Fool Night Finds Colour in a World Without Sunlight

A world without sunlight might sound like an invitation to drain every frame of colour. Fool Night takes a more complicated route. Netflix has unveiled a main trailer and key art for the anime adaptation of Kasumi Yasuda's manga, with all episodes arriving worldwide on November 26, 2026.

Animated by SUNRISE and SHAFT, the series imagines a future where thick clouds have blocked the sun and plants struggle to grow. People nearing death can undergo transfloration, a procedure that transforms them into plants in exchange for money. Toshiro Kamiya faces that choice as he struggles to support himself and his mother.

A palette built on contrast

On the official anime website, visual development artist Ryo Kikuchi describes creating colour scripts and art boards for the project. His approach sets vivid Spiriflora against cold, ornate architecture and artificial light, giving a dark world room for colour.

That contrast connects the show's premise to its visual identity: the plants promise new life, but they exist inside a society shaped by scarcity. It is an unsettling balance between organic colour and a manufactured environment.

Read the creators' comments on the official site

From manga to animation

Yasuda recalls that the original idea began with an image of an office filled with house plants. Director Atsushi Yukawa describes the challenge of bringing the manga's pacing to animation and carefully portraying the passage of time.

Netflix credits Yukawa as director, Jin Tanaka for series composition and script, and Robert Sato for character design. The new trailer offers a first look at how that team has translated Yasuda's unsettling premise into motion.

Read Netflix's announcement