An expanded cast for the TV anime THE DARWIN INCIDENT, based on Shun Umezawa‘s work, has been revealed. Alongside the cast announcement, a new trailer has been released, featuring snippets of the theme song “Make Me Wonder” by OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM and voices of the newly announced characters.
The series will be available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video starting January 6.
Main Trailer:
Key Visual:
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Gilbert Stein
Rina Sato as Hannah Stein
Yoji Ueda as Phillip Graham
Kaito Ishikawa as Gale
Hiroya Egashira as Lesley K. Lippman
CAST:
Atsumi Tanezaki as Charlie
Mitsuho Kambe as Lucy Eldred
Akio Otsuka as Rivera Feyerabend
STAFF:
Director: Naokatsu Tsuda
Series Director: Katsuichi Nakayama
Series Composition: Shinichi Inozume
Character Design: Shinpei Tomooka
Animation Production: BELLNOX FILMS
THE DARWIN INCIDENT, winner of the prestigious Manga Taisho and an Excellence Award at the Japanese Media Arts Festival, combines thrilling action with profound social commentary.
KODANSHA USA handles the English version of the manga, and describes the first volume as follows:
The Animal Liberation Alliance, an eco-terrorist organization, rescues a pregnant chimpanzee from an animal testing lab-only for it to give birth to a half-human, half-chimpanzee “humanzee” named Charlie! Fifteen years later, Charlie’s human foster parents are finally ready to send him to a normal high school, where he makes his first friend: a human girl named Lucy. In the meantime, however, the ALA’s stance has become ever more extreme, and now they’re here to drag Charlie into their terrorist plot…
Source: Comic Natalie
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