The upcoming Lazarus anime confirmed a 2025 release date in a new trailer at New York Comic-Con yesterday. Shinichiro Watanabe is directing the original anime at studio MAPPA. The series will air on Adult Swim (Toonami block) in the US and will have 13 episodes.
The cast has been revealed and includes:
Mamoru Miyano as AxelMakoto Furukawa as DougMaaya Uchida as ChristineYuma Uchida as LelandManaka Iwami as EleinaMegumi Hayashibara as Hersch Akio Otsuka as AbelKoichi Yamadera as Dr. Skinner
In addition to Watanabe, creator, original director, and action supervisor Chad Stahelski, the staff includes:
Character design: Akemi Hayashi Concept design: Brunet Stanislas Art director: Miho Sugiura Color design: Kana Tanabe Screen design: Takuma Sakamoto Director of photography: Mitsuhiro Sato Music: Kamasi Washington/Bonobo/Spot Sound effects: Lauren Stephens(Formosa Group) Animation producer: Masato Matsunaga Production: MAPPAP Planning producer: SOLA ENTERTAINMENT
The plot is described as:
The year is 2052.
The world has entered an unprecedented era of peace and stability, largely thanks to Hapna, a drug developed by neuroscientist Dr. Skinner. Hapna spread throughout the world as a “miracle drug” that had no side effects and liberated humanity from pain. However, its developer, Skinner, suddenly disappeared and no one knows where he went.
–Three years later, he reappeared as a demon leading the world to destruction.
Hapna is a trap, a drug that causes fatal destruction after three years of use. “Thirty days left. If by then you can find my location, humanity will survive.” The only way to save the world is to use the only vaccine that Skinner has.
Lazarus, a team of five agents assembled from around the world to fight Skinner's plot. Can they save humanity? And what is Skinner's real purpose?
Source: Official website
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