Official website of the TV station Japanese cartoons of Umezawa Shunof Darwin Affair (Darwin Gillen) Comics released the show’s first promotional video on Friday, along with the three main cast members and key visuals.
©Shun Umezawashi/Kodansha/”The Darwin Affair” Production Committee
The animation will star:
©Shun Umezawashi/Kodansha/”The Darwin Affair” Production Committee
anime will debut Will be broadcast in January 2026 TV Tokyo and its affiliates.
Tsuda Naokatsu (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) is directing animation Bell Knox Films. Zhongshan Shengyi (Neon Genesis Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: three times) is the director of the series. Shinichi Ino (Persona 5 animation) is working on the series script. Tomoka Shinpei (Build Division – #000000 – Code Black) is designing the character. Barrel Arisa (Pharmacist’s Diary) and Mariko Horikawa (Sumikkogurashi – happy to be in the corner film) is creating music, and Giichi Iwanami (class, fate/zero) is the sound director.
Kodansha America Publishing Company The comic, which is licensed, describes the story:
Charlie was created in a bioscience laboratory as a half-human, half-chimpanzee hybrid known as “Humanzee.”
Charlie was raised by human adoptive parents and is now 15 years old and about to enter high school. There he meets Lucy, a smart loner who becomes his first friend.
But his “normal” life is disrupted when the animal rights extremist who rescued his mother from the lab fifteen years ago reappears as a terrorist bent on kidnapping Charlie at all costs.
Umezawa launched the manga in afternoon 2020 Magazine. Kodansha The ninth volume of the comic book was published on May 22. Kodansha America Publishing Company The eighth English volume will be released on September 23.
comics won The 15th Manga Taisho Awards in 2022. won The 25th Japan Comics Department Excellence Award from the Ministry of Culture of Japan media arts 2022 Film Festival Awards. Comics are also Ranking Ranked 10th among comics for male readers in the 2022 edition Baodao Societyof Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This comic is awesome!) Guide. The comic was nominated No. 47 and No. 48 annual Kodansha Winning Comic Awards in 2023 and 2024 respectively.
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