Mars Red | |
Manga | |
Written by | Bun-O Fujisawa |
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Illustrated by | Kemuri Karakara |
Published by | Mag Garden |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Garden |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | January 4, 2020 – July 5, 2021 |
Volumes | 3 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
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Written by | Junichi Fujisaku |
Music by | Toshiyuki Muranaka |
Studio | Signal.MD |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | ytv,Tokyo MX,ChūkyōTV,CS Family Gekijo |
Original run | April 6,2021 – June 29,2021 |
Episodes | 13 |
Video game | |
Edge of Nightmare | |
Developer | D-techno |
Genre | Adventure |
Platform | Android,iOS |
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Mars Red (stylized as MARS RED) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Signal.MD. It is based on a stage reading play written by Bun-O Fujisawa. The series aired from April to June 2021.
In 1923,the Japanese government creates a new unit ("Code Zero") within the army to counter the rising threat of vampires,as well as their artificial blood source. Code Zero offers all vampires the same choice:surrender and receive benefits such as blood and formal registration,or face eradication.
The vampires themselves defy classification,exhibiting a great deal of variation among their ranks and little loyalty towards each other. Though all were once human,most people who are bitten die immediately. Those who become common vamps are simply staggering,mindless predators,while "noble" vampires are far more intelligent and refined (though no less cruel). Still others are able to hold on to their human natures and long for a sense of belonging in an increasingly hostile world.
As the members of Code Zero carry out their mission,they encounter strange vampires,humans,and phenomena that force them to question their own identities and purpose.
A manga adaptation of the reading play by Kemuri Karakara was run in Monthly Comic Garden from January 4,2020 to July 5,2021 and was compiled into three volumes. [7] Seven Seas Entertainment published the manga in North America. [8]
On February 6,2020,Yomiuri-TV Enterprise LTD announced their 50th Anniversary project,a new anime television series directed by Kōhei Hatano to be co-produced by Funimation. The series is animated by Signal.MD,with Junichi Fujisaku writing the series' scripts,Yukari Takeuchi adapting the character designs originally by Kemuri Karakara,and Toshiyuki Muranaka composing the series' music. The series aired from April 6 to June 29,2021 on YTV and other channels. [9] [10] [5] The opening theme is "Seimei no Aria" (生命のアリア,"Aria of Life") by Wagakki Band while the ending theme is "ON MY OWN" by Hyde. [11] [12] The first episode was given a premiere screening on Funimation one week before the Japanese broadcast,in both subtitled and dubbed options. [13] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll,the series was moved to Crunchyroll. [14]
No. | Title [15] [16] | Directed by [15] | Written by [15] | Original release date [17] |
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1 | "Dawn" Transliteration:"Hi no Ataru Basho" (Japanese:陽のあたる場所) | Kōhei Hatano | Junichi Fujisaku | April 6, 2021 [b] |
2 | "Till Death Do Us Part" Transliteration:"Shi ga Futari o Wakatsu Made" (Japanese:死が二人を分かつまで) | Nao Miyoshi,Shinya Sadamitsu, Kōhei Hatano | Junichi Fujisaku | April 13, 2021 |
3 | "His Dream" Transliteration:"Yume Makura" (Japanese:夢枕) | Shinya Sadamitsu,Kōhei Hatano | Junichi Fujisaku | April 20, 2021 |
4 | "Unknown Song" Transliteration:"Uta Shirazu no Uta" (Japanese:歌知らずの歌) | Shigeru Ueda | Junichi Fujisaku | April 27, 2021 [c] |
5 | "Persona Non Grata" Transliteration:"Perusona Non Gurāta" (Japanese:ペルソナ・ノン・グラータ) | Toshiyuki Sone | Junichi Fujisaku | May 4, 2021 |
6 | "The Last Blue Sky" Transliteration:"Saigo no Aozora" (Japanese:さいごの青空) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Junichi Fujisaku | May 11, 2021 |
7 | "The Letter" Transliteration:"Tegami" (Japanese:手紙) | Akie Ishii | Junichi Fujisaku | May 18, 2021 |
8 | "Purgatory" Transliteration:"Rengoku" (Japanese:煉獄) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Junichi Fujisaku | May 25, 2021 |
9 | "Suspicion" Transliteration:"Ginen" (Japanese:疑念) | Hitomi Ezoe | Junichi Fujisaku | June 1, 2021 [d] |
10 | "A Midsummer Night's Dream Gone By" Transliteration:"Tōrisugishi,Natsu no Yo no Yume" (Japanese:通り過ぎし、夏の夜の夢) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Junichi Fujisaku | June 8, 2021 [e] |
11 | "Dark Wings" Transliteration:"kokuyoku" (Japanese:黒翼) | Fumio Maezono | Junichi Fujisaku | June 15, 2021 [c] |
12 | "King of Fools" Transliteration:"Dōke no Ō" (Japanese:道化の王) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Junichi Fujisaku | June 22, 2021 [c] |
13 | "Frailty,Thy Name Is..." Transliteration:"Yowaki Mono,Nanji no Na wa" (Japanese:弱きもの、汝の名は) | Kōhei Hatano | Junichi Fujisaku | June 29, 2021 [e] |
A free-to-play smartphone adventure game titled Mars Red: Edge of the Nightmare (Kawataredoki no Uta) was announced on February 20, 2021 and released on May 20, 2021 in Japan and worldwide on July 9, 2021. The game was developed by D-techno and franchise creator Bun'O Fujisawa created an original story. [19] The game ended its service on January 31, 2022. [20]
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