Ahead of the broadcast of TV anime "Mars Red" in April 2021, the mini anime "Zerokikan Daily" will be distributed from Nov. 24, 2020. "Mars Red" is an anime adaptation based on a stage reading play, which is written and directed by Fujisawa Bun-O, known as the leading person of stage reading play, and Karakara Kemuri, known for "Laughing Under the Clouds" and "Laughing in Purgatory" handles its main visual. The story takes place in Tokyo in 1923 and depicts the activities of the "Zero Organization", the 16th Special Task Force that the Japanese government created to take down the vampiric forces. In the mini anime, the five members of 'the 16th Special Task Force -Zero Organization-' as the main characters of the TV anime will be drawn as mini characters: Kurusu Shotaro (CV: Hatanaka Tasuku), Maeda Yoshinobu (CV: Suwabe Junishi), Yamagami Tokuichi (CV: Yamadera Koichi), Takeuchi (CV: Ishida Akira), and Suwa (CV: Suzumura Kenichi). The 1st episode depicts the daily life of Zero Organization, featuring Maeda Yoshinobu (CV: Suwabe Junishi) and Yamagami Tokuichi (CV: Yamadera Koichi). They are tasked with taking down the vampiric forces, but what is their private life like...? A total of five episodes of "Zerokikan Daily" will be distributed until right before the broadcast at 20:00 on the fourth Tuesday of each month, from November 24 to March 23. TV anime "Mars Red" will be broadcast from April 2021. The 2nd episode of the mini anime "Zerokikan Daily" will be distributed on December 22. (C)Fujisawa Bun-O / SIGNAL.MD/ Mars Red Production Committee

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.