Coming in 2025 from Netflix, the Leviathan trilogy will be an anime series!
I answer a few questions below.
The trilogy? They’re doing all three books?
Yep. They committed at the start to do the whole story. It’s all coming out in 2025.
Who’s involved?
Orange, best known for Beastars. The composers are Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi, with some songs by Joe Hisaishi.
How close is it to the books’ original vision?
The books’ illustrator, Keith Thompson, was brought onto the team at the start. The producers love him and his work. We wouldn’t have done it without him.
Were you involved?
Very! I was sent the scripts, the designs, the episodes as they came together. It’s mostly super faithful! (And it’s really cool when it varies from the books.)
2025? How are we suppose to wait a year?
I’ve been waiting three years! Click here to set a reminder button!
I was at a Ren Fair campground when I saw The news and I was so excited. I was pacing on circles because there was nobody there who would know what I was talking about. I am so excited you have no idea. This is my favorite set of books. I never would have guessed that I get to see a whole new version of them.
Not gonna lie, my wife came downstairs to find me laying face down on the floor screaming from joy when I found out about this! When I told her what was up, I swear I have never seen her so excited in the nearly 12 years I’ve known her. We had just been talking a few days prior about how freaking cool it would be to have a Leviathan anime!
This is so excited. These have been my favorite series since I was a teen. I was planning to read them to my son this year and when I mentioned to my husband how neat it would be if they made an animated series, he said they are! I am so delighted!
This has become the sun in my solar system. I am thrilled to hear this. The series deserves so much love and this seems to be wonderfully promising. Congratulations. I have to pinch myself to make sure it’s really happening. Dream come true, honestly. Thanks for all your work!
Omg thank you so much like please TAKE MY SOUL so this can be released faster. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I’d randomly google Leviathan every once in a while because I dreamed of an adaptation ever since I was a kid. Today I randomly googled it during work and oh my god!!!!!! I never thought it would happen to my favorite series of all time! Being done by an anime studio that I know can output some great stuff as well! Beastars is fantastic so I have no doubt this will be animated so well, with so many opportunities for cool looking stuff.
This was the only book series I ever got my dad into as well. He read a ton as well and gave this series his seal of approval even from an older POV. It really means a lot to me seeing this series get new life.
My jaw literally dropped at this announcement… BARKING SPIDERS!! I’m so excited <3
I remember reading this series in middle school and it being my gateway into loving the steampunk aesthetic. I’m 24 now and had not thought about Leviathan for a long time, decided to look if anything has happened the past few years, color me surprised to find out it’s FINALLY being adapted. Can’t wait to see the final product.
is there any chance for more books in this setting or series?
With Uglies coming out soon, I remembered back when I read leviathan and would religiously check your blog in the hopes of a movie or show, and had fun talking to other fans in the comments of this blog. A quick google search and my younger self is screaming with joy! Congratulations, your stories deserve to be spread to as wide an audience as possible. I’m very excited to see these adaptations!
HYPE HYPE HYPE OMG OMG OMG
Ive emailed so many studios to do this. Glad you made it happen. PERFECT medium to take it from book.
Internally screaming and oddly crying? This series was a huge part of my childhood and I love it immensely. Thank you for making this come to life. Can’t wait!
DUDE IM SO HYPED!!!! And the fact that one of the composers is the same guy who did Suzume is so dope. This has been my favorite book since I can remember, and the art and story are huge inspirations! (i’m in art college now!)
OH MY HEAVENS! I have been waiting for this since 2011. This is going to be AWESOME! Lets Go! (I am working at KDHE-BWM)
shit’s hype
Read these books back in middle school, and now I’m done college and work as a wildlife biologist (still have yet to find a Perspicacious loris). I don’t mean to be hyperbolic, but these books are the most underrated piece of fiction of all time. This adaptation is so well deserved.