Completed Anime
Scarlet Nexus

“Elite psionic recruits, including founder's son Yuito, join OSF to battle brain-eating Others amid a looming national conspiracy.”

Scarlet Nexus

5.73
12,077 rank · 105,523 viewers · 502 favorites
Action Sci-Fi Military Super Power
26 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Summer 2021 · Sunrise · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Elite psionic recruits, including founder's son Yuito, join OSF to battle brain-eating Others amid a looming national conspiracy.

In the year 2020, a nation faces the pervasive threat of the "Others"—mysterious monsters who fall from the sky and feed on human brains. At the same time, psionics, a hormone that gives certain people extrasensory abilities that are effective against the Others, is discovered in the human body. Subsequently, the nation's founder establishes the Other Suppression Force (OSF) to combat these monsters and save humanity. Commonly referred to as the Scarlet Guardians, young individuals with psionics undergo intensive training to join this group. One day, the nation prepares an induction ceremony for the exceptional recruits who completed the grueling training to become Scarlet Guardians. Among these young elites is Yuito Sumeragi, the determined son of the nation's founder; at the age of five, he was rescued by a woman in the OSF. To repay this debt, he joins the organization, eager to put his training to good use. As he meets his new comrades, he faces a big problem—the woman who saved him years ago closely resembles one of his teammates. However, this should be the least of his worries—unbeknownst to him, a conspiracy is brewing, one with the capability to shake the entire country.

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Derived from 29 sampled reviews

4.2 /10

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25% recommend
Score distribution
median 3 mode 3 σ 2.43
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σ 2.43 · split reception

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The polarity gap

5.2 pts

Recommenders 7.8 · others 2.6

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Running avg · Jul 2021 → Apr 2026

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A Tv Production · Summer 2021

Sunrise.
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Sunrise Music · Bandai Namco Arts

  • Format 26 × 24′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 10h 24m all episodes
  • Aired Jul 2021 – Dec 2021 Summer 2021
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-20548 catalog

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