>>110439019What I meant is that some of the anthropomorphic and "dumb" animals are too similar for comfort.
Mao Mao and many other anthros in the show look like upright-standing animals with cartoony, expressive faces. If Penny and Benny started walking on all fours they wouldn't look that different from a regular dog, and you could easily mistake Tanner for a Silent Bob type of character. Before Parker's tweet about Tanner being Coby's Bao Bao everyone thought that he was sapient, some even shipped them together/thought they were husbands. The only outward sign that he's not sapient was his bead-like, inexpressive eyes, but then again, Marion has similar ones.
It's not just appearance where the lines can get a bit blurry. Bao Bao at least is shown to be smarter than a real dog, he can write a message and is somehow able to "talk" with his owner. Mao Mao also hisses like a cat and runs on all fours on one occasion.
I also find it a bit odd that the protagonist is a cat with a pet dog and yet there's like zero jokes/lampshading about it. Plus it's weird to see a shiba that's bigger than its owner.
