 Adult Swim announced a new sci-fi original anime by Shinichirou Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Zankyou no Terror) and animation studio MAPPA titled Lazarus on Thursday. Chad Stahelski (John Wick director) is credited for the action sequence designs. Jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington, electronic music producer Floating Points, and music producer Bonobo will compose the music. The Adult Swim Festival in San Diego will feature a first-look at Lazarus on July 22. Synopsis 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, edited) Source: Deadline Update July 22 The Adult Swim Festival at San Diego Comic-Con unveiled the first promotional video for the Lazarus anime on Saturday. The anime will run for 13 episodes. PV Source: Official Twitter Lazarus on MAL |
VindstotJul 22, 2023 6:40 PM
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| From the creator of Resonance in Terror and actions sequences are being made by John Wick's director. That's enough for me to begin my watch. |
| Remember what Master Oogway told us: Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present. |
| sounds promising inb4 its an antivaxxer story |
degJul 22, 2023 11:11 PM
| Well, this was a long time coming, rumors of this started even before productions like Jigokuraku were announced. Didn't expect this to be Adult Swim though, makes sense it wasn't present in the anniversary event. I think we still don't have any proper release date of Watanabe's short film at Mappa. 13 eps confirmed https://twitter.com/Clarknova1/status/1682043826528047105 |
Etherius_ZSJul 20, 2023 9:17 AM
| Shinichirou Watanabe x Chad Stahelski Holy shit this gonna be a masterpiece 🤩 |
ZXEANJul 20, 2023 9:17 AM
Kllamk said: Majority loves terror of resonance. It has 8.09 mal rating.Bard_Eren said: From the creator of Resonance in Terror and actions sequences are being made by John Wick's director. That's enough for me to begin my watch. Resonance in Terror was a disappinting for most people, including me, and that plot sounds cliche and stupid. We will see how this goes. |
| omg, we WILL be watching!!! hope Chad cooked fr |
| Another investor money laundering project. |
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| I hope the fight choreography would be amazing especially Mappa would produce it. If they nail it, they might surpass the fight choreography of demon slayer. |
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| Hope this doesn't see the same fate as that one parkour movie which had all the big names behind it and still sucked.. came out last year I guess. But still looking forward. |
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Natsuki_SanJuan said: Demon Slayer doesn't have good fighting choreography. It's just flashy light. Cowboy bebob and Mappa's God of highschool have much better fighting choreography lol. I hope the fight choreography would be amazing especially Mappa would produce it. If they nail it, they might surpass the fight choreography of demon slayer. If you want to watch peak fighting choreography I recommend you to watch this.https://myanimelist.net/anime/37936/Wu_Shan_Wu_Xing_2020 |
| Looking forward to seeing this one. |
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| Oh here comes Adult Swim again, who can't forget their last masterpiece "C Danchi" |
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| Are we on the verge of another stealth spin-off to Bebop, which will be promoted in the US by paying tribute to Western culture? |
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TheMechaManiac said: It just seemed average to me. It had a good chance of becoming a G-Witch before the release of G-Witch, but despite the Martian Trump, Watanabe managed to hold his own at the last moment.OvergrownRover said: I don’t know how anyone can already be negative on this when fucking Watanabe is making it, he’s literally never missed >never missed Have to ask: What is Carole and Tuesday? |
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MadanielFL said: ah yes a random ass 4-episode anime by a small studio that has barely even animated a series before with a mostly no-name staff is definitely the same as a new Watanabe x MAPPA collabOh here comes Adult Swim again, who can't forget their last masterpiece "C Danchi" Now if you had pointed out that Fena pirate anime yeah that would be more fair, that anime was a massive disappointement |
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DatRandomDude said: The greatest masterpiece that Adult Swim has ever produced, has to be Blade Runner: Black LotusMadanielFL said: ah yes a random ass 4-episode anime by a small studio that has barely even animated a series before with a mostly no-name staff is definitely the same as a new Watanabe x MAPPA collabOh here comes Adult Swim again, who can't forget their last masterpiece "C Danchi" Now if you had pointed out that Fena pirate anime yeah that would be more fair, that anime was a massive disappointement And Shinichirou Watanabe was involved in that one too |
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| I wonder how well Stahelski's fight choreography would translate into animation because some of the stuff he does seem very hard to animate. Maybe 3D + mocap. |
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| More cyberpunk anime sounds interesting, but am I going nuts or did I just read John Wick? lolol |
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Theo1899 said: I wonder how well Stahelski's fight choreography would translate into animation because some of the stuff he does seem very hard to animate. Maybe 3D + mocap. Fario-P said: A really interesting question is what exactly it will be if a person specializing in martial arts is responsible for the action.More cyberpunk anime sounds interesting, but am I going nuts or did I just read John Wick? lolol |
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| Companies to go to any other studio except MAPPA challenge (impossible) |
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StarPebblit said: Companies to go to any other studio except MAPPA challenge (impossible) TMS, Toei, Sunrise, MADHOUSE, J.C.Staff, Production I.G, Studio DEEN and many others. |
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MadanielFL said: I know you are being sarcastic here, but Black Lotus had at least two positives: great action choreography and good soundtrack. DatRandomDude said: The greatest masterpiece that Adult Swim has ever produced, has to be Blade Runner: Black Lotusah yes a random ass 4-episode anime by a small studio that has barely even animated a series before with a mostly no-name staff is definitely the same as a new Watanabe x MAPPA collab Now if you had pointed out that Fena pirate anime yeah that would be more fair, that anime was a massive disappointement And Shinichirou Watanabe was involved in that one too Though, Watanabe himself had just a bit more credit there when with Beebop live-action (which is almost zero). |
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ZXEAN said: I mean uzui vs gentaro fight was the only one that I was left impressed. But you are right, GOH and Bebop have better fight choreography. Even in Space Dandy. But thanks for the recomm.Natsuki_SanJuan said: Demon Slayer doesn't have good fighting choreography. It's just flashy light. Cowboy bebob and Mappa's God of highschool have much better fighting choreography lol. I hope the fight choreography would be amazing especially Mappa would produce it. If they nail it, they might surpass the fight choreography of demon slayer. If you want to watch peak fighting choreography I recommend you to watch this.https://myanimelist.net/anime/37936/Wu_Shan_Wu_Xing_2020 |
“Once you've been loved once and have loved once, you cannot forget it.” ― Natsume Takashi |
TheMechaManiac said: >Adult Swim John Wick director or not, into the trash it goes. betaweeb said: as much as watanabe's legacy is appreciated, he hasn't exactly delivered as of late and a mappa production doesn't inspire much hope for me either, will keep and eye on this for sure, but won't expect much. Frankly I think Watanabe is waaaaay too overrated as a director. His early shows are good but everything post-Space Dandy has been misfire after misfire. Also he's pandering way too much to coastal blue-state Americans and kinda forgot that his rendition of American media cliches through a Japanese point of view is what actually made his shows enjoyable in the first place. How the hell is Carole & Tuesday a misfire? |
OMG IT'S LIKE A GLOBAL PANDEMIC WHERE AND HUMANITY MUST FIND THE VACCINE IT'S JUST LIKE REAL LIFE SO EXCITING |
| "Chimp in state of nature never jerks off, but in captivity he does, wat does this mean? In state of nature he’s too busy, to put plainly. He is concerned with mastering space: solving problem of life in and under trees, mastering what tools he can, mastering social relations in the jockeying for power and status. Deprived of this drive to development and self-increase he devolves to pointless masturbation, in captivity, where he senses he is in owned space and therefore the futility of all his efforts and all his actions." |
| Comments seem more rslurred than usual but anyway. This doesn’t sound bad to me. |
TheMechaManiac said: While US is extream in both of their politic spectrums, and C&T certanly has a lot of issues with its plot, being one of that anons who drool over certain Eastern dictators is not a healthy thing. It panders way too much towards certain IRL groups active in America, on which I will not elaborate. Thought anime was above the problems of American media... I was wrong. Very, very wrong. |
Nachtwandler_21Jul 21, 2023 2:32 AM
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| Can't wait until the usual people on Twitter will cry about it being "Canon propaganda" LMAO |
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RobertBobert said: Theo1899 said: I wonder how well Stahelski's fight choreography would translate into animation because some of the stuff he does seem very hard to animate. Maybe 3D + mocap. Fario-P said: A really interesting question is what exactly it will be if a person specializing in martial arts is responsible for the action.More cyberpunk anime sounds interesting, but am I going nuts or did I just read John Wick? lolol The synopsis doesn't sound very action heavy. Maybe this evil doctor guy and his big pharma company have an army of bio enhanced super soldiers that our task force must defeat. |
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Theo1899 said: For some reason it seems to me that this could be something like a sci-fi action movie of the early 90s. You know, with these elements of cyber and biopunk, as well as heavy influences from Hong Kong cinema. Also, if my memory serves me right, the action in Bebop was just focused on shooting and fighting in the style of John Woo.RobertBobert said: A really interesting question is what exactly it will be if a person specializing in martial arts is responsible for the action. The synopsis doesn't sound very action heavy. Maybe this evil doctor guy and his big pharma company have an army of bio enhanced super soldiers that our task force must defeat. |
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RobertBobert said: Theo1899 said: For some reason it seems to me that this could be something like a sci-fi action movie of the early 90s. You know, with these elements of cyber and biopunk, as well as heavy influences from Hong Kong cinema. Also, if my memory serves me right, the action in Bebop was just focused on shooting and fighting in the style of John Woo.The synopsis doesn't sound very action heavy. Maybe this evil doctor guy and his big pharma company have an army of bio enhanced super soldiers that our task force must defeat. Stahelski was also influenced by Hong Kong action cinema so maybe that's the reason why Adult Swim brought them together. |
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Theo1899 said: MAPPA loves this too, so I hope we end up with something really nicely animated.RobertBobert said: For some reason it seems to me that this could be something like a sci-fi action movie of the early 90s. You know, with these elements of cyber and biopunk, as well as heavy influences from Hong Kong cinema. Also, if my memory serves me right, the action in Bebop was just focused on shooting and fighting in the style of John Woo. Stahelski was also influenced by Hong Kong action cinema so maybe that's the reason why Adult Swim brought them together. |
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RobertBobert said: Theo1899 said: MAPPA loves this too, so I hope we end up with something really nicely animated.Stahelski was also influenced by Hong Kong action cinema so maybe that's the reason why Adult Swim brought them together. This is where some of the doubts I expeessed in my original post come in. Stahelski likes to put A LOT of people on screen with complex fight choreography, dynamic camera and minimum cuts. Sounds hard to animate and seeing as the previous Watanabe/Adult Swim colaboration was 3D, I have a feeling that, at least the fights, are gonna utilize a lot of 3D + mocap. |
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Theo1899 said: It all depends on who will dominate the project and set the main style. For example, Jackie Chan in his Western films either retrains Western stuntmen or brings his own troupe even for stunts involving foreigners. For example, in Dragons Forever, all the most difficult tricks for Urquidez were duplicated by the Chinese.RobertBobert said: MAPPA loves this too, so I hope we end up with something really nicely animated. This is where some of the doubts I expeessed in my original post come in. Stahelski likes to put A LOT of people on screen with complex fight choreography, dynamic camera and minimum cuts. Sounds hard to animate and seeing as the previous Watanabe/Adult Swim colaboration was 3D, I have a feeling that, at least the fights, are gonna utilize a lot of 3D + mocap. |
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| I like Cowboy Bebop so yeah definitely planning to watch this, I'm more curious about the John Wick's Director debut on this one lol |
| This is going to be peak fiction and my body is ready |
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