To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts (かつて神だった獣たちへ) is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Maybe (manga artist duo). It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from June 2014 to June 2023, with its chapters collected in fifteen volumes. The manga is licensed for English release in North America by Vertical. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by MAPPA was broadcast from July to September 2019.
Plot
100 years after settlers on the continent of Patria established a democratic nation, The nation of Patria split between the industrial Northern Union and the mining towns of the Southern Confederation began fighting the war. While the South had greater numbers, the North had a secret weapon: The Incarnates, soldiers who could transform into giant mythical beasts and single-handedly destroy enemy emplacements. However, when the war ended and a peace treaty was negotiated, the Incarnates were supposed to be destroyed. With the war over, a forward Incarnate troop captain named Hank has made it his mission to hunt down the surviving Incarnates, assisted by a young woman named Nancy who blames him for killing her father.