Synopsis
The narrative follows Testa, a young linguistic prodigy and university professor. His senior, Sergeant Rossa, brings him into the Allied Cryptanalysis Department, where he is assigned to decipher the code used by enemy werewolves to encrypt their radio communications. Testa is shocked to discover that the encrypted code produces only the sound of a wolf's howl. His research fails to yield any results, leading him to decide that capturing a live werewolf is necessary for more effective cryptanalysis. After trying every possible method, he eventually locates a female werewolf named Yonaga.
Background
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 The contest accepted unpublished entries that could be made into a short anime, 30 to 40 minutes in estimated length. Haneki's 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.
