FOOL NIGHT Anime Trailer Reveals a Dark Sci-Fi World Where Humans Are Turned Into Plants

What if the only way to save humanity was to give up your own life and become a plant? That's the disturbing idea at the center of Netflix's upcoming anime series Fool Night, and the newly released official trailer offers a gorgeous and horrifying look at this twisted sci-fi story.

Based on the manga by Kasumi Yasuda, Fool Night takes place in a dystopian future where the sun no longer shines. With the world trapped in permanent darkness, plants have become increasingly rare, and oxygen is running dangerously low. Humanity's solution is a scientific procedure called transfloration, which transforms human beings into plants to help keep the world alive.

It's a pretty messed-up way to save civilization, especially when the people volunteering for the procedure are often those who can't afford to survive any other way.

The story follows Yomiko Horai, a recruiter tasked with convincing people to undergo transfloration. Her childhood friend, Toshiro Kamiya, is among those willing to accept the procedure in exchange for financial compensation. For people struggling with poverty, becoming a plant might actually seem like their best option.

As if that weren't horrifying enough, there's also a serial killer targeting transflorites, adding a murder mystery to an already disturbing world.

The new Fool Night trailer gives fans a better look at the series' haunting visuals, unsettling body horror, and emotional drama. Watching people slowly transform into plants is both beautiful and grotesque, and the animation looks fantastic.

The anime is being produced by two powerhouse studios, Sunrise, known for Cowboy Bebop and Mobile Suit Gundam, and Shaft, the studio behind Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

There's also a lot more going on in Fool Night than its unusual story might suggest. The manga explores government conspiracies, betrayals, class inequality, and the ugly reality of a society where people are essentially selling their humanity to survive. Some are transformed into trees and houseplants, while others end up as furniture.

The series has plenty of disturbing ideas to explore, and it'll be interesting to see how much of that material the anime tackles in its first season.

For anyone who wants to check out the original manga before the anime premieres, several chapters of Fool Night are available to read for free through VIZ Media.

All 12 episodes of Fool Night will premiere on Netflix on November 26, making it one of the more intriguing anime releases coming this fall.