Fool Night Reveals Trailer, Tempalay and Nowlu Themes, Netflix Debut
Bandai Namco Filmworks released a main trailer, new key visual, theme song credits and additional cast for the television anime adaptation of Kasumi Yasuda's Fool Night manga on Thursday.
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Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
Why it matters
The trailer confirms a full Netflix launch rather than a weekly rollout, and the pair of studios, Sunrise and SHAFT, are credited together on the project as a joint production.
Key Facts
- Netflix will debut the entire Fool Night anime on November 26.
- Tempalay performs the opening theme "Shake! spit out" and Nowlu performs the ending theme "Iki" for Fool Night.
- Shion Wakayama joins the Fool Night cast as Sumi Matsuno, with Nobuhiko Okamoto as Nishi and Sayaka Senbongi as Meg Okumura.
- Atsuyuki Yukawa directs the Fool Night anime at Sunrise and SHAFT, with Jin Tanaka writing the script.
- Kasumi Yasuda's Fool Night manga runs in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior and has 13 compiled volumes.
Tempalay performs the opening song "Shake! spit out," and Nowlu performs the ending song "Iki" (the title rendered as the Japanese word for breath). The new cast includes Shion Wakayama as Sumi Matsuno, the late Hiroshi Tsuchida as Ken Hikasa, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Nishi, Sayaka Senbongi as Meg Okumura and Yumiko Kobayashi as Ivy. Netflix will debut the entire series on November 26. Atsuyuki Yukawa directs at Sunrise and SHAFT, with Jin Tanaka writing the script, Robert Sato designing characters and Tatsuya Kato composing. The manga runs in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior, launched in November 2020, and reached 13 compiled volumes with the release on June 30.
The trailer also comes with a full staff list beyond the headline credits. Ryō Shimura is assistant director, Ryō Kikuchi handles visual development, Maki Takano is art director, Jin Hibino is color designer and Rie Matsubara edits.
Anime Corner describes the Sunrise and SHAFT pairing as the two studios' first-ever joint project, and says the anime will be Atsuyuki Yukawa's directorial debut. It also describes the series as previously confirmed for a 2026 release. The November 26 date in the trailer is when Netflix debuts the whole series.
The previously announced Japanese cast returns:
- Kōki Uchiyama as Toshiro Kamiya
- Minako Kotobuki as Yomiko Horai
- Junya Enoki as Akira Yatsuka
- Aya Endō as Saeko Kanaeno
- Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Jin Hiragishi
An English dub cast was announced with the previous trailer, and an English dub version of the trailer is also out. Viz Media licensed the manga for North America and Shogakukan Asia handles Southeast Asia. The story follows Kamiya, who takes the transfloration process that turns humans into plants and gains the ability to hear them. The manga ranked 12th on the male reader list in the 2023 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook.
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