Kazuho Kunimoto
Director
THE MARGINAL SERVICE (2023)
Season 1
After being fired from his detective job, Brian receives a strange letter. He heads to the address written on the envelope and finds himself among the Marginal Service! This motley crew of fearless men and a woman (and a squirrel) are tasked with hunting down aliens. And Brian just became their newest member.
Released April 12, 2023
Episode 23 min
14+
Genres: Action, Animation, Anime, Comedy, Science Fiction
Keywords: tmdb.anime, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.alien, tmdb.cryptid, tmdb.sentai, imdb.anime, imdb.anime-animation + 7 more, imdb.original-anime, imdb.alien, imdb.female-nudity, imdb.female-rear-nudity, imdb.asia, imdb.japan, tmdb.secret-government-organization
Watch Providers: Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Production Companies: Studio 3Hz, Giraffe Kick Studio, Cygames
Network: Nippon TV
6.0
S1E1 - Leather Jacket Is Slippery
After Brian Nightraider gets fired from the police, he gets a letter from the United Nation Immigration Bureau Special Task Force, "Marginal Service." He visits the address in the letter, only to find a bizarre occult shop.
April 12, 2023, midnight
4.0
S1E2 - One Step and Riddled With Bullets
Still on the fence about Borderlanders, Brian goes on a mission to find out the truth. In a red costume, he accompanies Zeno, Robin, and Bolts to Jukai, where the drug factory is supposed to be. On their way, their chopper gets shot down by a missile.
April 19, 2023, midnight
S1E3 - Don't Overeat Caviar
Brian and the team attempt to infiltrate Rubber Suit's mansion while he's holding a charity auction, hoping to retrieve a rare item being used to manufacture illegal drugs.
April 26, 2023, midnight
S1E4 - That Absurd Switch
The team tries to crack a mysterious case involving terrorist bombings that seem to be following a clear pattern, but not a clear purpose.
May 3, 2023, midnight
S1E5 - Sexy Santa Lights the Holy Night
On Christmas morning, Brian wakes up to a cyberattack to the Marginal Service, which escalates from embarrassing photos to possible data leakage about the Marginal Service and Borderlanders. Lyra has a good idea of who’s responsible.
May 10, 2023, midnight
S1E6 - Boobs for a Marmot, Air Tank for a Shark
The Marginal Service finds out that Rubber escaped to Higashino Island. They have to get there on a boat, but Cyrus isn't happy about it since he hates nature. Brian happily suggests a fishing contest. But what he manages to catch is a shark.
May 17, 2023, midnight
S1E7 - Making Up Is the Beginning of Another Fight
Brian and Zeno set out to rescue Robin and Bolts, who have fallen into Rubber Suit's clutches. Little do they know that Robin and Bolts are about to discover a secret about their past that will completely upend the mission.
May 24, 2023, midnight
S1E8 - Zombies Prefer Shopping Malls?
The Marginal Service goes to the holding facility converted from a mall, where Rubber is being transferred. After Cyrus conducts a medical check up on Rubber, something strange starts to happen.
May 31, 2023, midnight
S1E9 - An Ounce of Energy Drink Is Worth a Pound of Cure
Rubber is in custody with the higher ups at the UN. Zeno is upset that he can't interrogate Rubber, and suspects that Theodore's hiding something. Zeno collapses and wakes up in Cyrus's lab, and everything starts to look shady.
June 7, 2023, midnight
S1E10 - You're Always Not There When I Want to Hit You
Zeno gets caught up in the investigation of a missing child, but Brian worries that Zeno may end up going too far due to his troubled past.
June 14, 2023, midnight
S1E11 - When You Wish Upon a Star, a Star Shall Have the Guitar and Perfume
Brian is desperate to find Zeno before the rest of the Marginal Service does, and his only choice is to seek information from... Rubber Suit?
June 21, 2023, midnight
S1E12 - Shitty World Will in Fact Come to an End
Having heard the truth from Rubber, Brian is reunited with Zeno in Mt. Minakami and suggests to rescue children together, but Zeno doesn't listen. While they fight, the doomsday for the Earth, another Gray Shock is about to happen.
June 28, 2023, midnight
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Nippon TV
23 min/ep
276 min
April 12, 2023
June 28, 2023, midnight
Ended
TV-14 / 14+
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