Image: Fool’s Night – Sunrise x Shaft
After being teased on social media, Sunrise x Shaft collaboration has been announced as an anime adaptation of Kasumi Yasuda’s manga silly night. Coming to Netflix in 2026, we have your first look at the exciting new anime!
silly night is an upcoming Japanese Netflix Original anime series and an adaptation of Kasumi Yasuda’s manga. furu night. The series is a collaboration between animation studios Sunrise and Shaft. The series is directed by Atsushi Yukawa (Space Dandy).
Sunrise City is famous for producing the Gundam series along with other popular anime like City Hunter, Code Geass, Gintama, Sacred Seven, Tiger & Bunny. Meanwhile, the SHAFT anime series is known for quintessential quintuplets, magia records, March comes like a lionAnd Pretty Boy Detective Club.
Image: Illustration by author Kasumi Yasuda
when is it silly night Coming to Netflix?
Revealed at the 2026 Annecy Film Festival, confirmed by Netflix silly night Will be released on the streaming service sometime in 2026.
The official teaser trailer of has been released silly night.
what is the plot of silly night?
Netflix has provided a synopsis for Fool’s Night:
“Transflorescence – a technology that implants seeds into the bodies of people who are near death, turning them into plants. It is a desperate measure chosen by humanity to ensure its survival. In the distant future where dense clouds cover the sky, trapping the Earth in constant winter and night, much of the planet’s vegetation has dried up. Faced with severe oxygen shortage, humanity has created a society that depends on the meager amounts of oxygen provided by transflorescence. A young man, Toshiro Kamiya, lives in poverty and works hard to pay taxes, afford living expenses, and afford medication for his mentally ill mother, however, the cruel reality around him slowly saps his hope.
In this dark world full of despair, he chooses the path of “spiriflores” – plants into which humans transform.
Who are the actors? silly night?
At the time of writing, no cast has been revealed for Fool’s Night. However, this is our first look at Toshiro Kamiya’s character art.
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Image: Toshiro Kamiya – Sunrise x Shaft
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Image: Yomiko Horai – Sunrasi x Shaft
Fool’s Night first look images
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