The anime will stream exclusively on Prime Video worldwide.
Toho Animation has revealed that the upcoming animal rights thriller, “The Darwin Incident”, is all set to premiere on 6 January, 2026. The anime will be streamed exclusively for global viewers on Prime Video. Additionally, a new trailer as well as additional cast have been unveiled.
“The Darwin Incident” additional cast and other information
Joining the cast of “The Darwin Incident” are:
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Gilbert Stein
- Rina Sato as Hannah Stein
- Yoji Ueda as Philip Graham
- Kaito Ishikawa as Gale
- Hiroya Egashira as Lesley K. Lippman
Other cast members are:
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Charlie
- Mitsuho Kambe as Lucy Eldred
- Akio Otsuka as Rivera Feyerabend
The anime is directed by Naokatsu Tsuda at Bellnox Films. Katsuichi Nakayama is serving as series director, while Shinichi Inotsume is overseeing series composition. Shinpei Tomooka is designing the characters, and Alisa Okehazama and Mariko Horikawa compose the music. The opening theme song, “Make Me Wonder” is performed by Official Hige Dandism.
The anime adapts Shun Umezawa’s seinen manga of the same title. It has been serialised in Kodansha’s Monthly Afternoon magazine since 2020, and is still ongoing with over 1.6 million copies in circulation, as of 2024. So far, it has been collected into nine tankobon volumes. Kodansha USA distributes the manga in English.
The manga has also raked in a number of awards, including the 15th Manga Taisho Award in 2022, and the Excellence Award at the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival.
The official website for the series describes the story through a machine translation as:
Charlie, a boy living in a rural area of Missouri, USA, is a "Humanzee," a half-human and half-chimpanzee, with intelligence beyond that of a human, and physical abilities beyond that of a chimpanzee.
At the age of 15, Charlie enrolls in school for the first time at the urging of his human foster parents, where he meets Lucy, a bright but communication-challenged girl.
Charlie's peaceful school life is short-lived, as he is targeted by ALA, a terrorist organization that advocates "animal liberation" due to his unique origins!To protect his family and Lucy, Charlie chooses to confront the ALA.
"Terrorism," "discrimination," "human rights," "flaming"... Charlie, a "non-human," confronts the problems humans face alongside Lucy.
The human and non-human drama begins here!