FOOL NIGHT anime adaptation by studios SHAFT and SUNRISE was officially announced, revealing a teaser trailer, visual, cast, and 2026 Netflix release. This is the first-ever joint project between the two studios. Atsuyuki Yukawa will direct, with the anime being his directorial debut. The anime will feature character designs by Robert Sato, with Jin Tanaka in charge of the series composition.
The full staff includes:
- Director: Atsushi Yukawa
- Series Composition: Jin Tanaka
- Character Design: Robert Sato
- Assistant Director: Ryo Shimura
- Visual Development: Ryo Kikuchi
- Background Director: Maki Takano (J.C.STAFF)
- Color Design: Hitoshi Hibino
- Compositing Director: Mana Ishikawa (Animocaramel),Chiaki Tokuda (TERAEFFECT),Takayuki Aizu (SHAFT)
- CG Director: Naoki Yamamoto,Junya Hirano
- Editing: Rie Matsubara (Seyama Editorial Office)
- Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
- Music: Tatsuya Kato
- Animation Production: SUNRISE×SHAFT
The main voice cast includes:
- Koki Uchiyama as Toshiro Kamiya
- Minako Kotobuki as Yomiko Horai
The two characters are also featured in the teaser visual:
Fool Night is a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Kasumi Yasuda. The series began serialization in Shogakukan’s Big Comic Superior magazine in November 2020 and has released twelve volumes so far. It is also available in English through VIZ Media in North America and Shogakukan Asia in Southeast Asia.
Set in a future where sunlight no longer reaches Earth and oxygen is running out, Fool Night follows a society that survives through “transfloration,” a process that turns humans into plants. The story centers on Toshiro Kamiya, a struggling young man who chooses this transformation but unexpectedly gains the ability to hear plants, leading him into work that connects humans with their transformed loved ones. The official introduction:
Official introduction:
Hurry up and turn me into a beautiful flower.
Transfloration — a technology that implants seeds into the bodies of those near death, transforming them into plants. It is the desperate measure humanity has chosen to ensure its survival.
In a distant future where thick clouds cover the sky, trapping Earth in constant winter and night, most of the planet’s vegetation has withered away. Facing a serious oxygen shortage, humanity has built a society that relies on the meager amount of oxygen provided by Transfloration.
A young man, Toshiro Kamiya, lives in poverty and works hard to pay taxes, cover living expenses, and afford medication for his mentally ill mother. However, the cruel reality around him gradually eats away at his hope.
Living… there isn’t a single thing fun about it.
In this dark world full of despair, he chooses the path of the “Spiriflor” — the plants that humans transform into.
Should he continue living as a human being, or cast off his suffering and start a new life as a plant?
Which path would you choose in his situation?
Source: Official X
©Kasumi Yasuda/Shogakukan/“Fool Night” Production Committee
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