Black Lotus’ Opening Sequence – /Film

Do androids dream of electrical sheep? I’m undecided, however I do know that I’ve been dreaming in regards to the upcoming Blade Runner: Black Lotus anime from Crunchyroll, Toonami, and Grownup Swim. Whereas we noticed a trailer last month, this opening sequence provides followers a significantly better thought of the tone and visuals of the cyberpunk sequence.

Neon-Soaked Noir

Blade Runner: Black Lotus will comply with a brand new protagonist within the Blade Runner universe, a replicant named Elle (Jessica Henwick within the English dub/Arisa Shuda in Japanese). From what we’ve seen, Elle isn’t certain of herself or her skills, and possibly didn’t even know she was a replicant. None of that issues, nevertheless, when Blade Runners begin to hunt her down.

Right here’s the official synopsis:

Los Angeles 2032. A younger lady wakes up with no reminiscences, and possessing lethal expertise. The one clues to her thriller are a locked information gadget and a tattoo of a black lotus. Placing collectively the items, she should seek out the individuals chargeable for her brutal and bloody previous to seek out the reality of her misplaced id.

Black Lotus involves Grownup Swim and Crunchyroll from administrators Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed) and Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost within the Shell: Standalone Complicated). Joseph Chou, finest recognized for his work on Appleseed and The Animatrix, government produced the sequence. Maybe most significantly, the nice Shinichiro Watanabe, who directed the brilliant Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 brief and the beloved Cowboy Bebop, served as a inventive producer.

The trailer revealed at ComicCon@Dwelling was action-packed with numerous Elle on the run. There have been nonetheless trademark Blade Runner components like flying vehicles, rain-soaked neon streets, and Coca-Cola ads, however the tone felt somewhat off. In any case, Blade Runner has all the time been a neo-noir, detective-style drama versus an action-adventure. Fortunately, this opening sequence will get the whole lot about Blade Runner excellent, from the vary of colours used to the haunting theme that performs.

A completely huge forged of performers will convey all of those characters to life: Will Yum Lee and Shinshu Fuji will voice Joseph, a mysterious man who owns a spare components junkyard; Samira Wiley and Takako Honda are voicing Alani Davis, a recent LAPD recruit; Brian Cox and Takaya Hashi will voice Niander Wallace Sr., founder and CEO of the Wallace Company; Wes Bentley and Takehito Koyasu are taking up the position of Niander Wallace Jr., a superb scientist working for his father (he was portrayed by Jared Leto in 2049).

The forged additionally consists of Josh Duhamel, Taiten Kusunoki, Peyton Listing, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Stephen Root, Hochu Otsuka, Barkhad Abdi, Takayuki Kinba, Gregg Henry, Masane Tsukayama, Henry Czerny, Akio Nojima, Jason Spisak, and Kazuki Yao.

You’ll be able to catch Blade Runner: Black Lotus when it debuts on Grownup Swim and Crunchyroll this fall.

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