Night Head

Night Head (ナイトヘッド) is a Japanese science fiction franchise that originally started out as a tokusatsu TV drama series before it became widely known enough to become a mixed-media project spawning a film, manga, and novels.

The first anime series adapted from the novels,Night Head Genesis (ナイトヘッドジェネシス), premiered on satellite channels such as Animax from July 27 to December 31, 2006. The series has been licensed on February 14, 2008 for a North American release by Media Blasters, while premiering on Toku in the United States on December 31, 2015.

A second anime series titled NIGHT HEAD 2041 aired on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block from July to September 2021 with Crunchyroll licensing the series. A manga adaptation with art by Akira Ogawa has been serialized online via Kodansha's YanMaga Web website since April 28, 2021 and has been collected in two tankōbon volumes. A novel adaptation written by George Iida in collaboration with Kawato Azusa was released in two volumes between August and September 2021. A stage play adaptation has also been announced.

Plot
It is said that 70% of the human brain capacity is unused. If humans possess incredible power, it is strongly believed to be lying dormant within this region. This unused 70% brain capacity is known as "Night Head".

The famous work 'NIGHT HEAD' is going to break the silence. The Kirihara brothers were abandoned by their parents because of the paranormal power they possessed. Now in custody of a laboratory within a barrier-protected forest. 15 years later, the brothers escaped from the laboratory, and a new wave of 'Revolution' is about to rise.

A new "Night Head" is about to be awakened.