In general, the focus lately has been on the movie trilogy that’s making its way through the circuit this year and next for Ajin. But while that’s going on, we’re moving closer to the debut of the TV series adaptation of Ajin. The official Twitter feed has now shared a new cast key visual and it definitely has a distinctive look about it that’s either going to work or really not work for fans. The show will premiere on January 15th at 25:55 as part of the late-night block in Japan. The thirteen episode series has also had its ending theme performer revealed with Mamoru Miyano handling it.
The series was previously picked up by Netflix, who at the time stated, “This deal marks a milestone in how Anime is distributed on a global scale giving quicker and more efficient access to great Anime titles to Netflix members and fans around the world at the same time. AJIN: Demi-Human is the latest Anime title from Polygon Pictures to premiere exclusively on Netflix outside of Japanese broadcast with Knights of Sidonia premiering last summer to strong fanfare.”
The manga has been doing well in Japan since it launched in 2012 and it’s gotten some solid acclaim here since Vertical began publishing it. The timing works well for them too as the fifth volume of the manga came out in September, bringing them largely up to date. Crunchyroll is handling the digital presentation of the manga series, making it available to a large number of fans.
Plot concept: Based on the manga by Gamon Sakurai, AJIN: Demi-Human, published by KODANSHA Ltd., is about a young high-school student who is hit by a truck and dies only to discover that he is, in fact, demi-human, an “Ajin.” What he finds are dozens of others who are also Ajins; all of whom are being hunted and trying to survive.