Project Zero-X Series

Project Zero-X (Kanji: プロジェクォ‐ゼロ‐エツコ, Hepburn: Purojekto Zero-Ekkusu) or simply 0-X is a Psychological Police Action Drama manga series created by Ayato Ryujin, and adapted to a Netflix Original Anime series by Production I.G.

Plots
Take place in the current Tokyo, somewhere in not so-far future, the series follows SONARTac Team Alpha, a special operations group specializes in cybercrime, terrorist acts and search-and-rescue operations, with members ranging from multi-nationalities ex-spec-ops to ex-military as they address each case, how it affecting them from personal levels.

The team mostly partaking in military operations and special operations. In rare cases, they'll handle on oversea special "unsanctioned" operations.

The series often incorporating literary references, featuring realism point-of-view, thriller actions and portraying the current view of certain countries' societies, political, etc.

"The Boss"
(VA: JP:Atsuko Tanaka / EN:TBA) Callsigns: Alpha 0; Base; Boss (full team deploy) --- Col. Miyoko Daniels-Hikari, often referred to by Alpha 1 as "The Boss", is the Chief Executive Director of Alpha 1.

A mysterious woman on her own, though in a good way. Even though she's very delicate and soft-looking on the outside, she's a very strict chief, and is the most field-experienced employee of the team. She's also incredibly royal to the team, as she willing to sacrifice her career to ensure the rest of the team's survival.

Ayato Tokouryo
(VA JP/EN:Ayato Ryujin) Callsign: Alpha 1-1 --- Ayato Tokouryo is the field-commander and squad-leader of Team Alpha. He's also an excellent chef and master in driving skills.

Uchino Hakazaki
(VA JP: Kenji Nojima / EN: TBA) Callsigns: Alpha 1-2; Black Polar Bear --- Uchino Hakazaki is Ayato's childhood friend and righthand man. Uchino is also the second-in-command.

A master of hacking, data recognition and explosive expert, but also very scared of girls.

Anna Novackova
(VA: JP/EN: Ayato Ryujin) Callsigns: Alpha 1-3; Ugroza Volk --- A Russian ex-FSB member of Alpha. A menacing lonewolf, with master skills in data infiltration, acrobatic and martial arts. She's also a task force agent working for SONARTac Team Alpha.

Praskoviya Dmitrieva
(VA JP: Aoi Koga/EN: TBA) Callsigns: Alpha 2-1; Marcy --- Also known as "Marcy", is a Russian-Ukrainian CBRN Specialist of the team.

A rough childhood life, declined by her ancestors, boarding the country to Russia just to escape the crrumbling society of Ukraine. Both Anna and her have been best-friends, and later lovers.

Akagi Kichiro
(VA JP: Takahiro Sakurai / EN: Brian Hulls) Callsign: Alpha 2-2; Titan --- A former detective of Tokyo Police Department, and former classmate of Ayato and Uchino. Curently an air-sniper-support and jack-of-all-trades of Alpha

Often called "Prickled Head" for his hair-dos.

Yamada Kyoko
(VA JP:Kaori Yamamoto/EN:Erika Harlacher) Callsign: Alpha 2-3; FNG; "Recruit" --- Yamada Kyoko is one of the field-agent of Team Alpha.

A newly recruited member, though she showed her skills for passing the "Selection Test", and soon got approved by both Ayato and Uchino for her excellent marksmanship.

She is often referred to as "the backup one", as her skills are comparable to Ayato's ex-spouse, Hinata, in terms of agility and overall defensive skills.

She mostly available in the series as a minor support character, until her discharge in Project Zero-X/Involuntarily Sacrifices.

Madison Taylor
(VA: JP: Hikari Miku) Callsigns: Alpha 2-4 (formerly Bravo 0-6); Madison; Holo Athena. --- Daidouji Tomoyo (not to be confused with CCS' Tomoyo Daidouji), also known by "Madison Taylor", is a taskforce agent from SAS, callsign Bravo 0-6.

As of Project Zero-X, she's working for Zero-X until their disvow in Project Zero-X/Proxy War.

Richard Arnold Torvald
(VA JP/EN: TBA) Callsign: Alpha 2-5; Bird/Hawk. --- An American immigrant, and field-agent of Team Alpha. Former Marine Raider with special skills in firearm manipulations, air-support and infiltration analysis.

Former 0X Lineup
Often dubbed "Division 5", then part of Japanese Self-Defensive Ground Force. The majority of characters are the same as current lineup

Hinata Tsukimori
(VA JP: Minami Takayama)

A highly energetic, graceful and kind-hearted spouse of then-captain Ayato Tokouryo.

Kyu Himawari
(VA JP: Junko Iwao)

The step-daughter of "The Boss", and ex-wife of one of the 6 lawyers that commited suicide during the "0X v DGX" Lawsuit. Currently unknown status (though legally declaired "dead")

General Hirashi Shikimori
(VA: TBA) --- Often referred to as "The Old Man".

Later in the series, he turned antagonist against SONARTac.

Madame Noir
(VA: Tanaka Rie) --- Kuroda Manami, also known as "Madame Noir", is the ex-lesbian lover of "The Boss" and intelligence provider of SONARTac. The 2 were parted ways for unknown reasons. Not much is known about her past.

Episode List
See also: Project Zero-X/Episode List

Original Soundtracks
See also: Project Zero-X/OSTs

Cultural Differences on different countries
The anime was distributed as 3 different version, with little to major differences on each versions. For more details, see here: Project Zero-X\Cultural Diferences

Trivia

 * The series was heavily inspired by John Wick Trilogy and Call of Duty Modern Warfare game series, which might explains most, if not the majority of references.
 * There are some characters that was either removed/changed completely to fits the currrent standard.
 * Originally, "Project Zero-X" did not have a title, and it was a slice-of-life, sci-fi, isekai series; but upon 5th revision that the idea was scrapped when it was 80% on finalization, to focused on the current style of it.
 * All characters are used to be Japanese, and on 7th revision that features the first non-Japanese Character, Anna Novackova.
 * The current story development plot of Project Zero-X are in 9th revision, with major changes to the plot from 6, new characters added in 7th, furthur polishings in terms of plot and realism in 8th. 9th revision only focused on expanding the stories, characters development and minor changes to current storyline.