AMC Networks’ anime-focused streaming service HIDIVE announced today that the new original series Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night (Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai) will join its Spring 2024 slate as an exclusive simulcast. Tokyo’s Shibuya City — a center of Japanese youth culture amid a frenzy of fashion, art, entertainment and nightlife — provides the backdrop for this unique slice of life, coming-of-age ensemble drama.
HIDIVE will host the North American premiere of Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night Episodes 1 & 2 on March 29 at Anime Boston 2024.
“We’re delighted to add Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night to HIDIVE’s Spring 2024 line-up of exclusive simulcast series,” said John Ledford, President of HIDIVE. “With animation by Doga Kobo, the studio behind 2023’s global smash hit Oshi no Ko, this original coming-of-age ensemble drama is sure to be one of top new series of the year. Fans do not want to miss a single episode of Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night!”
Synopsis: Shibuya is a city full of identity. It is here on Shibuya’s late night streets that illustrator Mahiru Kozuki, former idol Kano Yamanouchi, Vtuber Kiui Watase and composer Mei Kim Anouk Takanashi — four young women who are slightly outside the world — join together and form an anonymous artist group called JELEE.
“I” also want to shine like someone else. If it’s not me but “we” then we might be able to shine.
Produced by Doga Kobo as part of the studio’s 50th anniversary, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night is directed by Ryohei Takeshita and written by Yūki Yaku along with character design by Junichiro Taniguchi (from original characters designed by popman3580) and music by Masaru Yokoyama.
The Japanese cast stars Miku Itō as Mahiru Kozuki, Rie Takahashi as Kano Yamanouchi, Miyu Tomita as Kiui Watase and Miyuri Shimabukuro as Mei “Kim Anouk” Takanashi. Also on the roster are Sumire Uesaka as Miiko, Miho Okasaki as Mero Setō, Yukina Shutō as Momoko Yanagi and Sally Amaki as Akari Suzumura.
Pop pianist and YouTuber Haramichan will perform the piano pieces heard in the series; musician 40mP also produced an insert song for “Jelee” in the show. The opening theme “Irodori” is performed by KanoeRana, and the closing theme “Ichi-nichi wa 25-jikan” is performed by Anna Tsurushima.
The manga adaptation of Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, by Niko Fujii, will be serialized by Kodansha in its Magazine Pocket manga app concurrently with the anime series.
hidive.com | yorukara-anime.com (Japanese-language official website)
