A new anime adaptation is in the works with the reveal that Darwin’s Game is getting one as we learned back in November 2018. The Japanese social media side has updated to reveal a new key visual you can see below as well as a January 3rd, 2020 premiere date for the series. The full broadcast schedule is below as well. Yoshinobu Tokumoto is directing based on the scripts by Shu Miyama. Kazuya Nakanishi is on board for the character designs with Nexus handling the animation production.
The previously announced Japanese cast includes:
- Yūsuke Kobayashi as Kaname
- Reina Ueda is Shuka
- Nichika Omori as Rain
- Taku Yashiro as Ryūji
- Yumiri Hanamori as Sui/Sōta
The manga comes from creator FLIPFLOPs which began in 2012 as serialized in Bessatsu Shonen Champion. It has sixteen volumes out as of the original announcement and over two million copies in print in total for the run.
Mashiro Ayano is on board with the song “Alive” as the ending theme song
This isn’t the first anime adaptation of their works as we previously saw The Everyday Tales of a Cat God adapted.
【✨2020年1月3日(金)放送開始✨】
TVアニメ「ダーウィンズゲーム」が2020年1月3日(金)よりTOKYO MXほかにて放送決定!👏
そして初回放送はなんと1時間放送!!
1月3日(金)からの放送をお楽しみに!https://t.co/z7vp9NAh3i#Dゲーム pic.twitter.com/gsqEOPbZtO— 「ダーウィンズゲーム」公式 (@d_game_official) November 25, 2019
【✨第2弾キービジュアル公開✨】
2020年1月3日(金)24時より放送開始となる、TVアニメ「ダーウィンズゲーム」の第2弾キービジュアルを公開!!
サンセットレーベンズのメンバーが集結している、ダーウィンズゲームの魅力が詰まったビジュアルとなっています!https://t.co/QlCFiRGIe7#Dゲーム pic.twitter.com/OZZW3DuAnR— 「ダーウィンズゲーム」公式 (@d_game_official) November 25, 2019
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: The series focuses on Kaname Sudō, a high school boy who is drawn to a mysterious game app titled “Darwin’s Game.” He becomes involved in a social game where the stakes are life or death.