KEY POINTS

  • The show is set in 2041 in Japan where the use of psychic powers has been banned
  • Two brothers named Naoya and Naota, armed with special powers, struggle to survive 
  • "Night Head" 2041 Episode 1 is set to air Wednesday

"Night Head" 2041 revolves around the lives of two brothers with abilities who want to live normal lives. Naoya Kirihara and Naoto Kirihara wonder if they are even allowed to exist.

Naoya and Naoto were cast out of society because they possessed psychic powers. Now in the year 2041, they find themselves in Tokyo, where the existence of these powers is strictly prohibited.

The official website has released the synopsis and spoiler stills of "Night Head" 2041. The pilot episode introduces two other protagonists named Yuya Kuroki and Takuya Kuroki, who belong to an elite task force. In the debut episode, they encounter a mysterious girl during a mission.

Elsewhere, Naoto and Naoya, who should have been in a laboratory, find themselves in a forest.

“Two men awaken in a forest. Cast out of society because of their psychic powers, two brothers named Naoto and Naoya Kirihara were kept in a research lab for psychics for the last 15 years. They hope that the reason they were able to leave the lab is because people were ready to accept and welcome psychics as a part of society, just like they were told by the head of the lab, Kyojiro Mikuriya. But what they found was Tokyo in the year 2041, where not only was the existence of mental energy completely denied but anything from books or visuals depicting supernatural phenomena, including psychics, were completely censored,” read the official series synopsis of "Night Head" 2041 anime, according to Crunchyroll.

The opening theme of "Night Head" 2041, titled "Icy Ivy," is performed by "Jujutsu Kaisen" fame, Who-ya Extended.

The cast of the anime includes Daisuke Ono as Naoto Kirihara, Kensho Ono as Yuuya Kuroki, Takahiro Sakurai as Takuya Kuroki, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Naoya Kirihara, Yoko Hikasa as Kimie Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Mamiya as Daisuke Honda, Reina Ueda as Yui Akiyama, Lynn as Reika Mutou, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Michio Sonezaki, Aya Endo as Miki Tachibana, Kousei Hirota as Losyukov, Tarusuke Shingaki as Victor and Tomoaki Maeno as Suguru Kakitani.

Fans can watch "Night Head" 2041 Episode 1 online on Crunchyroll Wednesday. The episode will live stream in Japanese with English subtitles.

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