Fool Night Sets Tempalay and Nowlu Themes, Adds Five Cast Members
The Fool Night anime released its key visual and main PV on November 5, ahead of a November 26 worldwide Netflix launch. Tempalay performs the opening theme, "Shake! spit out," and Nowlu performs the ending theme, "Iki."
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Why it matters
The cast roster carries a quiet production fact: Dai Tsuchida's role as Ken Hikasa was recorded before his death in October, so the announcement doubles as one of his final credited performances.
Key Facts
- Fool Night begins worldwide streaming on Netflix on November 26, 2026, with all episodes released at once.
- Tempalay performs the Fool Night opening theme "Shake! spit out," and Nowlu performs the ending theme "Iki."
- Five cast members were added to Fool Night: Shion Wakayama, Dai Tsuchida, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ayaka Senbongi, and Yumiko Kobayashi.
- A Street Tenshika Piano Exhibition runs at Tokyo Midtown from November 27 to 29, 2026, featuring works by flower artist Ayaka Ozono.
The main PV uses Tempalay's song over footage of the anti-Tenshika protests and the character Ivy. Five cast additions were named: Shion Wakayama as Sumi Matsuno, Dai Tsuchida as Ken Hikasa, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Nishi, Ayaka Senbongi as Megu Okumura, and Yumiko Kobayashi as Ivy. Sunrise and Shaft share animation production, described as their first tag-team collaboration. The key visual places Toshiro, Yomiko, Akira, Kano, and Jin under black clouds. A three-day Street Tenshika Piano Exhibition runs at Tokyo Midtown from November 27 to 29, with a playable piano and works by flower artist Ayaka Ozono. Tsuchida died in October; his comment was submitted during his lifetime.
The main PV opens on Yomiko Horai explaining the Tenshika procedure, then moves to anti-Tenshika demonstrations and a speech by Ken Hikasa, chairman of the Eijitsu Party. Shaft's Takayuki Aizu is credited as one of three directors of photography, alongside Manabu Ishikawa and Chiaki Tokuda, on a staff list that also names director Atsushi Yukawa, series composer Hitoshi Tanaka, and character designer Robert Sato.
Tempalay's comment says the band started from a Shakespeare passage quoted at the start of the manga, and the resulting lyrics address the craving for life, contradiction, and escape. Nowlu's comment on "Iki" ties the song to the social problems the story depicts, with the line "This is the scream of Toshiro and me." The source material by Yasuda Kasumi runs in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior and has passed 1 million copies in circulation. Koki Uchiyama voices Toshiro and Minako Kotobuki voices Yomiko.
- Sumi Matsuno: voiced by Shion Wakayama; a young pianist searching for her father, who became a spirit flower
- Ken Hikasa: voiced by Dai Tsuchida; chairman of the Eijitsu Party and an anti-Tenshika leader
- Nishi: voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto; plots to abolish the Tenshika system with Hikasa
- Megu Okumura: voiced by Ayaka Senbongi; a middle school student who joins anti-Tenshika demonstrations
- Ivy: voiced by Yumiko Kobayashi; a ivy-covered suspect in a serial murder case
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