Blade Runner - Black Lotus (Adult Swim)

[Lulcielid]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/blade-runner-anime-series-coming-adult-swim-1164799

The Blade Runner universe is expanding again with an anime series that will air on Adult Swim in the United States.

The cable channel has partnered with Alcon Television Group and anime streaming outlet Crunchyroll to produce Blade Runner — Black Lotus, a 13-episode series inspired by Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 classic.

The series green light follows Alcon's deal with Titan Comics to continue the franchise in a series of comic books, with 2049 screenwriter Michael Green and Mike Johnson set to write.

Details of the plot are being kept quiet for now, but Black Lotus will be set in the year 2032, in between the two films, and include some familiar characters from the Blade Runneruniverse.

"I first saw Blade Runner in 1982, at age 11. It has remained one of the defining films of my life," said Jason DeMarco, senior vp/creative director of Adult Swim on-air. "To be able to explore more of this universe, with the incredible talent we have on board, is a dream come true."

Animation studio Sola Digital Arts will produce the series, with Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama (the upcoming Ghost in the Shell reboot) directing all episodes. Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo) is a creative producer.

Adult Swim will have worldwide distribution rights (excluding Asia) to the English-dubbed version of the series and air it in the U.S. as part of its Toonami anime block. Crunchyroll — which like Adult Swim is part of WarnerMedia — will handle worldwide streaming.

Alcon's Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Laura Lancaster and Al-Francis Cuenca and Sola Digital Arts' Joseph Chou are executive producers. An airdate for Blade Runner — Black Lotus hasn't been set.

Edit: could someone fix the typo in the title?

 

[Roger]

Colour me interested!

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

Intriguing.

Lulcielid: Typo fixed.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Properly excited for this. While [Adult Swim] has all the rights to distribution, I'd be very surprised if they aired this during their regular programming block, rather than Toonami. Deadline does note that it'll be on Toonami, but I haven't seen that mentioned elsewhere anywhere.



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[Lulcielid]

I haven't even watched either Blade Runner movie yet, lol. That said Kenji Kamiyama being attached to the project as one of the directors is more than enough to catch my attention, specially for his directorial work in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

 

[Roger]

I haven't even watched either Blade Runner movie yet, lol. That said Kenji Kamiyama being attached to the project as one of the directors is more than enough to catch my attention, specially by his directorial work in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

Please, rectify this! Blade Runner has amazing audio and visual design.

 

[Lulcielid]

News in a long while, 2021.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1287251052341985281

Please, rectify this! Blade Runner has amazing audio and visual design.

Finally did it, watched both, they were interesting.

 

[Odysseus]

Oh I had forgotten about this, glad it's still happening.

 

[Lulcielid]

 

[Lulcielid]

November 13, 2021.

 

[Ghost X]

Two observations:

1) I know Com Truise when I hear it .
2) I don't think an umbrella with a light is really functional.

 

[Mobius Stripper]

Yessssssssss.

 

[Erotic Materia]

I know Com Truise when I hear it

Well, now I have to watch the trailer.