New Anime by Cowboy Bebop Maker

Grownup Swim has lastly revealed a primary take a look at Lazarus, its upcoming anime from Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichiro Watanabe and Jujutsu Kaisen animation studio Mappa.

Lazarus‘ first-look trailer (which really debuted at San Diego Comedian-Con behind closed doorways, however launched huge right this moment because of New York Comedian Con), reveals protagonist Axel Gilberto on the run from authorities. In so doing, he flip kicks cops, runs on a railroad tracks, and parkours via the skyline of the anime’s futuristic cityscape. All cool man stuff you’d count on out of a personality who seems like a new-age Spike Spiegel. I’ll spare you the play by play and allow you to take pleasure in its clean animation with the trailer beneath.

Now that you just’ve seen the trailer, right here’s what the anime is definitely about. Lazarus is a sci-fi motion sequence set within the yr 2052. It’s set in a world that seems to be on the precipice of precise peace because of the event of a reducing age painkiller referred to as “Hapna” from a neuroscientist named Dr. Skinner.

Though the drug was offered as having no unwanted effects, it seems Hapna has the worst three-year delayed aspect impact in that kills its person. Now, all of humanity is predicted to die off in 30 days until a particular taskforce referred to as Lazarus uncovers the remedy Skinner developed earlier than going AWOL. Good factor this anime didn’t drop in 2020, in any other case people would’ve had some questions. Right here’s a take a look at its official poster.

Lazarus was first introduced again at last year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Apart from seeing the collaboration between Watanabe and Mappa, the sequence additionally has the excellence of getting John Wick director Chad Stahelski function the motion choreographer and saxophonist Kamasi Washington producing its soundtrack.

If you happen to’re amped to tune into Lazarus for the only objective of its ostensive tie to Cowboy Bebop, you’ll be happy to know that its Japanese voice solid could have two acquainted voices from the anime be a part of its solid. Right here’s a run via of its Japanese voice solid and the place you would possibly’ve heard them earlier than:

• Koichi Yamadera (Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop) as Dr. Skinner
• Megumi Hayashibara (Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop) as Hersch
• Mamoru Miyano (Chrollo Lucilfer from Hunter x Hunter) as Axel
• Maaya Uchida (Alluka Zoldyck from Hunter x Hunter) as Chris
• Yuma Uchida (Megumi Fushiguro from Jujutsu Kaisen) as Leland
• Makoto Furukawa (Saitama from One Punch Man) as Doug
• Manaka Iwami (Akane Kurokawa from Oshi no Ko) as Eleina
• Akio Otsuka (Yujiro Hanma from Baki Hanma) as Abel

“As I embark on this artistic journey, I can’t assist however really feel that this venture will function a end result of my profession to date,” Watanabe wrote in a 2023 press release. “I hope you take pleasure in it.”

Lazarus will reportedly have 13 episodes and is slated to premiere on Grownup Swim in 2025.

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