Scarlet Nexus Animeby Sunrise Gets New Trailer; Officially Debuts on July 1 But First Episode Is Already Available

Today Sunrise released a new trailer of the upcoming anime series dedicated to Bandai Namco’s cross-generation JRPG Scarlet Nexus.

The anime produced by acclaimed studio Sunrise will Officially air on July 1, which is only a few days after the release of the game.

The trailer shows scenes featuring the characters we’re by now familiar with, and the opening song performed by The Oral Cigarettes (who also perform the theme song of the game) titled “Red Criminal.”

While the official debut is on July 1, the first episode is already available with English subtitles on YouTube courtesy of Funimation, and you can check it out under the trailer below.

If you’d like to see more of Scarlet Nexus, you can check out plenty of new gameplay, a 101-style video explaining everything you need to know, the previous trailer, the opening cutscene, even more gameplay, two gameplay trailers, another showcasing locations, the previous promotional video, the original trailer, a gallery of screenshots, an earlier gameplay showcase presented by Anabuki-san himself and producer Keita Iizuka, more screenshots, and even more gameplay.

Of course, you should also read my own preview from a few months ago.

The game is coming for PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on June 25. A demo is available on Xbox and PlayStation platforms.

If you’re unfamiliar with Scarlet Nexus, here’s how Bandai Namco describes it officially.

“In the far distant future, a psionic hormone has been discovered in the human brain, granting people extra-sensory powers and changing the world as we know it.

As humanity enters this new era, deranged mutants known as Others begin to descend from the sky with a hunger for human brains. Impervious to conventional weapons, those with acute extra-sensory abilities, known as psychics, are our only chance to fight the onslaught from above and preserve humanity.

Since that fateful day psychics have been scouted for their talents and recruited to the Other Suppression Force, humanity’s last line of defense.

Players will dive into a complex story of bonds, courage and heroism crafted by the minds behind the iconic TALES OF game, TALES OF VESPERIA. Using psycho-kinetic powers, the world becomes an important ally. Lift, break, and hurl pieces of the environment to build attack combos and lay waste to enemies.”