Darwin Jihen: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Animal Liberation Alliance, an eco-terrorist organization, rescues a pregnant chimpanzee from an animal testing lab—only for it to give birth to a half-human, half-chimpanzee "humanzee" named Charlie! Fifteen years later, Charlie's human foster parents are finally ready to send him to a normal high school, where he makes his first friend: a human girl named Lucy. In the meantime, however, the ALA's stance has become ever more extreme, and now they're here to drag Charlie into their terrorist plot...

Series details

• Title: Darwin Jihen
• Format: Animation
• Genres: Anime, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2026-01-06
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• TVMaze ID: 88502
• IMDb ID: tt38980285
• TVDB ID: 450282

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-01-06; final listed air date 2026-03-31.

Source and licence

Adapted from Darwin Jihen on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.