The main cast members Hatanaka Tasuku, Suwabe Junichi, Ishida Akira, and Suzumura Kenichi, and character visuals of the TV Anime "MARS RED" (scheduled to be broadcast in 2021) have been announced. In addition, the first PV has been released, along with the comments received from the cast. "MARS RED" is originally a musical stage reading written, scripted, and directed by the playwriter Fujisawa Bun'ou, who is known as “the leading person in musical stage readings” for his many original works sent out to the world. The manga writer Karakara Kemuri, known for “Laughing Under the Clouds” and “Laughing in Limbo”, is in charge of the main visual. The TV anime's story is set in the Taisho era where it depicts the actions of “Special Unit 16” aka “the Zero Agency” of the anti-vampire organization secretly formed by the Japanese government The cast members Hatanaka Tasuku, Suwabe Junichi, Ishida Akira, and Suzumura Kenichi will be playing the role of the main characters of “the Zero Agency”. Hatanaka will be voicing Kurusu Shuutarou, a rookie vampire who is one of the strongest in Japan, Suwabe is Maeda Yoshinobu, a colonel and the strongest man on earth who manages the “the Zero Agency”, Ishida will be playing the role of Takeuchi, a mad scientist who enjoys his immortal soul, and Suzumura will be the voice of Suwa who had been living as a vampire since the Edo era.

From the TV anime "MARS RED", the summary and scene-cut of #1 "Dawn", which started airing on April 5, 2021 (Mon), have been released. “MARS RED" is the first TV anime adaptation from an original music reading play. The original story is written by Fujisawa Bun-O, a leading figure in music recitation, the original characters are designed by Karakara Kemuri known for "Laughing Under the Clouds", and the series composition and script are written by Fujisaki Junichi known for "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex". The story is set in the Taisho era and depicts the story of the Japanese government's anti-vampire agency, the 16th Special Task Force (a.k.a. Code Zero). The title of #1 is "Dawn". It's early summer in 1923, and Maeda Yoshinobu is greeted at Tokyo Station by Moriyama, a member of the 16th Special Task Force. Moriyama, on the orders of Lieutenant General Nakajima, invited Maeda to a facility in Tsukishima. What Maeda saw there was a vampire who was singing the lines of Queen Salome in a high-pitched voice. The vampire is a stage actress from the Imperial Theater, Misaki, and Maeda begins to pursue who the vampire is that has done this to her. However, during the investigation, Maeda receives a call that Misaki has escaped from Tsukishima. “MARS RED" #1 "Dawn" started airing on Yomiuri TV and other stations from April 5, 2021. (C) Fujisawa Bun-O / SIGNAL.MD / MARS RED Production Committee