: Adapted from the Japanese fantasy novel series by Nahoko Uehashi , who also wrote Moribito and The Beast Player .
: Produced by Production I.G , the studio behind Ghost in the Shell and Miss Hokusai . The Deer King (2021)
The story is set in a world divided between the ruling and the vassal state of Aquafa . Years after a brutal war, a mysterious and lethal disease known as Black Wolf Fever resurfaces, spread by savage mountain dogs. The narrative follows two central threads: : Adapted from the Japanese fantasy novel series