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Tow Ubukata's 'Bye Bye, Earth' Fantasy Novel Gets Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Bye Bye, Earth novel. While the companies did not announce a debut date for the anime, they revealed that the anime will run on the WOWOW subscription television channel in Japan, and will stream on Crunchyroll "in more than 200 countries and territories."
The novel's story is set on an Earth where all people take the form of animals. Bell is the only girl in the world without the characteristics of animals. She sets out to discover if there are other beings like her. Bell wields a sword and becomes involved with the struggles between the cities and outside world.
Ubukata's Bye Bye, Earth fantasy novel first shipped in two volumes in December 2000 with art by Hyung-Tae Kim.
ended on July 29. Shonengahosha shipped the manga's fourth and final compiled book volume on September 30.
Ubukata's Moonrise (working title) project in December 2018, and an English prologue novel for the project debuted that month.
Ubukata's debut work Kuroi Kisetsu (The Black Season) won the first Sneaker Taisho Gold Prize award in 1996. His Mardock Scramble novel won the Nihon SF Taisho Award in 2003. His The Universe Revealed historical novel released in 2009 won the Booksellers Award, the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, and a Naoki Award.
Source: Press release
