As one of the premier Japanese productions that fulfills the heartfelt desires of anime fans, Toho Animation is really on a roll! More than a month after launching its most recent TV anime premiere, Kaiju No. 8, on April 13, the renowned studio announced on May 22 (JST) that an anime adaptation of the award-winning manga series The Darwin Incident is officially in the works. doing. ,
Teasing the upcoming new anime title, Toho Animation also revealed the series’ key teaser scene, which raises an important question, “Why are only humans special?” Promoted as “the human and non-human drama” series, the production banner confirmed that future releases of Shun Umezawa’s sci-fi social thriller will air on TV.
Darwin Incident Anime Announcement Post
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However, the specifics of the show’s release window and the cast and crew involved in its production were not revealed. A day before the official news of the anime was revealed, media sources shouted that a new Toho Animation anime would be announced to be released on May 22 at 12am JST.
Once the countdown time ended, a teaser featuring the manga’s main characters, Charlie and Lucy, was revealed. Along with the picture teaser, a special commemorative illustration by the famous mangaka was also released.
About Darwin Incident Manga
As the prestigious winner of the Excellence Awards at the 15th Manga Taisho and Japan Media Arts Festival, Shun Umezawa’s manga series was first serialized in Kodansha’s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon in 2020. Some other congratulatory accolades under the manga’s belt are its topping Kono Manga ga Sugoi’s male readership ranking chart and being ranked at number 10 in France’s Assie de la Critique award.
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Kodansha USA handles its official English translations and describes the story as follows:
“The Animal Liberation Alliance, an eco-terrorist organization, rescues a pregnant chimpanzee from an animal testing laboratory so she can give birth to a half-human, half-chimpanzee “humanji” named Charlie! Fifteen years later, Charlie’s human The foster parents are finally ready to send him to a normal high school, where he makes his first friend: a human girl named Lucy. However, in the meantime, ALA’s stance has become more extreme, and now they Here to drag Charlie into their terrorist plot…”
