Netflix has released the trailer for Noche duraka, a science fiction anime series based on the manga by Kasumi Yasuda. The production is handled by the Sunrise and SHAFT studios, with Atsuyuki Yukawa directing and Jin Tanaka writing the script. The premiere is scheduled for November 26, and the combination of both studios with a top-tier creative team makes it a standout event for fans of auteur Japanese animation.
Sunrise and SHAFT combine their styles in a production for Netflix 🎬
The series sets the action in a bleak future where plants have died and oxygen is scarce. To survive, the system implants seeds in dying people and turns them into vegetables. Sunrise brings its experience in action and science fiction animation, while SHAFT adds its visual work in composition and editing. Jin Tanaka’s script must balance the human drama with the rules of that suffocating world. Atsuyuki Yukawa’s direction will have to coordinate two teams with different methods and maintain a coherent tone throughout the season.
If you’re short of air, don’t worry: now you can be a lettuce 🥬
The premise invites reflection: when oxygen runs out, the system’s solution is to turn the sick into vegetables. That is, the dystopian future does not arrive with killer robots or nuclear wars, but with a human vegetable garden managed by the authorities. It remains to be seen whether the protagonists accept their fate stoically or whether, as usual, they decide that being a plant was not in their plans.
