First Game
One day, high school student Kaname Sudo’s average life is interrupted by the arrival of an emailed invitation to join “Darwin’s Game.” Without even thinking, he opens the app, thereby becoming a player in the game. Just as Kaname begins to suspect there’s more to the shady app than meets the eye, his first battle suddenly begins, with a mysterious man in a panda suit lunging at him with a butcher knife. Will Kaname survive his first, desperate battle against a bloodthirsty killer?
Aired 04/01/2020EP 1 - First Game
Darwin's Game
Kaname Sudou, an ordinary high school student, receives an invitation email to try a mysterious app called "Darwin's Game." Kaname, upon launching the app, is drawn into a game where players fight one another using superpowers called Sigils. Without knowing the reason for all this, can Kaname survive furious battles against the powerful players who attack him?
(Source: Aniplex of America)
Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.