exception | Official Trailer
『エクセプション』予告編
Netflix Anime -- Sep 13
“What is a human?” An all-star staff including writer Hirotaka Adachi (aka Otsuichi), character designer Yoshitaka Amano, composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and director Yuzo Sato presents a completely original space horror sci-fi 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.
The Netflix Series "exception" starts streaming from October 13, 2022, only on Netflix!
Sep 13 (Netflix Japan) - "人間とは何か?" -- 原作：安達寛貴（乙一）、キャラクターデザイン：天野喜孝、音楽：坂本龍一、監督：サトウユーゾーの豪華スタッフが贈る、完全新作のスペースホラーSF！ ...continue reading
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