Netflix unveiled the official trailer for the new space horror anime Exception, which is set to debut worldwide on October 13 on Netflix. The main cast and staff have also been revealed.
Ryuichi Sakamoto is composing the score for the anime, and Hirotaka Adachi (A.K.A. Otsuichi), who is known to create multiple Japanese suspense novels, including Summer, Fireworks and My Corpse and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day, is directing. Yoshitaka Amano, who you may know for his outstanding work in the Final Fantasy series, is the character designer. Bakken Record and 5 Inc. are producing the anime.
The anime is set in the distant future as humanity has been forced to leave Earth and migrate to another galaxy. A spacecraft is sent to a planet to terraform it and the crew is created one by one by a biological 3D printer. However, a fatal error occurs during the creation of one of the members. The crew then begins to encounter a series of unpredictable events.
▍Exception Anime Official Trailer
▍Exception Anime Story
In the far future, humanity has been driven from Earth and forced to move its population to another galaxy. Members of a scouting team are sent to search for a planet suitable for terraforming.
The crew is created through a biological 3D printer, but a system malfunction causes one of the crew members, Lewis, to emerge in a deformed state. As Lewis turns on his fellow crew members Nina, Mack, Patty, and Oscar, a countdown to the end of the mission begins in the frightening darkness of the ship.
▍Exception Anime Staff & Production
Director: Yuuzou Satou
Original Work: Hirotaka Adachi
Character Design: Yoshitaka Amano
Music Composition: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Production: Tatsunoko Productions (BAKKENRECORD), 5 Inc.
▍Exception Cast
■ Patty – CV: Atsumi Tanezaki
■ Lewis – CV: Chikahiro Kobayashi
■ Mac – CV: Takahiro Sakurai
■ Oscar – CV: Takanori Hoshino
■ Nina – CV: Yuko Kaida