Lucky Beast

The Lucky Beasts are a group of small, bipedal, armless robots tasked with the maintenance of Japari Park and the Friends living there. Called simply Boss by Friends, they are designed as robotic Park Guides and handle all varieties of tasks essential to keeping the massive, open zoo up and running. Lucky Beasts were first featured in the Kemono Friends anime.

Appearance
Lucky Beasts are small, bipedal robots with large, pointed ear-like appendages protruding from their egg-shaped bodies. The tips of their ears are a deep blue, but the majority of their bodies are a baby blue, save for a round white patch on their stomachs which extends to their three-toed feet. A fluffy, striped tail, alternating in color between the two blues found on the rest of their body, is connected to the back of the Lucky Beasts' bodies and bears resemblance to the hair ornaments worn by Kako. They have small, black, oval eyes. Lucky Beasts also wear a simple, gray belt resembling a collar. There is a black panel with lens-like hardware built in attached to the front of their bodies.

A "customized" design of a Lucky Beast was revealed at Kemono Friends' exhibition at the Parco Museum in Ikebukuro. Its light blue/dark blue color scheme has been replaced with black and red-violet, and its collar now features the yellow and black stripes often seen on barricade tape. The panel on its chest has been replaced with the symbol for Genbu. Whether other models exist is as-of-yet unknown.

Behavior
Under normal circumstances, Lucky Beasts manage Japari Park and are responsible for the production and distribution of Japari Buns. They are numerous and can be seen all around the park. The concentration of Lucky Beasts appears to be roughly proportionate to the number of Friends in a given place -- if many Friends gather (e.g. for an event), more Lucky Beasts will accompany them. They almost never speak to Friends and complete their work in total silence. In fact, most Friends who meet Lucky, traveling in the company of the human Kaban are astounded to learn that Lucky Beasts can speak to begin with. Only when a human is potentially in danger will they address Friends directly; the robots were clearly built with the purpose of serving their human masters.

In the presence of humans, the demeanor and function of Lucky Beasts changes entirely. Breaking their usual silence, they are capable of understanding speech and speaking themselves. They perform a duty similar to that of a tour guide, asking for the human's name and where they'd like to go upon introduction. They provide directions to places and, when appropriate, explain facts and give trivia about Japari Park and the Friends living there. It should be noted that, while this information is extensive and based in fact, some of it is out of date. As Japari Park has fallen into ruin since the departure of humanity, some features (such as bridges or modes of transportation) that Lucky Beasts speak of no longer exist or are in a state of disrepair. Lucky Beasts are nevertheless intelligent, autonomous robots that are able to come up with backup plans or locate detours when necessary.