Fool Night Hits Netflix on November 26, With Every Episode Releasing at Once

Fool Night now has a firm worldwide release date. Netflix will launch the full anime series on November 26, 2026, with every episode becoming available simultaneously rather than following a weekly schedule.

The second teaser also offers a darker look at Toshiro Kamiya's story and introduces three more characters, expanding the cast for the first anime production jointly handled by SUNRISE and SHAFT.

Quick Summary

• Title: Fool Night
• Japanese title: フールナイト
• Romanization: Fūru Naito
• Format: Anime series / Netflix series
• Netflix genres: Sci-fi, mystery, thriller, dystopian, post-apocalyptic
• Original creator: Kasumi Yasuda
• Source: Manga
• Manga publisher: Shogakukan
• Magazine: Big Comic Superior
• Manga status: Ongoing
• Current Japanese volumes: 13
• Volume 13 release: June 30, 2026
• Anime platform: Netflix
• Distribution: Worldwide exclusive
• Release date: November 26, 2026
• Day: Thursday
• Release model: All episodes available at once
• Episode count: Unannounced
• Episode runtime: Unannounced
• Final age rating: Unannounced
• Theme songs: Unannounced
• First teaser: Released June 2026
• Second teaser: Released August 20–21, 2026 depending on region
• Protagonist: Toshiro Kamiya
• Toshiro voice: Koki Uchiyama
• Yomiko Horai: Minako Kotobuki
• Akira Yatsuka: Junya Enoki
• Saeko Kanaeno: Aya Endo
• Jin Hiragishi: Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi
• Director: Atsushi Yukawa
• Series composition: Jin Tanaka
• Character design: Robert Sato
• Assistant director: Ryo Shimura
• Visual development: Ryo Kikuchi
• Background director: Maki Takano
• Color design: Hitoshi Hibino
• Compositing directors: Mana Ishikawa, Chiaki Tokuda, Takayuki Aizu
• CG directors: Naoki Yamamoto, Junya Hirano
• Editing: Rie Matsubara
• Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka
• Music: Tatsuya Kato
• Animation production: SUNRISE × SHAFT
• Production: Fool Night Production Committee
• Studio milestone: First anime collaboration between SUNRISE and SHAFT
• Setting: A future Earth roughly a century after thick clouds blocked sunlight
• World condition: Most plants have died and humanity faces an oxygen crisis
• Core technology: Transfloration
• Transfloration: Seeds are implanted into human bodies, transforming them into plants
• Transformed humans: Spiriflora
• Toshiro's situation: Lives in poverty while covering taxes, living costs, and his mother's medication
• Toshiro's decision: Undergo Transfloration
• Special ability: Can hear the voices of Spiriflora
• Later role: Special temporary employee at Transflora Medical
• Yomiko: Toshiro's childhood friend and a Transflora Medical employee
• Akira: Human Resources Deputy Director at Transflora Facility 4
• Saeko: Former border soldier and Akira's bodyguard
• Jin: Head of the unaffiliated unit nicknamed Nashi-ka
• Jin's role: Recruits Toshiro as a special temporary worker
• Second teaser: Shows explosions, fire, violent imagery, vines emerging from Toshiro, and a mysterious figure
• Manga recognition: Best Suspense Manga at the 2023 Japan Expo Awards / Daruma Awards
• Kono Manga ga Sugoi!: Featured in the 2023 edition
• Official English manga: VIZ Media
• English simulpub: VIZ Manga

Second Teaser, Netflix Announcement, and Anime Footage

Every Episode Arrives on November 26

Netflix will release the entire series at once on November 26 rather than using a weekly rollout.

The episode count and total runtime are still being kept under wraps.

The announcement narrows the broader 2026 window revealed when the adaptation debuted at Annecy International Animation Film Festival earlier this year.

The Second Teaser Pushes the Suspense Further

The new teaser shows Yomiko confronting Toshiro about his desire for Transfloration, alongside explosions, flames, a severed hand, and bloodied vines emerging from his body.

Akira, Saeko, and Jin also make appearances, while the closing moments tease a mysterious figure surrounded by tentacle-like shapes.

The footage places greater emphasis on the thriller and body-horror elements beneath Fool Night's human drama.

Three More Cast Members Join

Junya Enoki voices Akira Yatsuka, the ambitious and highly rational Human Resources Deputy Director at Transflora Facility 4.

Aya Endo plays Saeko Kanaeno, a former border soldier who now serves as Akira's bodyguard. Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi voices Jin Hiragishi, head of the unaffiliated Nashi-ka unit who recognizes Toshiro's unusual ability and hires him.

They join Koki Uchiyama as Toshiro and Minako Kotobuki as Yomiko.

Humanity Survives by Turning People Into Plants

For roughly a century, thick clouds have blocked sunlight from reaching Earth. Plants have largely died off, leaving humanity in an oxygen crisis.

The solution is Transfloration, a technology that turns humans into oxygen-producing Spiriflora.

Driven by poverty, Toshiro chooses the procedure and unexpectedly gains the ability to hear the transformed plants—pulling him deeper into the institution that controls the process.

SUNRISE and SHAFT Work Together for the First Time

Fool Night marks the first anime collaboration between SUNRISE and SHAFT.

Game Ad

Mortal Shell II

Atsushi Yukawa directs, Jin Tanaka handles series composition, Robert Sato designs the characters, and Tatsuya Kato composes the music.

The production is also using artificial light, cold architecture, gritty cityscapes, and vividly organic Spiriflora to translate Kasumi Yasuda's monochrome manga world into animation.

Why This Matters

1) The complete season arrives immediately

The batch-release format allows viewers to follow the mystery continuously, although Netflix has not yet disclosed how many episodes make up the series.

2) Transfloration is a social dilemma, not simply a sci-fi device

The technology keeps humanity alive by asking human beings to surrender their bodies and future, tying survival directly to poverty and personal choice.

3) SUNRISE × SHAFT is an unprecedented studio pairing

The two studios have very different visual histories, and Fool Night is the first project to formally bring them together as an animation-production team.

Anime Information

Additional confirmed information currently includes:

• Fool Night launches worldwide on November 26, 2026
• Netflix is the exclusive streaming platform
• every episode will be available at once
• the total episode count has not been announced
• total runtime remains unannounced
• theme songs remain unannounced
• a final age rating has not been announced
• the second teaser accompanies the release-date announcement
• an official Japanese version of the second teaser is available
• Netflix also released an English-language Official Teaser #2
• Koki Uchiyama voices Toshiro Kamiya
• Minako Kotobuki voices Yomiko Horai
• Junya Enoki voices Akira Yatsuka
• Aya Endo voices Saeko Kanaeno
• Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi voices Jin Hiragishi
• Akira works as Human Resources Deputy Director at Transflora Facility 4
• Akira and Saeko share a long-standing relationship of trust
• Saeko is a former border-defense soldier
• Saeko currently serves as Akira's bodyguard
• Jin works at the National Transflora Medical
• Jin leads the unaffiliated unit nicknamed Nashi-ka
• Jin learns about Toshiro's unusual ability
• Toshiro can perceive the voices or feelings of Spiriflora
• Toshiro is later hired as a special temporary employee
• Yomiko is Toshiro's childhood friend
• Yomiko handles various Transfloration-related duties
• Atsushi Yukawa directs
• Jin Tanaka handles series composition
• Robert Sato handles character design
• Ryo Shimura serves as assistant director
• Ryo Kikuchi handles visual development
• Maki Takano of J.C.STAFF serves as background director
• Yota Tsuruoka serves as sound director
• Tatsuya Kato composes the score
• SUNRISE × SHAFT handles animation production
• this is the first anime collaboration between the two studios
• a creator featurette and production footage were also revealed with the August update
• Kasumi Yasuda created the original manga
• the manga has been serialized in Big Comic Superior since 2020
• Shogakukan has published 13 Japanese volumes
• Volume 13 launched on June 30, 2026
• Volume 13 contains 160 pages
• its official Japanese print price is ¥770 including tax
• Volume 13 ISBN is 978-4-09-864015-7
• VIZ Media publishes the official English manga
• VIZ Manga also carries English simulpub chapters
• the manga won Best Suspense Manga at the 2023 Japan Expo Awards / Daruma Awards
• official anime information is available through the Fool Night website
• the Netflix listing is available through Fool Night on Netflix
• anime updates are posted through Fool Night Official X
• the release announcement was also officially reposted by Fool Night Manga Official X
• the Japanese second teaser is available on YouTube
• Netflix's English teaser is available on YouTube
• Japanese manga information is available through Shogakukan
• official English manga information is available through VIZ

Closing

Fool Night now has a firm November 26, 2026 worldwide Netflix release, with the complete series arriving on the same day. Its second teaser also brings Akira, Saeko, and Jin into the anime while showing more of the danger surrounding Toshiro's transformation.

The episode count, theme songs, and several final release details remain unannounced. Even so, the first SUNRISE and SHAFT co-production already has a particularly distinct visual and creative identity heading into launch.