Fool Night on Netflix: Becoming a Plant to Survive in a World Without Sunlight

In Fool Night, continuing to live can mean giving up your human body. This animated adaptation of Kasumi Yasuda’s manga, announced for Netflix, imagines a future in which permanent cloud cover has deprived the planet of sunlight and wiped out much of its vegetation.

To produce the oxygen essential for survival, a technique transforms humans into plants. Toshiro Kamiya, a young man struggling to make a living and pay for his mother’s medication, signs up for the process. His transformation sets him on the trail of a conspiracy.

The anime is directed by Atsushi Yukawa and brings together the Sunrise and Shaft studios. All episodes will be released at once.

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