Monster Mash
If you need a tubular tune to help push you into the back half of Thursday, then Bandai Namco has you covered. The publisher has released the opening anime to its intergalactic alien fighterScarlet Nexus, which is set to launch on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox June 25.
The hard-rockin’ sequence, animated by studio Sunrise ofGundamandCowboy Bebopfame, sees some of the psychically charged soldiers of The OSF preparing to go to war with a brain-eating alien force known as “The Others”. The action is scored by Japanese rock bandchecks notesThe Oral Cigarettes, blasting outScarlet Nexus‘ theme song “Dream in Drive”. If it’s too loud then you’re too old, Grandad! Go get your cocoa and pipe! Incidentally, Sunrise has already been commissioned to producea tie-in anime, which will air later in 2021.
Scarlet Nexus, which is currently in development at Bandai Namco Studios, quietly pushes its way to completion. While it definitely feels like one of those titles people forget is on the radar, its apocalyptic storyline, electric cast of characters, and promises ofchaotic, free-roaming battles of mind vs. monster, could find it one of the summer’s most cathartic and exciting releases. Watch this space… or just “project forward” and find out for yourself.
