'Blade Runner' Anime Series Coming to Adult Swim - Brade Runner

[Gordon Cole]

'Blade Runner' Anime Series Coming to Adult Swim

The series from Alcon Television and Crunchyroll is inspired by 'Blade Runner 2049.'

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 produceBlade 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 Runner universe.

"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.

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[dopy]

people still watch adult swim television?

 

[Rumpled Foreskin]

This could actually be pretty good. The animated shorts that were made to promote 2049 were really well done. Hopefully they take notes.

 

[BerriesArnold]

Would be interesting with the right people working on it. Not sure how the quality of animation would hold up with their budget, but hey, who knows.

A good animated comparison is 'Ghost in the Shell' (one definitely must've inspired the other) in terms of the Blade Runner's architectural/android aesthetic. It's highly respected for its character direction and gorgeous art. If they get similar people working on it, it could be pretty cool. (((budget, though))) But yeah...television is not as mainstream as it was a decade ago, so it's success is questionable unless it's on online streaming service.

 

[Draza]

Can't wait to watch it.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

They definitely chose the right people to direct this, considering that Blade Runner was a big inspiration for Ghost in the Shell.

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

Oops, anime, it's going to be garbage. Oh anime on adult swim? Rotten garbage liquid.

 

[UnKillShredDur]

Wouldn't that be "Brade Lunner"?

 

[Luz Noceda]

I am pretty excited for this because Kenji Kamiyama's series tend to be high budget greatness, his films on the other hand not so much.

 

[J A N D E K]

Wouldn't that be "Brade Lunner"?

Or... buredo ranna?

 

[Fuckyoudad]

Black Out 2022 was the best of the shorts so this should be interesting. Would have honestly liked to have seen Watanabe directing (okay more like late 90's era Watanabe because I recently saw Terror in Resonance and holy shit what a mess) but at the same time I can see why he might not be the guy for an entire series - divorcing him from his goofy side would be tricky. And as we all know no smiles or laughter allowed in future LA.

 

[Ravenor]

I'm not sure what I think of this, on one hand "More Blade Runner" on the other hand "More Blade Runner", it's one of those franchises that has to be handled just right as any deviation from the core can either be intresting at best or fucking horrible at worst.

I liked the new film and thought it was intresting, but I think it was more suited to being a Extended universe kinda deal rather than a sequal and various holes where not exactly filled in and the nearly yearly "Remasterd, Recut super special limited edition" variations of the original didn't help (neither did the Alien vs Preditor tie in that soured a lot of people for some reason) and that kinda stopped a lot of the original cast from reapearing as well Suposedly the only reason Ford has returned to his old Rolls is to fund things he cares about that's why he looks pissed off most of the time, he's doing it for something real but he's suposed to be this young 20year old again not who he was when he played the charichter originally aged into that roll, same goes for other actors in those franchises.

Edward Jams Almos in season 1 of Galactica was pissed at one of the senior prop guys, in season 1 of BSG the prop guy responsable for weapons essentially made everything he could a blade runner gun, it started off with the Viper Pilots side arm when Galactica got borded and a pilot took a Cylon apart with a Rifle / Rocket grenade that happened to look like a blaster from blade runner, there was then the 4 shot derringer being the exact same model that the replicant shot up the station with, used by a guy who looked like the replicant in a attempt to kill the presedent, and a few other weapons hints, and the final straw was suposedly a suggested line "Maybe I'll grow a mustash, maybe a gotee Both?" in one of the early drafts of the script, EJA basically had enough and threttened to quit this is why we have him nearly dieing when Kobol was discoverd. The rumor was at the time the cast was with him and they kinda revolted especially when the writers room started trying to spitball ways of breaking a obvious chain of command to make Appllo the Captian because it just wouldnt work and pointing out exactly why.

There is some extended sceens later on like season 3 or 4, where Adama knows that Tight is a cylon - an trying to reconcyle that Tigh is a cylon in his own mind (The great Galactica shooting gallery episodes), the flashback portion EJA had facial hair but to make it familure but distinct it was cut differnt but he was annoyed at some of the art direction in the background that was basically Blade Runner BG art just mixed up a little.

As odd as it sounds the last BSG cast, hate the association as well Kate Stachoff hates the comparrison with princess cinabun, as they are nothing even close, Kara Thrace is a fighter Pilot, afucking good one, intuative enginner and a beliver in her faith and from a lower class abuseive background (before this was the goto theem as well), people occasionally try an drag her up as a icon of "Raww feminim" but IRL she's kinda not she acts for a lving, but is a rather girely girl and not politically active (much), and likes the roll she played and the impact it had on people and Scifi in general.

 

[Rumpled Foreskin]

Black Out 2022 was the best of the shorts so this should be interesting. Would have honestly liked to have seen Watanabe directing (okay more like late 90's era Watanabe because I recently saw Terror in Resonance and holy shit what a mess) but at the same time I can see why he might not be the guy for an entire series - divorcing him from his goofy side would be tricky. And as we all know no smiles or laughter allowed in future LA.

At the end of Black Out, I thought less about the movie it was supposed to promote, and more what happened right after.

 

[Fuckyoudad]

At the end of Black Out, I thought less about the movie it was supposed to promote, and more what happened right after.

I mean I like 2049. A lot in fact. I was almost certain they'd fuck it up and they didn't. At least it did something that the majority of sequels can't even inch close to - it justified its reason for existing. At the same time it's hard to shake the feeling that yeah Black Out had the look and feel that 2049 just doesn't.. and just seemed like a more interesting timeline.

I get it anyways it's Villeneuve's version and that's fair enough. In almost all cases I can't stand them simply repeating what they think fans want to see. 2049 looks and sounds the part (kind of) but it actually has little in the way of the same visual DNA. Putting your own spin on something is fine but I think Blade Runner is kinda like a whole chapter of the movie fag's bible alone. The crew working on Black Out maybe appreciated this a bit more than Denis. I recall him saying when adapting Saramago's The Double into Enemy that he thought best way to appreciate the work that came before you was to tear it all down, destroy it and rebuild it. Maybe a little too aggressive?

 

[pentylspacer2600]

produced by sam hyde. nah but damn id watch it religiously if it was that would be amazing

 

[millais]

produced by sam hyde. nah but damn id watch it religiously if it was that would be amazing

Sam, Nick, and Charles did get into the android manufacturing business before (((they))) shut it down.

 

[Zaragoza]

If you guys think the series is going to be in traditional animation like the online short, hate to break it to you guys but the people working on this project Sola Digital Arts have all been in 3D.

 

[Maggots on a Train v2]

That sigh of relief when you realize at least actual professionals will be working on it, and not the shitty BBFs of Crunchroll's management.

 

[Kamiii]

This genuinely looks exciting

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

OMG YES!