In 2022, The Darwin Incident won the 15th Manga Taishō, as well as the Excellence Award at the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival.

During a commando operation carried out by an animal rights organization in a biological research institute, a pregnant chimpanzee is discovered, which will give birth to a "humanzee", a half-human, half-chimpanzee being.

Written and illustrated by Shun Umezawa [ja], The Darwin Incident started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon on June 25, 2020.

[5] During their panel at Anime NYC 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the manga,[6][7] with the first volume released on September 5, 2023.

[30] It was ranked fifth at the 1st Late Night Manga Award hosted by Bungeishunjū's Crea magazine in 2022.

[33] The manga was awarded the French 17th ACBD's Prize "Asie de la Critique" in 2023.