Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: BLADE RUNNER BLACK OUT 2022
German: Blade Runner Black Out 2022
Spanish: Blade Runner Black Out 2022
French: Blade Runner Black Out 2022
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Information

Type: ONA
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Sep 26, 2017
Producers: dugout
Studios: CygamesPictures
Source: Other
Genres: Sci-FiSci-Fi, SuspenseSuspense
Duration: 15 min.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 6.901 (scored by 1899118,991 users)
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Ranked: #47362
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Popularity: #3710
Members: 39,084
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Synopsis

In 2022, an EMP detonation causes a global blackout that has massive, destructive implications all over the world. Directed by Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo's Shinichiro Watanabe, Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 is an animated short which serves as a prologue for the feature film Blade Runner 2049.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Gaff

Supporting

Ren

Supporting
Furukawa, Makoto
Japanese

Staff

Daigle, Lauren
Theme Song Performance
Iso, Mitsuo
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Ending Theme

"Almost Human" by Lauren Daigle

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Reviews

Sep 27, 2017
(Spoiler-Free Review)

The fact that this shoft anime film exists is somewhat of a small miricle.

It all begins with Ridley Scott's 1982, cult classic sci-fi film, Blade Runner. A film derived loosely from Philip K. Dick's novel titled "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". It explores philosophical issues related to the over-arching theme of the impacts that technology has on society, i.e. designing robots (Replicants) that are visually the same as humans, and progressing them to a point where they themselves believe that they are human.

And now, thirty-five years later, writor, editor and director Denis Villeneuve continues the saga not only with a sequel ...
Sep 27, 2017
Mixed Feelings
With skies pitched black, darkness has fallen across the land. The only form of light coming from countless flames; always burning fiercely with no sign of dying down. Amid the blaze lies a man shrouded in shadows, traversing the fires unfazed, unmoved. In their hand lies a small round figure, otherwise unrecognizable from the sheer dimness of the scene. They move closer to the flames. It’s a man. He is still covered in shadows, but a red light can be seen from his left eye. Before anymore can be perceived, the scene cuts to a city, with the camera panning across the metropolis. The city: ...
Feb 15, 2018
Well it was nice seeing Watanabe direct something once again. If you enjoyed his Matrix shorts I think you'll be able to enjoy this too cause they're done in a roughly similar style Blade Runner is brimming with good animation and stylish shots.

As is, this is intended as one of the pieces that bridges the gap between original Blade Runner and 2049 and it gets the job done. You learn what Black Out is, what led to it, who did it and partly what effect it will have. On the side it also tells you about the right eye that makes it easy to tell ...

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