The brand new sci-fi anime from Shinichirō Watanabe, the director of Cowboy Bebop, simply obtained one other trailer, and though the footage is nice, viewers are maintaining expectations low.
Lazarus is the upcoming anime directed by Shinichirō and animated by MAPPA, an unique TV present set in a dystopian future. That includes motion sequences overseen by Chad Stahelski, mastermind of the John Wick films, it’s an anime present with some large pedigree.
New York Comedian-Con 2024 has introduced a contemporary snippet, specializing in a single scene. In it, we see a person being hunted by a subway station by a variety of drones, giving us appears on the fluid animation and the police expertise of the universe.
It’s a stable clip, although we’re left none the wiser on the plot’s finer particulars – to date we simply understand it’s a few taskforce monitoring down a scientist who goes AWOL after making a drug that kills customers after a set time period.
Nonetheless, persons are having fun with the tease, although they’re cautious on account of Grownup Swim’s involvement. “After the exhibiting that Ninja Kamui delivered, I’ll maintain off pleasure on this for some time,” says one person on X/Twitter.
“Please don’t be like Ninja Kamui,” one other provides. “So are you additionally pulling a bait and swap right here such as you did with Uzumaki?” says a 3rd.
Each of those collection had fairly steep drop-offs after making an impression with their premieres, however for various causes. Ninja Kamui began robust however misplaced momentum because the season went on, whereas Uzumaki, a mini-series, appeared to deteriorate in real-time between Episodes 1 and a couple of, the second that includes a lot worse high quality.
Grownup Swim hosted each, and so they’ve soured the community’s popularity considerably. Given the folks concerned, Lazarus maybe comes with extra assurance, however we are able to solely wait and see. The occasion revealed that every one 13 episodes are actually completed.
It arrives someday in 2025. Take a look at our guides to Solo Leveling Season 2 and My Hero Academia Season 8 for different releases coming subsequent yr.
