Netflix Unveils First Images of ‘Fool Night,’ Its New Anime Series (EXCLUSIVE)

The adaptation of the manga by Kasumi Yasuda also marks a historic collaboration between studios Sunrise and Shaft

By Kambole Campbell

Kambole Campbell

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Netflix is announcing at Annecy an anime series adaptation of “Fool Night,” the critically acclaimed manga written by Kasumi Yasuda and currently serialized in Shogakukan Inc.’s Big Comic Superior.

Netflix will launch the series in 2026.  The announcement, which is being made at a Netflix Anime panel on Tuesday, marks the first-ever collaboration between two of Japan’s most prolific anime studios: Sunrise, known for the “Mobile Suit Gundam” franchise and works like “Cowboy Bebop,” and Shaft, renowned for the unique and vivid style of “Puella Magi Madoka Magica” and the “Monogatari” series. 

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