exception (Season 1)

Exception (2022) is a Japanese sci-fi horror anime you can watch online on iFILM. Earth is no longer livable, so humanity sends a ship to terraform a distant world — and the crew of specialists is bio-printed on board, body by body, as they're needed. One of them comes out of the printer wrong.

That single malfunction is the "exception" of the title, and it turns a tight survival mission into a locked-room nightmare where a crewmate may be the deadliest thing aboard. Yûzô Satô directs, with creature and character design by Yoshitaka Amano and a score from Ryuichi Sakamoto. Across its eight episodes the show keeps circling one question — what actually makes someone human. Strong pick if you like the dread of Alien crossed with talky, idea-driven sci-fi. Stream every episode of Exception online on iFILM.