‘Cowboy Bebop’ and ‘John Wick’ Directors Team Up for ‘Lazarus’

At first glance, Lazarus looks to be a fast paced, jazzy, thriller that I am sure will dazzle the hell out of us all when it finally arrives. Featuring a character being chased throughout the short preview trailer, the animation is smooth, sleek even, and worth re-watching for its short one minute and thirty-one second run time. There’s enough Mirror’s Edge-like parkour to make me a little dizzy and and a variety of characters on screen to keep me interested and speculating until we get more. San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone. While this year was lighter on big time celebrity sightings and panels, it led way to more niche programming and panels. A big highlight from this year was the reveal of Shinichirō Watanabe presenting a first look at the series at the Adult Swim Festival. Watanabe, the prolific director responsible for helming several of our faves including Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and Carol & Tuesday has a new world for us to eyeball and get lost in.

What is Lazarus About? According to Anime News Network:  “The year is 2052 – an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe. The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain. Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure-all drug with no apparent drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes ubiquitous… and essential. However, soon after Hapuna is officially introduced, Dr. Skinner vanishes. Three years later, the world has moved …