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THE MARGINAL SERVICE

THE MARGINAL SERVICE

20232.81 Season12 EpisodesEndedTV-14

Overview

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.

Created by Kenta Ihara
Written by Kenta Ihara
NetworksNippon TV

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Top Cast

Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

Brian Nightraider (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Zeno Stokes (voice)

Kaori Nazuka

Kaori Nazuka

Lyra Candyheart (voice)

Tomokazu Sugita

Tomokazu Sugita

Bolts Dexter (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura

Yuichi Nakamura

Robin Timbert (voice)

Hiro Shimono

Hiro Shimono

Cyrus N. Kuga (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Theodore Thompson (voice)

Koki Uchiyama

Koki Uchiyama

Peck Desmont (voice)

Yuma Uchida

Yuma Uchida

Rubber Suit (voice)

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Themes & Keywords

secret government organizationalienanimecryptidsentai

About THE MARGINAL SERVICE

THE MARGINAL SERVICE is a animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, comedy series that first aired in 2023 exploring themes of secret government organization, alien, anime, cryptid, sentai. Created by Kenta Ihara, it stars Mamoru Miyano, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Kaori Nazuka. 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.

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