KEY POINTS

  • The Other Suppression Force recruits new Scarlet Guardians
  • Yuito, Kasane, Nagi and the others attend the convocation ceremony
  • "Scarlet Nexus" is debuting this Thursday

The deranged mutants, called Others, love eating human brains. Humans have formed an elite Other Suppression Force to tackle their threat in "Scarlet Nexus" Episode 1.

The official website has released the synopsis and spoiler stills of the pilot episode. The nation faces the threat of the Others and a new batch of Scarlet Guardians joins the Other Suppression Force.

Episode 1 of "Scarlet Nexus" shows the convocation ceremony as Yuito, Nagi and the others get excited to become part of the force. Yuito's elder brother, Sumeragi, is the Supreme Commander of the Other Suppression Force and he will address the new recruits.

At the convocation ceremony, Yuito and Nagi meet the Randall sisters named Kasane and Naomi. Kasane has joined the elite force because of her exceptional abilities.

Nagi and Yuito learn that Kasane's parents were murdered by Others when she was a child. After the tragedy, she was adopted by the Randalls. Kasane was 12 when she was spotted by the Other Suppression Force and she began her training program.

In "Scarlet Nexus" Episode 1, a strange phenomenon happens in the town. How will the new recruits respond to this threat?

"Solar calendar year 2020: grotesque organisms called Others have begun eating people. To take down this new enemy, the Other Suppression Force is formed. Saved by this elite team as a child, psychokinetic Yuito withstands the training to enlist. On the other hand, prodigy Kasane was scouted for her abilities. But Kasane's dreams tell her strange things, dragging the two into an unavoidable fate," read the official series synopsis, according to Funimation.

The cast of "Scarlet Nexus" anime includes Asami Seto as Kasane Randall, Junya Enoki as Yuito Sumeragi, Yumi Hara as Kyoka Eden, Yuuma Uchida as Nagi Karman, Yui Horie as Arashi Spring, Tomomi Mineuchi as Hanabi Ichijo, Ryota Takeuchi as Gemma Garrison, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Karen Travers, Marika Kouno as Tsugumi Nazar, Asuka, Nishi as Naomi Randall, Daisuke Namikawa as Kagero Donne, Chinatsu Akasaki as Luka Travers, Hiroki Takahashi as Seto Narukami, Kengo Kawanishi as Shiden Ritter and Isshin Chiba as Fubuki Spring.

Fans can watch "Scarlet Nexus" Episode 1 online on Funimation. The episode will live stream in Japanese with English subtitles this Thursday.

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