Ltd. - August 27)
10. Farewell North (Developer: Kyle Banks - Publisher: Mooneye Studios - August 16)
11. Gori: Cuddly Carnage (Developer: Angry Demon Studio - Publishers: Wired Productions and CouchPlay Interactive (Greater China) - August 29)
12. The Hayseed Knight (Developer/Publisher: Sandra 'Maxi' Molina (SandraMJdev) - February 29)
13. Just Crow Things (Developer/Publisher: Unbound Creations - August 15)
14. Kristala (Developer/Publisher: Astral Clocktower Studios - June 6)
15. Little Kitty, Big City (Developer/Publisher: Double Dagger Studio - May 9)
16. Nikoderiko: The Magical World (Developer: Vea Games, Publisher: Knights Peak - October 15)
17. Nine Sols (Developer/Publisher: Red Candle Games - May 29)
18. Rivals of Aether II (Developer/Publisher: Aether Studios - October 23)
19. Ufouria The Saga 2 (Developer/Publisher: SUNSOFT - February 28)
20. Umbraclaw (Developer/Publisher: INTI CREATES - May 30)
21. Webfishing (Developer/Publisher: lamedeveloper - October 12)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Costume a.k.a. Fursuit

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Miscellany