Ｓランクモンスターの《ベヒーモス》だけど、猫と間違われてエルフ娘の騎士（ペット）として暮らしてます
Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster!
Nobody asked to be a cat! After dying in a fight against the forces of evil, a knight is shocked to discover that instead of being reborn as a hero of humanity, he starts his new life as a behemoth-one of the most powerful monsters in the world! The only problem is that a baby behemoth looks an awful lot like...an adorable house cat?! Things grow even more confusing when a beautiful elf adventurer rescues him from the brink of death rather than finishing him off. This house-cat-slash-knight's baffling journey is just getting started... (Source: Yen Press)
Names
| Original | Ｓランクモンスターの《ベヒーモス》だけど、猫と間違われてエルフ娘の騎士（ペット）として暮らしてます (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | S-Rank Monster no "Behemoth" Dakedo, Neko to Machigawarete Elf Musume no Pet to Shite Kurashitemasu |
| English | Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! |
| Chinese | S級怪獸《貝希摩斯》被誤認成小貓，成為精靈女孩的騎士（寵物）一起生活 (traditional · via wikidata) |
| Also known as | I'm a "Behemoth," an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl's Pet · べヒ猫 · BeheNeko · S 級怪獸《貝希摩斯》被誤認成小貓，成為精靈女孩的騎士（寵物）一起生活 |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2024-12-28 → 2025-03-15 (Winter 2025) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | Zero-G, Saber Works |
| Source | Light novel |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Genres | ActionAdventureComedyEcchiFantasy |
| Themes | ElfAnimalsNudityDungeonMagicMonster GirlDragonsFairyKemonomimiDemonsShapeshiftingSwordplayAnthropomorphism |
| Streaming | HIDIVE · YouTube · Bilibili TV · iQ |
Reception
| Community score | 5.69 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 6.01 / 10 |
| Composite | 34.5 |
| On lists | 34,044 |
| Favourited | 539 (1.6%) |
| Completion | 54.4% |
| Drop rate | 14.3% |
| In backlog | 28.2% |
| Score spread σ | 2.06 |
Score distribution
129222913475476651,43861,76271,2238553939110302
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | Zero-G | E | 32 of 35 |
| Broadcast season | Winter 2025 | E | 62 of 65 |
| Year | 2024 | E | 290 of 297 |
| Genre | Ecchi | E | 677 of 745 |
| Demographic | Seinen | E | 751 of 775 |
| Source material | Light novel | E | 901 of 927 |
| Season (all years) | Winter | E | 1,480 of 1,557 |
| Genre | Adventure | E | 1,492 of 1,534 |
| Era | Early 2020s | E | 1,539 of 1,596 |
| Genre | Fantasy | E | 2,063 of 2,142 |
| Length | Single-cour | E | 2,528 of 2,668 |
| Genre | Action | E | 2,653 of 2,765 |
| Format | TV series | E | 3,183 of 3,322 |
| Genre | Comedy | E | 3,378 of 3,488 |
| Origin | Japan | E | 6,863 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Tetsuo Hirakawa, Tomoyuki Abe |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Kanichi Katou |
| Character design | Mitsuki Yano, Tomoyuki Abe |
| Original creator | Nozomi Ginyoku, Mitsuki Yano |
AniList id 176158 · MAL id 58473 · record updated 2026-08-27