Anime Version of Tow Ubukata’s Fantasy Novel “Bye Bye, Earth”

Crunchyroll has announced that Tow Ubakata’s action-fantasy novel Bye, Bye Earth will be adapted into an anime. Crunchyroll, WOWOW, and Sony Pictures will collaborate to develop the animation.

The anime will be available in Japan on the WOWOW subscription television channel and in over 200 countries around the world via Crunchyroll. There has been no word on the anime’s cast or release date.

The novel’s plot takes place on a version of Earth in which all people can transform into animals. Bell, the novel’s protagonist, is the only girl in the world who lacks animal qualities, and she goes out to find more beings like her.

Bell uses a sword in her search and becomes embroiled in the battles between cities and the outside world.

Tow Ubaka’s Bye, Bye Earth novel was first published in December 2000 by Kadokawa Shoten, with illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano. It was released in tankouban style in two parts.

The novel was later published in four volumes between 2007 and 2008, with artwork by Hyung-Tae Kim. From 2019 until 2022, a manga adaptation by Ryu Asahi was serialized in Young King Ours magazine, with four volumes printed in Japan to date.

Earlier novels by Ubakata, such as Mardock Scramble, have inspired anime and manga adaptations, and Ubakata has even produced scripts for anime films such as Ghost in the Shell Arise, Heroic Age, Fafner, and Human Lost.

The premiere date and cast of Bye, Bye Earth have yet to be announced.

Bye, Bye Earth

Tow Ubakata wrote the action-fantasy novel Bye, Bye Earth. Kadokawa Shoten first published it in two volumes in December 2000.

The novel is set on a version of Earth where everyone can transform into animals. Bell, the novel’s protagonist, is the only girl in the world who lacks animal qualities, and she goes out to find more beings like her.

Bell uses a sword in her search and becomes embroiled in the battles between cities and the outside world.

Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures, and WOWOW are producing an anime adaptation of the novel.

Source: Press Release, Crunchyroll

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