Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe’s new collection Lazarus has acquired an official launch date.
The brand new sci-fi anime collection’ official X account confirmed on Friday (January 24) that the present might be broadcast in Japan in April 2025 on Tokyo TV. The collection is predicted to be made accessible on the Crunchyroll streaming service at a later date.
Alongside the discharge date announcement, the present additionally shared a visible that includes all the fundamental characters.
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4月からの放送＆配信をお楽しみにhttps://t.co/ubJd2H5Lus pic.twitter.com/JAC1jyK6Zh— アニメ『LAZARUS ラザロ』Official (@lazarus_jp) January 24, 2025
The synopsis of Lazarus reads: “The 12 months is 2052. The world has entered an period of unprecedented peace and stability, largely as a result of Hapna, a drug developed by neuroscientist Dr. Skinner. Hapna unfold all through the world as a “miracle drug” with no unwanted side effects and freed mankind from ache. Nevertheless, its developer, Skinner, all of the sudden disappear and nobody knew the place he had gone.
“Three years later, he reappears as a demon who leads the world to destroy. Hapna was a entice, a drug that causes loss of life after three years of use. ‘Thirty days left. If you’ll find my place by then, humanity will survive.’ The one method to save the world is to make use of the one vaccine Skinner has.
“Lazarus, a crew of 5 brokers gathered from all over the world to struggle Skinner’s plot. Can they save humanity? And what’s Skinner’s true goal?”
Watanabe writes and directs the unique story, whereas Dai Sato, Takahiro Ozawa (Ume), and Tsukasa Kondo make up the remainder of the writing crew. Chad Stahelski (John Wick) serves as motion supervisor and Akemi Hayashi gives the character designs. The collection’ music comes from Kamasi Washington, Bonbo and Floating Factors.
You may watch the official trailer beneath:
In different anime information, Solo Leveling voice actor Taito Ban (Sung Jin-woo) lately teased that the remaining episodes of season two will take the present in a “darker path”.
Debuting as a web-comic in 2016, Solo Leveling was made into an anime collection with the primary season premiering in 2024. Set in a world the place hunters with mysterious powers hunt monsters, Solar Jin-Woo finds a method to stage up his talents, turning from one of many weakest hunters to essentially the most formidable.
NME’s four-star evaluation described the collection as “an addictive anime that deserves all of the hype it’s getting”.
Episodes of Solo Leveling season two air within the UK on Crunchyroll. Solo Leveling: ReAwakening, a compilation movie of the primary season, arrived in cinemas final December.
