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“Night Head 2041” is scheduled to start in July 2021. Ahead of the anime broadcast, information about the project’s development in various media has been announced.

“Night Head” is a TV drama from 1992, the shocking title fascinated many fans and earned a cult following. The title will be brought back after almost 30 years as an original anime “Night Head 2041”, with Iida Jouji, the director of the TV drama, as the scriptwriter.

The new “Night Head” depicts the conflict between the Kirihara brothers, Naoto and Naoya, who suffer from being psychics and wander around to find a place they belong, and the Kuroki brothers, Takuya and Yuuya, who belong to the national security force and hunt down the Kirihara brothers.

Information about the “Night Head 2041” project’s development in various media has been announced ahead of the anime broadcast.
The manga “Night Head 2041” will start its serialization on Yanmaga Web from April 28, drawn by the up-and-coming illustrator, Ogawa Kei. An illustration featuring the Kirihara nad Kuroki brothers was also released in advance.

Also, the novel “Night Head 2041” by the draft/story editor of the anime, Iida Jouji (cooperation: Azusa Kawato) has also been announced.
And a stageplay adaptation is also in process.

TV anime “Night Head 2041” will be broadcast on Fuji TV “+Ultra” and other channels from July 2021.

(C) Iida Jouji / Night Head 2041 Production Committee