Manimals is a sci-fi/drama screenplay written by Mel Brooks Crow. It is an original multi-episode dystopian, speculative fiction series. Manimals utilizes computer-animated animal characters composed alongside real people, locations, and scenes, with a fictional storyline. LOGLINE: Required to take state-mandated therapy sessions for assaulting two men, an elephant shares his story of how he learned to walk, talk and find a new life in New York City.