Adult Swim Unveils First Trailer for Anime Lazarus at New York Comic Con

Adult Swim has yet revealed a archetypal look astatine Lazarus, its upcoming anime from Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichiro Watanabe and Jujutsu Kaisen animation workplace Mappa.

Lazarus‘ first-look trailer (which really debuted astatine San Diego Comic-Con down closed doors, but released wide contiguous acknowledgment to New York Comic Con), shows protagonist Axel Gilberto connected the tally from authorities. In truthful doing, helium flip kicks constabulary officers, runs connected a railroad tracks, and parkours done the skyline of the anime’s futuristic cityscape. All chill feline things you’d expect retired of a quality who looks similar a new-age Spike Spiegel. I’ll spare you the play by play and fto you bask successful its creaseless animation with the trailer below.

Now that you’ve seen the trailer, here’s what the anime is really about. Lazarus is simply a sci-fi enactment bid acceptable successful the twelvemonth 2052. It’s acceptable successful a satellite that appears to beryllium connected the precipice of existent bid acknowledgment to the improvement of a cutting property painkiller called “Hapna” from a neuroscientist named Dr. Skinner.

Although the cause was sold arsenic having nary broadside effects, it turns retired Hapna has the worst three-year delayed broadside effect successful that kills its user. Now, each of humanity is expected to dice disconnected successful 30 days unless a peculiar taskforce called Lazarus uncovers the cure Skinner developed earlier going AWOL. Good happening this anime didn’t driblet successful 2020, different folks would’ve had immoderate questions. Here’s a look astatine its authoritative poster.

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Lazarus was archetypal announced backmost astatine last year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Aside from seeing the collaboration betwixt Watanabe and Mappa, the bid besides has the favoritism of having John Wick manager Chad Stahelski service arsenic the enactment choreographer and saxophonist Kamasi Washington producing its soundtrack.

If you’re amped to tune into Lazarus for the sole intent of its ostensive necktie to Cowboy Bebop, you’ll beryllium pleased to cognize that its Japanese dependable formed volition person 2 acquainted voices from the anime articulation its cast. Here’s a tally done of its Japanese dependable formed and wherever you might’ve heard them before:

• Koichi Yamadera (Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop) arsenic Dr. Skinner
• Megumi Hayashibara (Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop) arsenic Hersch
• Mamoru Miyano (Chrollo Lucilfer from Hunter x Hunter) arsenic Axel
• Maaya Uchida (Alluka Zoldyck from Hunter x Hunter) arsenic Chris
• Yuma Uchida (Megumi Fushiguro from Jujutsu Kaisen) arsenic Leland
• Makoto Furukawa (Saitama from One Punch Man) as Doug
• Manaka Iwami (Akane Kurokawa from Oshi nary Ko) arsenic Eleina
• Akio Otsuka (Yujiro Hanma from Baki Hanma) arsenic Abel

“As I embark connected this originative journey, I can’t assistance but consciousness that this task volition service arsenic a culmination of my vocation truthful far,” Watanabe wrote successful a 2023 property release. “I anticipation you bask it.”

Lazarus volition reportedly person 13 episodes and is slated to premiere connected Adult Swim successful 2025.

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