New animated series from ‘Cowboy Bebop’ creator ordered at Adult Swim
nme.comLazarus, a new series from Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichirō Watanabe.Per a report from Variety, Lazarus has been picked up for released on Toonami, though a release date has yet to be announced.
The upcoming animated series is currently in production with MAPPA (Attack On Titan, Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen) on animation duties.Also contributing to the series is John Wick series director Chad Stahelski, who Variety reports has “designed several action sequences for the series”.
Like Cowboy Bebop, Lazarus will feature a jazz and electronic-heavy score, with Kamasi Washington, Bonobo and Floating Points tapped to compose the series’ soundtrack.Lazarus, per Variety, will be set in 2052 and follows a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist who develops a cure-all drug that is revealed to cause death three years later.
While further details remain unknown for now, Lazarus will also include themes of action and suspense.More information about the series is expected to be revealed at the Adult Swim Festival in San Diego on Saturday, July 22.Shinichirō Watanabe is best known for creating Cowboy Bebop, which released in 1998 and has become a cult classic.
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