Fool Night Anime to Debut on Netflix This Year

An anime adaptation of the Fool Night manga has been announced with a teaser trailer and teaser visual. It will be released on Netflix sometime in 2026.

The anime is a Sunrise and SHAFT co-production, with Atsushi Yukawa (Suzume co-unit director) in the director’s seat. Other staff include Jin Tanaka (OSHI NO KO) as series composer, Robert Sato as character designer, Ryo Shimura (Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season Episode 7 and 8 director) as assistant director, Ryo Kikuchi as visual developer, J.C.STAFF’s Maki Takano as background art director, Hitoshi Hibino (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) as color designer, and Animo Caramel’s Kazunari Ishikawa, Tera Effect’s Chiaki Tokuda, and SHAFT’s Takayuki Aizu (Bakemonogatari) as compositing directors. Koki Uchiyama and Minako Kotobuki are starring as Toshiro Kamiya and Yomiko Horai, respectively.

The synopsis reads:

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.  In this dark world full of despair, he chooses the path of the “Spiriflor” — the plants that humans transform into.

The Fool Night manga by Kasumi Yasuda began serialization in Shogakukan’s Big Comic Superior seinen magazine in 2020 and has 12 volumes as of January 2026. Viz Media has it in English.

Source: @foolnight_anime