Netflix and CAPCOM finally decided to end those teasers and short reveals to announce a definite release of the 3DCG anime series of “Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness.” For those with a current Netflix subscription, they better mark July 8 on their calendars as that’s the day they finally get to watch the series.

Produced by TMS Entertainment and animated by Quebic, the series will see Resident Evil 2 protagonists Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield who embark on separate missions but eventually team up to solve the mystery that is connected to Penamstan which experienced a  civil war when a terrifying experiment was conducted.

For airsofters, the connection to Resident Evil is of course the collaboration between CAPCOM and Tokyo Marui with the release of airsoft guns based on the weapons used in the game as well as new designs introduced in the game that came from drawing board of the Japanese airsoft company.

The airsoft gas blowback pistols made for the Leon S. Kennedy character are the Sentinel Nine and Lightning Hawk .50AE 10inch Magnaport Custom. Both are out of production, unfortunately. In Infinite Darkness promo images, both the Sentinel Nine and Desert Eagle .50AE are shown. There is no airsoft gun made for the Claire Redfield character but there is one made for her brother, Chris Redfield, the Samurai Edge Kai Chris Redfield Model. In the promo images, she holds what looks like to be a Glock pistol.

“Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness: is directed by Eiichiro Hasumi. Nick Apostolides plays Leon S. Kennedy, Stephanie Panisello as Claire Redfield, Ray Chase as Jason, Jona Xiao as Shen May, Billy Kametz as Patrick, Joe J. Thomas as Graham, Doug Stone as Wilson and Brad Venable as Ryan.

Synopsis of the series right below the official trailer:

Six years ago (2000), the helicopter belonging to the U.S. special forces who were intervening in the Penamstan civil war fell from the sky. The U.S. Army Mad Dogs, who were in the same battleground, refused orders from the command center to stand their ground and instead went to save survivors of the crash. However, the special forces were already annihilated. The Mad Dogs, led by their captain Jason, were also forced to escape in order to survive.

However, in that place, Jason and his unit saw the supposedly dead special forces moving in strange ways...

In the present (2006), a hacking incident occurs on a top secret White House file. Four agents, including Leon S. Kennedy and Jason, the “Hero of Penamstan,” are invited to the White House to investigate this incident. However, when the lights suddenly go out, they are forced to take down a horde of mysterious zombies alongside the SWAT team. Afterward, the top secret file is found to be related to a biology laboratory in Shanghai, which Leon and the other three agents decide to investigate for clues. As they head to Shanghai in a cutting-edge submarine, a swarm of rat-like Bio Organic Weapons (B.O.W.) suddenly attacks, pushing them into a life-or-death situation.

Meanwhile, while staying in Penamstan to provide support for refugees, Terra Save staff member Claire Redfield encounters a strange image drawn by a nonverbal boy. Haunted by this drawing, which appears to depict a victim of viral infection, Claire starts her own investigation. She eventually finds a terrifying experiment that was conducted during the Penamstan civil war. Leon and Claire draw closer to an unimaginable truth that all began in Penamstan. They also discover that a terror that can shatter peace is slowly approaching...