Pupa
Crunchyroll has announced the latest series to make the debut on their service from the winter 2014 anime season with Pupa. THe series is set to debut on Thursday, January 9th, at 3:30pm ET for premium users. Free members will get a look at the show a week later from that. The series has some limited availability to it as it’s open to views in the USA, Canada, and Latin America.
The adaptation is based on the horror series that kicked off in 2011 by Sayaka Mogi and was originally set for broadcast alongside the release of the fourth volume of the manga that comes from Comic Earth Star.Studio DEEN is producing the series and it will be directed by Tomomi Mochizuki, who directed a variety of shows from Here is Greenwood to Kimagure Orange Road and was also the creator for Fancy Lala.
Plot concept: Based on a manga series written and illustrated by Sayaka Mogi, Pupa tells the story of a brother and sister who both become infected by a virus that transforms the sister, Yume, into a flesh eating monster when hungry, and giving the brother, Utsutsu, superhuman healing and regenerative powers. In a relationship where one takes and the other can give, thus begins the story of Utsutsu and Yume Hasegawa…