The Darwin Incident (2026)

Original title

ダーウィン事変

Genre

animation, sci-fi & fantasy

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 13 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A human-animal hybrid teenager navigates a world that fears and hates him. He gets drawn into a conflict between an eco-terrorist group and a government agency.

suspensefulthought-provokingdarktenseemotionalphilosophicalunsettlingslow-burn

What happens

The Darwin Incident (Japanese: ダーウィン事変, Hepburn: Dāwin Jihen) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shun Umezawa. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since June 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by Bellnox Films aired from January to April 2026. By May 2024, the manga had over 1.6 million copies in circulation. In 2022, The Darwin Incident won the 15th Manga Taishō, as well as the Excellence Award at the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival. It won the 50th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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