{"id":4057,"date":"2026-06-24T00:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/fool-night-anime-sunrise-shaft-netflix-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T00:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:15:07","slug":"fool-night-anime-sunrise-shaft-netflix-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/fool-night-anime-sunrise-shaft-netflix-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Fool Night Anime Revealed \u2014 Sunrise \u00d7 SHAFT\u2019s First Collab Streams on Netflix in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The wait is over. At the <strong>Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2026<\/strong>, the Sunrise \u00d7 SHAFT anime project that has had the fandom buzzing for a week finally has a name: <strong><em>Fool Night<\/em><\/strong>. The dark sci-fi thriller will stream exclusively worldwide on Netflix later this year \u2014 yes, including Singapore.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gt-video\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HIHduZ8-Jx0\" title=\"\u300cFool Night\u300d | Teaser PV | 2026 Netflix World Exclusive\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;\" allow=\"accelerometer;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>\u300cFool Night\u300d Teaser PV \u2014 via Bandai Namco Film Works on YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>What Is Fool Night?<\/h2>\n<p>Based on the award-winning manga by <strong>Kasumi Yasuda<\/strong>, <em>Fool Night<\/em> is set in a bleak future where thick clouds permanently block the sun, plunging Earth into endless darkness. With plant life wiped out and oxygen depleting, humanity devised a drastic solution: <strong>transfloration<\/strong>, a process that converts dying humans into plant-like organisms to restore the oxygen supply.<\/p>\n<p>At the centre of the story is <strong>Toshiro Kamiya<\/strong>, a young man who undergoes transfloration and discovers an unexpected side effect \u2014 he can hear plants. That ability sets him on a path to bridge the silence between humans and those who have transformed, a drama of identity, grief, and survival sitting somewhere between hard science fiction and quiet horror.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fool-night-kv.png?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fool Night anime key visual \u2014 Sunrise \u00d7 SHAFT\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Image courtesy of Fool Night Anime Production Committee \/ Bandai Namco Film Works<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Two Studios. One Historic First.<\/h2>\n<p>This announcement caps a genuine historic milestone: <strong>Sunrise<\/strong> and <strong>SHAFT<\/strong> have never collaborated on an anime before. Sunrise\u2019s legacy spans <em>Cowboy Bebop<\/em>, <em>Code Geass<\/em>, and the entire Gundam franchise; SHAFT built its reputation on the kinetic, visually daring style of <em>Puella Magi Madoka Magica<\/em> and the <em>Monogatari<\/em> series. Pairing them on a single dark, atmospheric sci-fi property is a bold creative bet \u2014 and the kind that tends to pay off.<\/p>\n<h2>Meet the Team Behind It<\/h2>\n<p>The production staff is full of names anime fans will recognise:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director: Atsuyuki Yukawa<\/strong> \u2014 previously an episode director on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shinchaiyuki.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Suzume no Tojimari<\/em><\/a>; <em>Fool Night<\/em> marks his debut as a chief series director<\/li>\n<li><strong>Series Composition: Jin Tanaka<\/strong> \u2014 the writer behind <em>Oshi no Ko<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Character Design: Robert Sato<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka<\/strong> \u2014 credits include <em>A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Music: Tatsuya Kato<\/strong> \u2014 the composer behind the acclaimed <em>Dr. STONE<\/em> score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fool-night-chars.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fool Night anime \u2014 Toshiro Kamiya and Yomiko Horai character visual\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Image courtesy of Fool Night Anime Production Committee \/ Bandai Namco Film Works<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The lead voice cast is equally well-matched. <strong>Koki Uchiyama<\/strong> \u2014 known to many as Tomura Shigaraki in <em>My Hero Academia<\/em> \u2014 voices protagonist Toshiro Kamiya. <strong>Minako Kotobuki<\/strong> (Tsumugi in <em>K-On!<\/em>) plays Yomiko Horai, Toshiro\u2019s childhood friend.<\/p>\n<h2>An Award-Winning Manga with a Global Following<\/h2>\n<p>Yasuda\u2019s manga is no newcomer to acclaim. Serialised in <a href=\"https:\/\/bigcomicsuperior.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shogakukan\u2019s <em>Big Comic Superior<\/em><\/a> since November 2020, it currently runs to <strong>12 volumes<\/strong>. It ranked in <em>Kono Manga ga Sugoi!<\/em> 2023 \u2014 Japan\u2019s reader-voted best manga guide \u2014 and took home the <strong>Japan Expo DARUMA Award 2023 for Best Suspense<\/strong> in France, signalling international appetite long before any anime was confirmed. Singapore and SEA readers can pick up the English-language volumes through <strong>Shogakukan Asia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Netflix Streams Worldwide \u2014 Singapore Included<\/h2>\n<p>Netflix confirmed a worldwide exclusive for <em>Fool Night<\/em> in 2026. No specific episode count or premiere date beyond \u201c2026\u201d was given at Annecy, so keep an eye on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix Singapore<\/a> page for updates. Given how quickly Netflix rolls out its anime titles globally, expect close-to-simultaneous access for Singapore fans when the series premieres.<\/p>\n<h2>Last Words<\/h2>\n<p>Midnight in Singapore, and the anime news cycle just woke up. <em>Fool Night<\/em> checks every box for a prestige Netflix anime: an acclaimed manga source, a career-defining staff roster, and two studios whose visual signatures are so distinct that their collision alone is worth watching. Singapore fans who want to get ahead of the curve can dive into the English manga through Shogakukan Asia now. We will be covering this one closely as a premiere date firms up. For more anime news, check out our <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/manga-anime\/\">Manga Anime coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--GT-SCOUT source=\"Web (English)\" theme=\"Anime\" flags=\"none\"--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunrise and SHAFT\u2019s first-ever anime collab is now official \u2014 Fool Night, a dark sci-fi thriller based on Kasumi Yasuda\u2019s award-winning manga, streams exclusively on Netflix worldwide in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[25,30],"tags":[68,336,420,237,334,333],"class_list":["post-4057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manga-anime","category-news","tag-anime","tag-anime-announcement","tag-fool-night","tag-netflix","tag-shaft","tag-sunrise"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fool-night-official.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13AlF-13r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4017,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/sunrise-shaft-first-anime-collab-reveal-tonight\/","url_meta":{"origin":4057,"position":0},"title":"Sunrise x SHAFT Team Up for the First Time \u2014 Anime Reveal Tonight at 11:30pm SGT","date":"June 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Gundam's Sunrise and Madoka Magica's SHAFT have never worked together \u2014 until now. 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