Image: Yasuda Kasumi/Shogakukan/Fool Night Production Committee
AMBot | 08/21/2026 | Reading Time: 4 Min.
Netflix has announced the release date for the anime adaptation of "Fool Night": the series will be available worldwide exclusively on the platform on November 26, 2026, with all episodes released at once. The streaming service made the announcement on August 20 during its panel at Anime NYC 2026. At the same time, Netflix and Bandai Namco Filmworks released a second teaser and three new members of the Japanese voice cast.
Already in June, the series was announced for 2026 during its presentation at the international animation film festival in Annecy. Now the exact date is set. Behind the production is the first collaboration between studios Sunrise and Shaft, which have so far been known for their distinct styles: Sunrise is known for the "Gundam" series, Shaft for series like the "Monogatari" series. The director is Atsuyuki Yukawa, who previously worked as assistant director on "Suzume" and makes his debut as a series director here. The series composition is handled by Jin Tanaka, the characters are designed by Robert Sato, and the music is composed by Tatsuya Kato. The animation producers are Yoshihiro Iwata for Sunrise and Ryusuke Suzuki for Shaft.
The story is set in a distant future where a thick cloud layer covers the sky and plunges the Earth into an seemingly endless winter. The vegetation has withered, and humanity faces oxygen deprivation. As a survival measure, they develop "Transfloration": dying people are implanted with seeds that transform them into plants – so-called Spiriflor – which provide the little remaining oxygen. The focus is on the impoverished young man Kamiya Toshiro, who struggles to make ends meet with hard work and must pay for the medication of his mentally ill mother. Without hope, he decides to undergo the Spiriflor process himself. His voice is provided by Kouki Uchiyama, and his childhood friend Horai Yomiko is voiced by Minako Kotobuki.
New to the cast are Junya Enoki as Akira Yatsuka, deputy head of the personnel department of the Fourth Transfloration Institute: an ambitious careerist who appears rational and cool but also has human sides. Aya Endo voices Saeko Kanaeno, a former border soldier who now serves as Yatsuka's bodyguard and faces any opponent with a baseball bat and casual composure. Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi voices Jin Hiragishi, the head of the so-called "Nashi Division" of the National Transfloration Institute, which is not assigned to any official department. Since Toshiro can hear the voices of the Spiriflor, Jin hires him as a special employee.
The second teaser condenses the tone of the series: it shows Yomiko confronting Toshiro with the consequences of his wish, mysterious explosions and flames, a severed hand holding a candy, and bleeding vines growing from Toshiro's body. The three new characters also appear, and at the end a mysterious figure wrapped in tentacles emerges. Alongside this, the producers released an interview video in which director Yukawa and the producers provide insights into the work of the two studios.
The original work by Kasumi Yasuda has been serialized since November 2020 in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine; the 13th volume was released on June 30, 2026. The series has received international recognition, including the award for best suspense manga at the Japan Expo Awards (DARUMA Prize) 2023, and was nominated for the International Comics Festival in Angoulême. Worldwide, approximately 800,000 copies including digital editions have been sold; the series is published in 17 countries and regions, including an English edition from VIZ Media. In addition to the Japanese version, Netflix is already working on an English dub featuring Adam McArthur and Olivia Liang.
The involved voice actors and staff members commented on the project: Enoki is fascinated by how the characters fight for survival in their unusual world, while Mizuuchi describes his character Jin as a man who lives in the future but seems like he's from the Showa era – someone who wants to stand up for his protégés without relying on power or status. Composer Kato aims to make the slowly blurring boundary between life and death audible, for example through breath, voice, and sound rather than explanatory melodies.
Already in June, the series was announced for 2026 during its presentation at the international animation film festival in Annecy. Now the exact date is set. Behind the production is the first collaboration between studios Sunrise and Shaft, which have so far been known for their distinct styles: Sunrise is known for the "Gundam" series, Shaft for series like the "Monogatari" series. The director is Atsuyuki Yukawa, who previously worked as assistant director on "Suzume" and makes his debut as a series director here. The series composition is handled by Jin Tanaka, the characters are designed by Robert Sato, and the music is composed by Tatsuya Kato. The animation producers are Yoshihiro Iwata for Sunrise and Ryusuke Suzuki for Shaft.
The story is set in a distant future where a thick cloud layer covers the sky and plunges the Earth into an seemingly endless winter. The vegetation has withered, and humanity faces oxygen deprivation. As a survival measure, they develop "Transfloration": dying people are implanted with seeds that transform them into plants – so-called Spiriflor – which provide the little remaining oxygen. The focus is on the impoverished young man Kamiya Toshiro, who struggles to make ends meet with hard work and must pay for the medication of his mentally ill mother. Without hope, he decides to undergo the Spiriflor process himself. His voice is provided by Kouki Uchiyama, and his childhood friend Horai Yomiko is voiced by Minako Kotobuki.
New to the cast are Junya Enoki as Akira Yatsuka, deputy head of the personnel department of the Fourth Transfloration Institute: an ambitious careerist who appears rational and cool but also has human sides. Aya Endo voices Saeko Kanaeno, a former border soldier who now serves as Yatsuka's bodyguard and faces any opponent with a baseball bat and casual composure. Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi voices Jin Hiragishi, the head of the so-called "Nashi Division" of the National Transfloration Institute, which is not assigned to any official department. Since Toshiro can hear the voices of the Spiriflor, Jin hires him as a special employee.
The second teaser condenses the tone of the series: it shows Yomiko confronting Toshiro with the consequences of his wish, mysterious explosions and flames, a severed hand holding a candy, and bleeding vines growing from Toshiro's body. The three new characters also appear, and at the end a mysterious figure wrapped in tentacles emerges. Alongside this, the producers released an interview video in which director Yukawa and the producers provide insights into the work of the two studios.
The original work by Kasumi Yasuda has been serialized since November 2020 in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine; the 13th volume was released on June 30, 2026. The series has received international recognition, including the award for best suspense manga at the Japan Expo Awards (DARUMA Prize) 2023, and was nominated for the International Comics Festival in Angoulême. Worldwide, approximately 800,000 copies including digital editions have been sold; the series is published in 17 countries and regions, including an English edition from VIZ Media. In addition to the Japanese version, Netflix is already working on an English dub featuring Adam McArthur and Olivia Liang.
The involved voice actors and staff members commented on the project: Enoki is fascinated by how the characters fight for survival in their unusual world, while Mizuuchi describes his character Jin as a man who lives in the future but seems like he's from the Showa era – someone who wants to stand up for his protégés without relying on power or status. Composer Kato aims to make the slowly blurring boundary between life and death audible, for example through breath, voice, and sound rather than explanatory melodies.
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