With the premiere of the CG anime series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness now just over one week away, Netflix has released a set of four character posters.
Shared to the official Netflix Geeked Twitter account, the posters star Leon S. Kennedy (Nick Apostolides), Claire Redfield (Stephanie Panisello), Jason (Ray Chase) and Shen May (Jona Xiao), respectively.
Based on Capcom's popular series of Resident Evil video games, Infinite Darkness is directed by Eiichiro Hasumi and composed by Yugo Kanno. The Netflix original CG anime is set in 2006, between the events of Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5, and focuses on classic characters Leon and Claire. Apostolides and Panisello reprise their respective roles from the 2019 remake of Resident Evil 2.
Per the full official synopsis for Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness,
Six years ago (2000), the helicopter belonging to the U.S. special forces who were intervening in the Penamstan civil war fell from the sky. The U.S. Army Mad Dogs, who were in the same battleground, refused orders from the command center to stand their ground and instead went to save survivors of the crash. However, the special forces were already annihilated. The Mad Dogs, led by their captain Jason, were also forced to escape in order to survive.
However, in that place, Jason and his unit saw the supposedly dead special forces moving in strange ways...
In the present (2006), a hacking incident occurs on a top secret White House file. Four agents, including Leon S. Kennedy and Jason, the “Hero of Penamstan,” are invited to the White House to investigate this incident. However, when the lights suddenly go out, they are forced to take down a horde of mysterious zombies alongside the SWAT team. Afterward, the top secret file is found to be related to a biology laboratory in Shanghai, which Leon and the other three agents decide to investigate for clues. As they head to Shanghai in a cutting-edge submarine, a swarm of rat-like Bio Organic Weapons (B.O.W.) suddenly attacks, pushing them into a life-or-death situation.
Meanwhile, while staying in Penamstan to provide support for refugees, Terra Save staff member Claire Redfield encounters a strange image drawn by a nonverbal boy. Haunted by this drawing, which appears to depict a victim of viral infection, Claire starts her own investigation. She eventually finds a terrifying experiment that was conducted during the Penamstan civil war. Leon and Claire draw closer to an unimaginable truth that all began in Penamstan. They also discover that a terror that can shatter peace is slowly approaching...
Directed by Eiichiro Hasumi, Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness stars Nick Apostolides as Leon S. Kennedy, Stephanie Panisello as Claire Redfield, Ray Chase as Jason, Jona Xiao as Shen May, Billy Kametz as Patrick, Joe J. Thomas as Graham, Doug Stone as Wilson and Brad Venable as Ryan. The CG anime premieres on Netflix July 8.
Source: Twitter