15-episode series premieres worldwide on December 3

Studio Pierrot announced on Friday that it is producing an original anime exclusively for Netflix titled Hero Mask . The anime will premiere on Netflix worldwide on December 3.

The anime will center on a string of horrific incidents that all revolve around a mysterious "mask." Detective James Blood works to chase down the truth of the incidents. The anime will have 15 episodes. The show's official English website describes the story as follows:

Now there's a mysterious Mask before James Blood, and the man behind it is one that shouldn't exist. What is the mystery surrounding this mask...?

So begins an action-packed crime story set in a beautiful city!

The anime will star:

Yasuyuki Kase James Blood



Yuko Kaida as Sarah Sinclair



Junpei Morita as Lennox Gallagher



Kentaro Takano as Edmond Chandler



Kouki Uchiyama as Harry Creighton



Yuzuru Aoyama as Geffrey Connor

Takayuki Sugo as Steven Martland

Yutaka Nakano as Richard Burner

Haruka Shibuya as Monica Campbell

Tomoyuki Shimura as Fred Faraday

Yuichi Karasuma as Grimm

Yukiyo Fujii as Eve Palmer

Tomoko Miyadera as Anna Winehouse

Hiroyasu Aoki (unit director for X-Men, No Game, No Life, 2011 Hunter × Hunter) is serving as both director and chief writer at Studio Pierrot. Takahisa Katagiri (animation director for Blood-C, FLCL Progressive) is designing the characters, and Hisaki Kato is composing the music. Other staff include:

Background Artist: Katsuya Yamada

Art Directors: Yuki Sonoda, Takashi Nakamura

Costume Design: Isao

Color Designer: Shiori Furusho

Director of Photography: Toshikazu Hisano

Screen Design: sankaku△

Editor: Keisuke Yanagi

Sound Director: Soichiro Kubo

Sound Effects: Mutsuhiro Nishimura

Production: HeroMask.Project

Sources: Hero Mask's English website, Comic Natalie