Shinichiro Watanabe’s Lazarus is slated to premiere in 2025, as revealed during this year San Diego’s Comic-Con. Sola Entertainment is producing the series, which will have 13 episodes, while studio MAPPA is animating. The series will air on Adult Swim.
Watanabe will be directing, while Chad Stahelski, renowned stuntman and director of the John Wick film franchise, will help create the action sequences. The Lazarus original anime staff will include music by jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington; producer, DJ, and musician Floating Points; and producer, DJ, and musician Bonobo.
Adult Swim describes the Lazarus story as:
The year is 2052 – an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe. The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain. Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure-all drug with no apparent drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes ubiquitous… and essential. However, soon after Hapuna is officially introduced, Dr. Skinner vanishes.
Three years later, the world has moved on. But Dr. Skinner has returned – this time, as a harbinger of doom. Skinner announces that Hapuna has a short half-life. Everyone who has taken it will die approximately three years later. Death is coming for this sinful world – and coming soon.
As a response to this threat, a special task force of 5 agents is gathered from across the world to save humanity from Skinner’s plan. This group is called “Lazarus.” Can they find Skinner and develop a vaccine before time runs out?
Source: Adult Swim panel, San Diego Comic-Con
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