Funimation has revealed a new key visual during their Industry Panel at FunimationCon 2020 for the TV anime adaptation of Bun-o Fujisawa's original dramatic stage reading MARS RED, which is being co-produced by Funimation and Yomiuri-TV Enterprise LTD.
MARS RED is set to premiere sometime next year. Funimation will be streaming the series.
Main cast for the members of the Code Zero Unit:
Tasuku Hatanaka as squad rookie Shutaro Kurusu, Junichi Suwabe as squad captain Yoshinobu Maeda, Akira Ishida as mad scientist vampire Takeuchi, and Kenichi Suzumura as Edo-era vampire Suwa.
Previously revealed new cast includes:
Ayahi Takagaki as Misaki, the actress playing the protagonist in "Salome"
Makoto Furukawa as Rufus Glenn, a mysterious Englishman
Fumiko Orikasa as Aoi Shirase, Kurusu's childhood friend and a reporter
Hiroshi Yanaka as Sōnosuke Nakajima, a lieutenant general
Sachi Kokuryu as Shinnosuke Tenmaya, the head of the Tenmaya employment agency
The characters of Misaki, Rufus Glenn, and Shinnosuke Tenmaya were created specifically for the anime adaptation.
MARS RED is set to premiere sometime next year. Funimation will be streaming the series.
Main cast for the members of the Code Zero Unit:
Tasuku Hatanaka as squad rookie Shutaro Kurusu, Junichi Suwabe as squad captain Yoshinobu Maeda, Akira Ishida as mad scientist vampire Takeuchi, and Kenichi Suzumura as Edo-era vampire Suwa.
Previously revealed new cast includes:
Ayahi Takagaki as Misaki, the actress playing the protagonist in "Salome"
Makoto Furukawa as Rufus Glenn, a mysterious Englishman
Fumiko Orikasa as Aoi Shirase, Kurusu's childhood friend and a reporter
Hiroshi Yanaka as Sōnosuke Nakajima, a lieutenant general
Sachi Kokuryu as Shinnosuke Tenmaya, the head of the Tenmaya employment agency
The characters of Misaki, Rufus Glenn, and Shinnosuke Tenmaya were created specifically for the anime adaptation.
TEASER TRAILER:
This is the first time in history that an original stage reading is being adapted into an anime. There are also other mixed-media projects inspired by the play planned.
A manga adaptation illustrated by Kemuri Karakara, who also provided a main visual for the play, has been serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Garden since November 2019.
STAFF:
Director: Kouhei Hatano
Composition Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
Anime Character Designs: Yukari Takeuchi
Original Character Designs: Kemuri Karakara
Sound Director: Bun-o Fujisawa
Production: SIGNAL.MD
Manga Visual by Kemuri Karakara:
INTRODUCTION:
MARS RED takes place in 1923, and vampires have existed for quite a while. But now, the number of vampires is increasing and a mysterious, artificial blood source called Ascra has appeared.
The Japanese government, in turn, creates “Code Zero,” a unit within the army tasked with taking down the vampiric forces. And what better way to track vampires than by using vampires?
Created by Lieutenant General Nakajima, this unit has historically been in the business of information war, but has been re-assigned to solve the vampire crisis.
Code Zero’s members include:
Yoshinobu Maeda – Captain of Code Zero and the “most powerful human”
Shutaro Kurusu – A-class vampire and rookie on the squad
Tokuichi Yamagami – Smart vampire, not currently ranked
Suwa – A veteran vampire since the Edo era
Takeuchi – D-class vampire and mad scientist with an immortal brain
It’s up to Code Zero and the S-class vampire Deffrot to investigate this increase and put a stop to it before society crumbles.