Luger Code 1951  

ルガーコード1951, ルガーコード 1951

The narrative revolves around a brilliant young university professor who possesses the ability to master any language. He is tasked with interpreting the Luger Code, an encryption technique created by werewolves, adversaries of mankind. However, upon discovering that he is unable to decode the message, the professor becomes anxious and sets out on a quest to apprehend a live werewolf in order to assist him.

Luger Code 1951 began as a story idea that Haruto Haneki submitted for the Shounen Jump+ × Animax Anime Scenario Award contest (少年ジャンプ＋×アニマックス アニメシナリオ大賞). The theme of the contest was "your original scenario in the image of Shounen Jump." The contest accepted unpublished entries that could be made into a short anime, 30 to 40 minutes in estimated length. Hanekis scenario won the Grand Prize, winning him 2 million yen, a manga adaptation on Shounen Jump+, and an anime adaptation. Akira Akatsuki, who was one of the judges in the competition, drew the manga.The anime premiered on the Shonen Jump+ website on October 14 at 12:00 a.m. (effectively October 15 at midnight). The anime also ran on the Hikari TV service on October 15 at 8:00 p.m. and on the Animax channel on October 22 at 8:00 p.m. A making-of video aired alongside the anime as a special.