Grownup Swim introduced that it will air the following anime from Shinichirō Watanabe, the creator of Cowboy Bebop, approach again in 2023, and as of at this time, we lastly have a launch date. Lazarus is ready to premiere on April 5 at midnight on Grownup Swim, and shall be out there to stream on Max the day after.
Lazarus follows a job drive of brokers, additionally referred to as Lazarus, who’re looking a mad scientist that developed a miracle drug referred to as "Hapna." The drug was created to be a painkiller, however was additionally secretly designed to kill whoever takes it, three years after it's first taken. Lazarus are looking for the creator of Hapna to create a vaccine that stops the drug's adverse unwanted side effects, and save the world within the course of.
Primarily based on the trailer, the collection' sci-fi setting, jazzy music (offered by Bonobo, Floating Factors and Kamasi Washington) and shaggy-haired protagonist Axel all recall Watanabe's earlier collection Cowboy Bebop, however Lazarus appears prefer it'll have its personal charms, too. The collection' motion sequences are choreographed by by John Wick director Chad Stahelski and the story takes inspiration from the opioid disaster and local weather change, according to a Polygon interview with Watanabe from October 2024.
Watanabe's final collection Carole & Tuesday premiered on Netflix within the US in 2019 and Netflix's less-than-stellar dwell motion remake of Cowboy Bebop got here and went in 2021. The world is greater than prepared for some authentic power Shinichirō Watanabe anime, and now it gained't have to attend for much longer to get it.
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