668 likesFool Night Anime Adaptation Announced, Kouki Uchiyama Cast as Lead
Fool Night — Kasumi Yasuda's bleak dystopian manga where the dead are recycled into blooming "trees" — is getting an anime, streaming worldwide on Netflix in 2026, and the teaser sent Japanese fans into a frenzy. The single most-liked comment was pure fandom in-joke: recognizing lead voice actor Kouki Uchiyama on the spot and quipping in his voice, "Why do I always get the painful roles?" Beyond that, the comments read like a long-suppressed fanbase finally exhaling — readers who'd assumed such a niche, all-gray manga would never be animated, relief that it landed a strong team (fans clocked SHAFT and composer Tatsuya Kato), and a steady drumbeat of "the manga is a masterpiece, go read it now before everyone else finds it." The throughline: they're certain this will be the most acclaimed show of its season, and quietly thrilled it'll finally get discovered by the wider world.
