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Resident Evil: Worldwide Infection is an Japanese-American computer animated television series loosely based off the Capcom video games of the same name. The show is produced by Firebasket Concepts, Capcom, and Sony Pictures Television. It's animated in America, France, Russia, and Japan.

Main characters
+ denotes character from the games
 * Tristan Reynolds - Liam O'Brien [LA]
 * Zoey Lancaster - Rachael Lillis [NY]
 * Cedric Cook - Marc Diraison [NY]
 * Rebecca Chambers + - Cree Summer [LA]
 * Manaka Naosuke - Crispin Freeman [LA]
 * Umeki Ryoko - Hilary Haag [TX]
 * Emilio Papaleo - Eric Stuart [NY]

Reoccurring characters
+ denotes character from the games
 * Leon S. Kennedy + - Matthew Mercer (reprise) [LA]
 * Chris Redfield + - Michael Sinterniklaas [NY]
 * Sandra May - Laura Bailey [LA]
 * Morgan Bailey - Greg Abbey [NY]
 * Ada Wong + - Courtenay Taylor (reprise) [LA]
 * Stanley Kaur - Patrick Seitz [LA]
 * Lexi White - Erica Mendez [LA]
 * Ashley Graham + - Lisa Ortiz [NY]
 * Jin Fujiko - Stephanie Sheh [LA]
 * Max Atkinson - Billy Bob Thompson [NY]
 * Megan Atkinson - Laura Post [LA]

Minor/guest characters
+ denotes character from the games
 * Jill Valentine + - Kira Buckland [LA]
 * Claire Redfield + - Michelle Ruff [LA]
 * Albert Wesker + - Patrick Seitz [LA]

Production
Pre-production of the series started in December of 2018 while Beta Cartoon and Firebasket Animation employees were working overtime on projects and decided to work on a side project, mainly scripting a fan project for a potential Resident Evil series. When Firebasket Concepts came to be in January of 2019, these five employees submitted their spec scripts to the person handling submissions. Then, the employees traveled to Japan to talk to Capcom and executives approved. Then they went to California to get a deal with Sony Pictures Television for distribution and additional funding, and were also approved. Then, officially production began for the first twelve episodes in February for a January 2020 release. In July 2019, an additional eight episodes were ordered.

Characters
Most of the characters introduced will be original characters made by the writing staff, however Resident Evil regular characters will make reoccurring appearances in the show.

Writing
Head writer for the project is Jaxon Cooper, while supervising writer was Tanner Mercer. Other writers included Kadence Church, Maddison Scott, Micheal Freeman, Sebastian West, and Luke Ellis. Writing took place in late January of 2019 and finished in early April of 2019.

Animation
Main animation took place at Firebasket Animation Atlanta, secondary main animation took place at Venga Animation USA. Support animation studios included Firebasket Animation Texas, Ravenworks Animation France, Ravenworks Animation Russia, and Acesky Studio 3D Assistance in Japan. Directing the animation are Joseph Bates, Deacon Erickson, Soda Hajime, and Rémi Appell.

Voice over production
ADR production is provided by NYAV Post NY & Los Angeles. Patrick Seitz is the voice director for the Los Angeles office, and Eric Stuart is the voice director for the New York office. Michael Sinterniklaas is the supervising voice director for both offices. Additional ADR recording was held in Texas.

Broadcast
Vision will broadcast the series during it's Sundown block in January of 2020. Reruns will occur on Beta Cartoon's Bxx block in February of 2020.

Relationship with the film series
During early press conferences, it was reported that both media series will be considered their own separate canon. To separate the two, the TV series was given the subtitle Worldwide Infection, while the film series will be given the subtitle Survival.

Future
It was announced in the summer of 2019 that a twelve episode season two was in pre production for Fall 2020.