The Darwin Incident releases new Trailer and introduces its voice cast

The respective official media for the anime adaptation of the manga The Darwin Incident (Darwin Jihen) a new promotional video for the series has been released to the public, as well as a new visual image. Additionally, the video introduces the first members of the voice cast to participate in the anime.

Let us remember that the anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan during the month of January 2026.

The Darwin Incident – ​​Official Trailer

The announced voice cast is as follows:

Atsumi Tanezakiknown for giving voice Frieren in Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Anya Forger in SPY x FAMILYwill play Charlie.

Mitsuho Kambeknown for giving voice to Izutsumi in Delicious in Dungeon and Oshizu Hebimori in Akebi's Sailor Uniformwill play Lucy Eldred.

Akio Ootsukaknown for giving voice All For One in My Hero Academia and Yuujirou Hanma in Bakiwill play Rivera Feyerabend.

The anime production team is as follows: Naokatsu Tsuda and Katsuichi Nakayama are in charge of directing the anime: The animation studio Bellnox Films is in charge of the production of the anime. Shinichi Inotsume He is in charge of the anime scripts. Shinpei Tomooka He is in charge of the character design of the anime.

The voice cast is made up of:

• Atsumi Tanezaki as Charlie
• Mitsuho Kambe as Lucy Eldred
• Akio Ootsuka as Rivera Feyerabend

Darwin Jihenalso known as The Darwin Incident In the West, it is a manga Sci-Fi which is written and illustrated by Shun Umezawa. This manga began its serialization in the magazine Monthly Afternoon from the Japanese publisher Kodansha since June 2020. Currently, the work is still in publication and has 9 compilation volumes published in total.

In May 2024, TOHO Animation announced the production of an anime adaptation for the manga The Darwin Incident.

Synopsis of The Darwin Incident:

The Animal Liberation Alliance, an eco-terrorist organization, rescues a pregnant chimpanzee from an animal experimentation laboratory so that she gives birth to a half-human, half-chimpanzee “humancé” named Charlie Stein. Fifteen years later, Charlie's adoptive parents are ready to send him to a normal high school, where he makes his first friend: a human girl named Lucy.

Meanwhile, however, the ALA's stance has become increasingly extreme, and now they are here to drag Charlie into their terrorist plot…

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