Scarlet Nexus is a Japanese anime television series adaptation of the video game of the same name. It is produced by Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks) and aired from July to December 2021. Contents
Scarlet Nexus’ anime series is an excellent companion piece. The anime shows both heroes’ perspectives and is better than a second playthrough.
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The first episode titled ‘Scarlet Guardian’ (Translated: Hiiro no Shugosha) was pre-screened on 19th June 2021 on Funimation’s YouTube channel. We do expect the anime to release internationally by Winter 2021.
Funimation gave fans a screening of episode one before the official release date and fans are hyped for the whole series to drop, so they can binge it! Scarlet Nexus is an anime adaptation of Bandai Namco’s video game of the same name.
The first episode titled ‘Scarlet Guardian’ (Translated: Hiiro no Shugosha) was pre-screened on 19th June 2021 on Funimation’s YouTube channel. We do expect the anime to release internationally by Winter 2021. The opening theme is confirmed to be performed by THE ORAL CIGARETTES.
The premise of the anime follows a futuristic alternate reality where humans are given superpowers, developed by a substance found in their brain. These superhumans must stop organisms named ‘Others’ from eating humans. The anime will be directed by Hiroyuki Nishimura.
The voice cast for the anime series is as follows: 1 Junya Enoki as Yuito Sumeragi. 2 Asami Seto as Kasane Randall. 3 Yui Horie as Arashi Spring. 4 Marika Kounou as Tsugimi Nazar. 5 Tomomi Mineuchi as Hanabi Ichijou. 6 Asuka Nishi as Naomi Randall. 7 Daisuke Namikawa as Kageou Donne. 8 Yuuma Uchida as Nagi Karman. 9 Kengo Kawanishi as Shiden Ritter. 10 Ryouta Takeuchi as Gemma Garrison. 11 Yumi Hara as Kyoka Eden. 12 Chinatsu Akasaki as Luka Travers.
Set in the near future and an alternate reality where humanity develops technology and forms society based on the substances found in human brains. These substances also grant humans extrasensory superpowers.
The second son of the prestigious Sumeragi family. As a child he was saved by an OSF soldier, which inspired him to join the OSF later on. He possesses the psionic ability of gravikinesis, allowing him to control the movement of all surrounding objects.
On March 18, 2021, an anime television series adaptation produced by Sunrise was announced and licensed by Funimation outside of Asia. Medialink licensed the anime in South and Southeast Asia.