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The Darwin Incident

Darwin Jihen

ダーウィン事変

Other names 4
Chinese
达尔文事变
Also known as
Incydent Darwina
Also known as
ดาร์วิน พันธุ์อุบัติใหม่
Also known as
El incidente Darwin

Overall score 6.1/10

Winter 2026#52 (#52 overall)

Overall score Sentiment 4.5 · 8% positiveChinese audience 5.3English audience 6.9

13 eps · Finished

Manga adaptationPremiered Jan 7, 202624 min per episode

Tense and dark: highViolence 6.5/10, sensitive content

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Overview

Spoiler-free synopsis

Created in a biological science lab, Charlie is a half human, half chimpanzee hybrid known as a "Humanzee". Raised by his adoptive human parents, Charlie is now 15 and starting high school. There he meets Lucy, a clever loner who becomes his first-ever friend. But his “normal” life is shattered when the animal rights extremists who freed his mother from the lab fifteen years ago reemerge as terrorists bent on kidnapping Charlie at all costs.

Genres & tags

  • Sci-Fi
  • Thriller
  • #TerrorismRelevance 91%
  • #Criminal OrganizationRelevance 90%
  • #EnvironmentalRelevance 87%
  • #Eco-HorrorRelevance 84%
  • #AnthropomorphismRelevance 82%
  • #PoliticsRelevance 82%
  • #AnimalsRelevance 80%
  • #Coming of AgeRelevance 80%
  • #AdoptionRelevance 79%
  • #ForeignRelevance 79%
  • #InterspeciesRelevance 79%
  • #Urban FantasyRelevance 79%
  • #PhilosophyRelevance 78%
  • #SeinenRelevance 62%
  • #CGIRelevance 60%
  • #GunsRelevance 60%
  • #SchoolRelevance 60%
  • #Male ProtagonistRelevance 48%
  • #AcrobaticsRelevance 20%

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Ranking positions

Winter 2026 ranking →
Rank in each ranking
RankingOverallSci-FiMysterySchoolMale-Oriented
Winter 2026#52#5#9#11#23
2026#202#16#17#47#76
All-time#253#22#21#65#94

Details

Format
TV · 13 episodes · 24 min per episode
Status
Finished
Aired
Jan 7, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026
Studio
Unknown
Source
Manga adaptation
Season
Winter 2026
Categories
SchoolMysterySci-FiMale-Oriented
Official site
darwinsincident.net (opens in a new window)

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    Other regions & licensing details

    Licensors

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    Prices & details for all regions

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    What people sayPublic comments from other sites

    AI sentiment analysis

    Sentiment score4.5/10

    Positive8%

    • Very positive 1
    • Positive 2
    • Mixed 6
    • Negative 15
    • Very negative 15

    39 comments analyzed: Bangumi 38 · AniList 1

    English audience score 6.9 · 22,372 samples

    • Very positiveAuthor's score 8.342 found this helpful

      A Serious Show Where No One’s Monkeying Around My Review of "The Darwin Incident"! You make me wonder! Story Charlie was born as a…

      HeartbreakRebelAniListOriginal (AniList, opens in a new window)

    Mood & content

    Source: Derived from community tagsConfidence: medium (52%)Updated Sep 24, 2026

    0 = barely any, 10 = very pronounced. Values measure how much, not how good, and different viewers feel the same show differently. “No data yet” means the item hasn't been assessed yet, not that it's absent.

    Mood

    • Light
    • Exciting
    • Heavy

    Tense and dark: high

    Light

    • RelaxingNo data yet. Easy to watch, low effort
    • HealingNo data yet. Gentle and comforting
    • FunnyNo data yet. Density of laughs
    • Heartwarming5.4 / 10, levelModerate. Warmth from relationships

    Exciting

    • HypeNo data yet. Adrenaline and excitement
    • Tense7.0 / 10, levelHigh. Suspense and tension

    Heavy

    • OppressiveNo data yet. Heavy, stifling atmosphere
    • Dark6.0 / 10, levelHigh. Darkness of setting and themes
    • SadNo data yet. Share of sad moments
    • BleakNo data yet. Likelihood of a lingering low mood
    Emotional intensity5.8 / 10, levelModerate. How strongly it moves you, either way

    Emotional intensity measures how strong the ups and downs are, happy or sad.

    Content

    Higher = more of it

    Themes

    • Action

      No data yet. Share of fights and action

    • Romance

      No data yet. Weight of romance plotlines

    • Slice of life

      No data yet. Share of everyday-life episodes

    • Harem

      No data yet. Harem dynamics around the lead

    Sensitive content· may be upsetting; judge by your own comfort level

    • Violence6.5

      High (6.5 / 10). Intensity of violence

    • Fan service

      No data yet. Suggestive shots and fan service

    • Gore

      No data yet. Blood and graphic injury

    • Character death

      No data yet. Likelihood of major character deaths

    • Horror

      No data yet. Scares and horror

    • Psychological stress

      No data yet. Mental torment and anxiety

    • Betrayal

      No data yet. Betrayal plotlines

    • Heartbreak

      No data yet. Deliberately heart-wrenching arcs

    Style

    • Complexity6.7

      (0 = Easy to follow, 10 = Mind-bending). Plot complexity and density

    • Pacing5.4

      (0 = Slow burn, 10 = Fast-paced). 0 = slow burn, 10 = fast-paced

    • World-building6.0

      (0 = Simple, 10 = Vast and deep). Depth of the setting

    Viewing notes

    Spoiler-free by default

    No spoiler-free viewing notes yet.

    Ratings

    Updated Oct 7, 2026, 06:36About scores
    Overall score

    Overall score 6.1/10

    Score breakdown

    • Site scores6.2878%Consensus of 24K site votes (calibrated to one scale and shrunk toward the global baseline by vote count)
    • Fan sentiment5.2822%39 comments, average 3.74 (the sentiment score shown, 4.5, is also shrunk toward neutral), calibrated against comparable titles to 5.28
    • CommunityNot counted0%No ratings yet (each rating counts as one vote)

    Site scores

    Raw → calibrated to one scale
    Site scores: raw score, votes, calibrated score
    SiteRaw scoreVotesCalibrated
    AniList (external link, opens in a new window)Reference site69/1005,609 votes6.9
    MyAnimeList (external link, opens in a new window)Calibrated to the AniList scale7.1/1016.8K votes6.8
    Bangumi (external link, opens in a new window)Calibrated to the AniList scale2.7/101,673 votes4.6
    bilibiliNo data——Not counted