Shinichirō Watanabe is engaged on a brand new Grownup Swim animated sequence

Selection experiences that Grownup Swim has ordered a full season of Lazarus, which shall be produced by studio MAPPA — the Japanese manufacturing home behind anime like Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man — and have “a jazz and digital rating” from saxophonist Kamasi DJ Floating Factors and producer Bonobo. The present will even reportedly function plenty of motion sequences crafted by John Wick’s Chad Stahelski.

Set within the 12 months 2052, Lazarus tells the story of how Hapuna, a newly developed miracle drug created by a famend neuroscientist, begins to wreak havoc on society as soon as the general public discovers how the drug’s customers die three years after taking it. With increasingly more Hapuna customers dying, an elite activity power is put collectively to trace down its supply. In an announcement in regards to the present, Watanabe expressed his hope that individuals get pleasure from it and stated that the sequence will communicate to how he’s advanced as a director.

“As I embark on this artistic journey, I can’t assist however really feel that this venture will function a end result of my profession thus far,” Watanabe stated.

Presently, Lazarus doesn’t but have a set launch date, however Watanabe is ready to disclose extra about this sequence on the Grownup Swim Competition at this 12 months’s San Diego Comedian-Con on Saturday, July twenty second.

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