Funimation revealed earlier last year a new co-production they’re involved in that’s set for an April 5thm 2021 with Yomiuri-TV Enterprise LTD called Mars Red. The series is based on a dramatic stage reading from the playwright and theatre director Bun-O FUJISAWA and some new promotion for it has landed. With Funimation bringing out the first episode early, they now have a four-minute behind-the-scenes piece with Bun-O FUJISAWA as well as voice actors Tasuku Hatanaka and Junichi Suwabe as they talk about the production. Check it out below!
The series will be directed by Kouhei Hatano, along with Junichi Fujisaku (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) as writer, Karakarakemuri (Laughing Under the Clouds) as original character designer, Yukari Takeuchi (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) on character design and music from Toshiyuki Muranaka, who has worked with FUJISAWA for many years.
The English dub has Jad Saxton as the ADR director with Tyson Reinhart as the assistant ADR director working from scripts by Jeremy Kraatz. The English cast includes:
- Seán Schemmel as Maeda
- Zach Aguilar as Kurusu
- Aaron Dismuke as Suwa
- Christopher Guerrero as Takeuchi
- Bryan Massey as Yamagami
- Mick Wingert as Nakajima
- Ciarán Strange as Defrott
- Reagan Murdock as Rufus
- Caitlin Glass as Aoi
- Shawn Gann as Chief Editor
- Dawn M. Bennett as Misaki
- Ben Balmaceda as Moriyama
- Bruce DuBose as Okimura
- Katelyn Barr as Tenmanya
The Japanese cast includes include Junichi Suwabe as Yoshinobu Maeda, Tasuku Hatanaka as Shutaro Kurusu, Kenichi Suzumura as Suwa, Akira Ishida as Takeuchi, Tokuichi Yamagami, Ayahi Takagaki as Misaki, Makoto Furukawa as Rufus Glenn, Fumiko Orikasa as Aoi Shirase, Hiroshi Yanaka as Sōnosuke Nakajima, Sachi Kokuryu as Shinnosuke Tenmaya, Kōichi Yamadera as Tokuichi Yamagami, and Miyuki Sawashiro as Deffrot.
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Plot Concept: The year is Taisho 12. They appear in Tokyo as night falls. Known as “Vampires,” they have lived there through the ages, hidden from the public eye, lurking in the shadows as they feed on the blood of the living. To oversee and regulate the vampires, the 16th Special Forces Unit, referred to as “Unit Zero,” was established within the army. It was founded by Lieutenant-General Nakajima to fight in the war of information against various remarkable major powers of the world. At present, however, Unit Zero serves to handle all vampire-related incidents occurring within the darkness of Tokyo.
