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This award-winning series marries a unique sci-fi set-up with an examination of social issues surrounding veganism, animal exploitation, and ecoterrorism. 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.

The Animal Liberation Alliance, an eco-terrorist organization, rescues a pregnant chimpanzee from an animal testing lab—only for it to give birth to a half-human, half-chimpanzee “humanzee” named Charlie! Fifteen years later, Charlie’s human foster parents are finally ready to send him to a normal high school, where he makes his first friend: a human girl named Lucy. In the meantime, however, the ALA’s stance has become ever more extreme, and now they’re here to drag Charlie into their terrorist plot...Winner of the prestigious Manga Taisho, as well as an Excellence Award at the Japanese Media Arts Festival, The Darwin Incident is as action-packed as it is socially relevant!

A NIGHTMARE UNFOLDS!! WHO CAN CHARLIE PROTECT—AND AT WHAT COST?!Charlie—half human, half chimpanzee—has just entered high school. His parents simply want a normal life for him, but the terrorist group known as the Animal Liberation Alliance has other ideas. In spite of everything, Charlie's new friend Lucy is doing her best to help him fit in—until every parent's worst nightmare strikes Shrews High...!

If you take any more from me, you’ll pay an extremely high cost!Half-human, half-chimpanzee Charlie is at the center of a maelstrom: the ALA want to turn him into a terrorist figurehead, the FBI want to bring him in, and the people of Shrews want nothing to do with him... Amid the chaos, Charlie has lost his family. But who took them from him? The answer could change the world—!!

Half-human, half-chimpanzee Charlie’s birth mother Eva is dead—but her startling last message could change everything. Even as Charlie and his friends struggle with the possible existence of another humanzee, a fateful encounter forces them to accept the truth...And now Charlie faces his greatest challenge yet!

This award-winning series marries a unique scifi set-up with an examination of social issues surrounding veganism, animal exploitation, and ecoterrorism.Charlie, Lucy, and the others head to New York City in search of any clue that will lead them to the mysterious Dr. Grossman, who seems to be at the center of everything. But Omelas and the ALA are on the move as well, and their tactics are changing. It’s guerrilla warfare in the streets as terror grips the entire nation—!!

Anime adaptation recently announced! This award-winning series marries a unique scifi set-up with an examination of social issues surrounding veganism, animal exploitation, and ecoterrorism.The players come together at the feet of the genius who started it all...then things fall apart!!Everyone’s looking for Doctor Grossman, the scientist whose hybridization experiments created the humanzees. But what will it mean for Charlie when the ALA and FBI converge on Galton Inc.—and who will emerge victorious from the ensuing confrontation...?!

This award-winning series marries a unique scifi set-up with an examination of social issues surrounding veganism, animal exploitation, and ecoterrorism.Half-human, half-chimpan­zee Charlie has finally apprehended the ALA’s mastermind, Rivera Feyerabend. But now Omelas has Lucy, and the ALA’s true intentions are at last becoming clear—! It’s up to Charlie and his friends to save Lucy before the terrorists can carry out their bizarre plan!!

Anime adaptation recently announced! This award-winning series marries a unique scifi set-up with an examination of social issues surrounding veganism, animal exploitation, and ecoterrorism.What is "life"? Time to update the definition!!Half-human, half-chimpanzee Charlie has lost the one thing he holds most dear—Lucy, kidnapped by the ALA!! The terrorists want to use her in their insane plot, but Charlie will do anything to get her back...even charge into the belly of the beast. But inside Omelas's hideout, Charlie faces a showdown with his brother that could change the fate of humanity!!

This award-winning series marries a unique scifi set-up with an examination of social issues surrounding veganism, animal exploitation, and ecoterrorism. Anime streaming on Amazon Prime Video!When everything goes wrong, there’s only one way to turn it around…!Half-human, half-chimpan­zee Charlie pulls off a high-stakes rescue and frees Lucy from the ALA’s sinister clutches. With Feyerabend now safely behind bars, the ALA finally seems to have been wiped out for good… But is the threat truly neutralized, or is the worst yet to come?!