Autumn anime “Chi. -About the Earth’s Movement-” key visual released! Broadcast for 2 consecutive seasons, total of 25 episodes decidedIt has won numerous awards, including the Manga Grand Prize at the 26th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. The story of those who risked their beliefs and lives to prove the heliocentric theory, “Chi. – About the Movement of the Earth,” is released to the world by the young genius writer Uoto. The TV anime of the work will start broadcasting on NHK General TV from 11:45 pm on Saturday, October 5, 2024 (episodes 1 and 2 will be broadcast consecutively for the first time), and after each episode is broadcast, it will be distributed worldwide on Netflix and free on ABEMA.

This time, the key visual has been released! It has been decided that the series will be broadcast for two consecutive seasons, totaling 25 episodes.

▲Released key visual

The story is set in a certain European country in the 15th century. At a time when the geocentric theory, which states that the Earth is the center of the universe and the planets revolve around it, was considered the truth of the world and believing or researching anything that contradicted this theory was a serious crime, the child prodigy Rafael learns of the possibility of the heliocentric theory from the words of the mysterious scholar Hubert.

He was called a genius by those around him and even considered himself a genius, but then an uncontrollable intellectual curiosity began to grow in him. “What on earth would I have to sacrifice to learn everything about this world?” he asked, risking his own “knowledge”, “blood” and even his life to prove the “heliocentric theory”. What fate awaited Rafał?

The released key visual shows Rafal watching the stars, with Badeni, Jorenta and Okuji looking up at the same star-filled sky. The visual expresses the film’s epic and passionate story of a group of people of different social status, age, gender and occupation who all share a commonality: they are fascinated by the beauty of the heliocentric theory and are willing to risk their lives and beliefs to prove it.

“Chi. –About the Movement of the Earth–“, which begins airing today, has been decided to be broadcast for two consecutive seasons with a total of 25 episodes.

The series will premiere on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 11:45 PM on NHK General TV (with the first episode being the first, followed by two episodes in a row), and after each episode has aired, it will be streamed worldwide on Netflix and for free on ABEMA!

*NHK General TV’s broadcast schedule is subject to change.

*ABEMA is a free distribution service. It is also available on the paid “ABEMA Premium” service.

Uo Toyo “Chi. – About the movement of the earth” (published by Shogakukan “Big Spirits Comics”)

Director: Kenichi Shimizu

Series Composition: Shingo Irie

Character Design: Masanori Shino

Music: Kensuke Ushio

Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi

Opening Song and Theme Song: “Kaiju” by Sakanaction

Ending Song: “Aporia” by Yorushika

Animation Production: Madhouse

Rafal: Maaya

SakamotoNovak: Kenjiro TsudaHubert

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Sho HayamiOkji: Katsuyuki

KonishiBadeni: Yuichi NakamuraYorenta

: Saya Niimi

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