A mysterious invitation turns Kaname Sudo’s world upside down in an unpredictable battle of superpowers!
Source: Aniplex of America press release
Official Site: darwins-game.com (Japan), darwinsgame-anime.comm (US)
Special Thanks to Aiko Makino

Aniplex of America is excited to announce the release of DARWIN’S GAME (ダーウィンズゲーム, Dāwinzu Gēmu) as a complete Blu-ray set on March 16, 2021. The set will contain all eleven episodes of the thrilling series in both English and Japanese audio, along with web previews, and textless opening and ending on three Blu-ray discs. Featuring an electrifying box art illustration by character designer Kazuya Nakanishi, the complete Blu-ray set includes a special booklet with character information.

Adapted from the original manga series by FLIPFLOPs, which was serialized in Bessatsu Shonen Champion by AKITASHOTEN, the animated series premiered in January 2020 and was produced by studio Nexus (COMIC GIRLS, GRANBELM) and directed by Yoshinobu Tokumoto, who served as episode director for many notable shows including BAKEMONOGATARI and SAEKANO: HOW TO RAISE A BORING GIRLFRIEND. The series features music by Kenichiro Suehiro (CELLS AT WORK!, GOBLIN SLAYER) with its opening theme, “CHAIN,” by ASCA (SWORD ART ONLINE ALICIZATION, FATE/APOCRYPHA) and ending theme, “Alive,” by Mashiro Ayano (FATE/STAY NIGHT [UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS], RECORD OF GRANCREST WAR).

The heart pounding series stars Yusuke Kobayashi (FIRE FORCE, RE:ZERO -STARTING LIFE IN ANOTHER WORLD-) and Stephen Fu (GOLDEN KAMUY, HOW HEAVY ARE THE DUMBBELLS YOU LIFT?) as Kaname Sudo, a 17-year old high schooler who becomes an unwilling participant in a life-or-death battle after receiving a mysterious email inviting him to download an app called “Darwin’s Game.” As he fights to survive, he encounters Shuka Karino, a top-ranking player known as “The Undefeated Queen,” played by Reina Ueda (LORD EL-MELLOI II’S CASE FILES {RAIL ZEPPELIN} GRACE NOTE, DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA) and Alexis Tipton (KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR?, A CERTAIN MAGICAL INDEX).

The DARWIN’S GAME Complete Blu-ray Set is now accepting pre-orders at online retailer RightStuf Anime.

About DARWIN’S GAME

Kaname Sudo, an ordinary high school student, receives an invitation email to try a mysterious app called “Darwin’s Game.” Upon launching the app, Kaname is drawn into a game where players fight one another using superpowers called Sigils. Without knowing the reason for all this, can Kaname survive furious battles against the powerful players who attack him?

Credits

STAFF
Original Work: FLIPFLOPs (Serialized in Bessatsu Shonen Champion by AKITASHOTEN)
Director: Yoshinobu Tokumoto
Series Composition / Screenplay: Hide Fukayama (FLIPFLOPs)
Character Design: Kazuya Nakanishi
Props and Weapons Design: Daichi Kitahara
Weapons Supervisor: Kenichi Kaneko
Art Director: Kei Takeuchi
Assistant Art Director: Lee Bun Sun
Color Design: Naoto Tanaka, Junko Okazaki
Director of Photography: Gaku Hirooka
Editor: Kentaro Tsubone
3DCG Director: Shinji Ikeda
Music: Kenichiro Suehiro
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Sound Production: MAGIC CAPSULE
Animation Producer: Hiroshi Nakamura
Animation Production: Nexus

English Voice Director: Cliff Chapin

CAST (Japanese/English)
Kaname Sudo: Yusuke Kobayashi / Stephen Fu
Shuka Karino: Reina Ueda / Alexis Tipton
Rein Kashiwagi: Nichika Omori / Tia Ballard
Ryuji Maesaka: Taku Yashiro / Jarrod Greene
Sui / Sota: Yumiri Hanamori / Brittany Lauda

DARWIN’S GAME Complete Blu-ray
Street Date: 3/16/2021
SKU #: AOA-15801
UPC: 816546023812
SRP: $149.98

Disc Specs
• Spoken Languages: English & Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9 HD Widescreen 1920x1080p
• Episodes: 11 Episodes
• Number of Discs: 3 Blu-ray Discs
• Total Run Time: Approx. 282 min.
• Rating: 13 UP

Bonus Content*
• Textless Opening
• Textless Ending
• Web Previews

* Bonus content subject to change.
* Bonus content includes English subtitles.

Bonus Materials & Package*
• Box Illustration by Kazuya Nakanishi (Character Design)
• Special booklet with character reference guides

* Bonus materials subject to change.

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About Aniplex of America Inc.

Aniplex of America, Inc. (Santa Monica, California) is a subsidiary of Aniplex, Inc. (headquartered in Tokyo, Japan), a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Inc., and a leading provider of anime content and music production and distribution in Japan. The company’s ever-growing lineup of shows includes SWORD ART ONLINE, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD, FATE/STAY NIGHT [UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS], FATE/ZERO, PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA, March comes in like a lion, BLUE EXORCIST, KILL la KILL, Gurren Lagann, MONOGATARI series, anohana -The Flower We Saw That Day-, CELLS AT WORK!, THE PROMISED NEVERLAND, and DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA. In 2017, the company released the English version of the popular mobile game, FATE/GRAND ORDER, followed by the release of mobile game, MAGIA RECORD: PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA SIDE STORY’s English version in the U.S. and Canada in June of 2019.