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7. Darwin's Game - ダーウィンズゲーム
Darwin's Game originally hit store shelves in Japan back in 2013 and has subsequently released 18 volumes of manga. As the manga series enters its final arc in January 2020, an anime adaptation will be released, which will follow the storyline of the earlier books.
The new series is set to air in early January 2020 alongside the final arc's publication. The announcement of an anime adaptation came in the 16th volume of the manga in November 2018, and since then, some details have emerged. The show will be directed by Yoshinobu Tokumoto and written by Shū Miyama, the writer and original creator of the manga.
The story revolves around Kaname Sudō, a 17-year-old who decides to accept an online invitation to play a new app called Darwin's Game. Unbeknownst to Sudō, the game involves a dark twist, which comes in the form of a fight between life and death!
The anime is expected to follow the story outlined in the comics, and will likely not deviate much from the source material, as all of the manga will have been published by the time the show enters into its second season (if there is one). There's plenty of material to keep this show going for years, which is why fans of the manga are hopeful the adaptation will succeed.