New visuals of Charlie and Lucy from the TV anime "The Darwin Incident," based on the manga by Shun Umezawa, which was also the subject of much discussion after being selected as the winner of the Manga Taisho 2022 Grand Prize, have been released. The visuals were released to coincide with Monkey Day on December 14th, and character designer Shinpei Tomooka has created a new drawing of Charlie and Lucy with the keyword "monkey."
"The Darwin Incident" has been serialized in "Monthly Afternoon" (Kodansha) since 2020. Charlie, a "humanzee" born between a human and a chimpanzee, faces the problems that "humans" face, such as terrorism, online outrage, and discrimination.
The series has sold over 1.8 million copies in total. It has swept all the manga awards, including being ranked 10th in the men's edition of "This Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2022," the Excellence Award in the Manga Division of the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival, and 2nd in the "Recommended Comics of 2022 Selected by Comics Editors at Publishing Companies." It was also selected for the Asia section of "BD Gest'Arts" at the 50th Angoulême International Comics Festival in France, and is gaining popularity not only in Japan but also overseas.
The anime will be directed by Tsuda Naokatsu and produced by Bellnox Films.
