Back in 2017, Shinichiro Watanabe helped bridge the gap between Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 with his anime short film Black Out 2022, and now it's been announced that he'll serve as a creative producer on Blade Runner - Black Lotus, a new anime series set in the year 2032.
Comprised of 13 30-minute installments from Sola Digital Arts, Blade Runner - Black Lotus will be directed by Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama, with Adult Swim set to air the English-dubbed episodes and Crunchyroll set to stream the episodes around the world. A premiere date and plot details have yet to be announced, but we'll keep Daily Dead readers updated on further announcements. In the meantime, you can read the press release for additional information:
From the Press Release (via TheFutonCritic): Alcon Television Group, a division of Alcon Entertainment, has partnered with Adult Swim and Crunchyroll...
Comprised of 13 30-minute installments from Sola Digital Arts, Blade Runner - Black Lotus will be directed by Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama, with Adult Swim set to air the English-dubbed episodes and Crunchyroll set to stream the episodes around the world. A premiere date and plot details have yet to be announced, but we'll keep Daily Dead readers updated on further announcements. In the meantime, you can read the press release for additional information:
From the Press Release (via TheFutonCritic): Alcon Television Group, a division of Alcon Entertainment, has partnered with Adult Swim and Crunchyroll...
- 11/29/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Joseph Baxter Nov 30, 2018
The Blade Runner mythology will expand with a prequel anime series in the works, set to air on Adult Swim.
Blade Runner is set to make its serial television debut... in animated form, anyway.
Adult Swim and anime streaming service Crunchyroll, two Warner Media properties, will partner with Alcon Television Group to produce a yet-to-be-titled Blade Runner anime series, which will manifest with 13 half-hour episodes. The series – set to air in English-dubbed form on Adult Swim’s Toonami block – will bear direct inspiration from director Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, the long-awaited 2017 sequel to Ridley Scott’s genre-defining 1982 original Blade Runner film.
While plot details on the Blade Runner anime were not provided, it was revealed that the series will take place in 2032 and include some established characters, a crucial fact that sets the story 17 years before the events of the most recent film, making the...
The Blade Runner mythology will expand with a prequel anime series in the works, set to air on Adult Swim.
Blade Runner is set to make its serial television debut... in animated form, anyway.
Adult Swim and anime streaming service Crunchyroll, two Warner Media properties, will partner with Alcon Television Group to produce a yet-to-be-titled Blade Runner anime series, which will manifest with 13 half-hour episodes. The series – set to air in English-dubbed form on Adult Swim’s Toonami block – will bear direct inspiration from director Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, the long-awaited 2017 sequel to Ridley Scott’s genre-defining 1982 original Blade Runner film.
While plot details on the Blade Runner anime were not provided, it was revealed that the series will take place in 2032 and include some established characters, a crucial fact that sets the story 17 years before the events of the most recent film, making the...
- 11/29/2018
- Den of Geek
Blade Runner – Black Lotus, an animated series inspired by the Oscar-winning movie Blade Runner 2049, is coming to Adult Swim. Alcon Television Group, a division of Alcon Entertainment, has teamed with WarnerMedia’s Adult Swim and Crunchyroll to produce and distribute the new anime series.
Blade Runner – Black Lotus will feature 13 half-hour episodes produced by animation studio Sola Digital Arts (Ultraman). The series plot is being kept under wraps, but producers have confirmed the story will take place in 2032 and will include some familiar characters from the Blade Runner universe.
Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed) and Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) will direct all episodes of the premiere season, following their current directorial work on the upcoming Ghost in the Shell series reboot. Shinichiro Watanabe is a creative producer.
Adult Swim will have the worldwide rights (excluding Asia) to distribute the English dubbed versions...
Blade Runner – Black Lotus will feature 13 half-hour episodes produced by animation studio Sola Digital Arts (Ultraman). The series plot is being kept under wraps, but producers have confirmed the story will take place in 2032 and will include some familiar characters from the Blade Runner universe.
Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed) and Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) will direct all episodes of the premiere season, following their current directorial work on the upcoming Ghost in the Shell series reboot. Shinichiro Watanabe is a creative producer.
Adult Swim will have the worldwide rights (excluding Asia) to distribute the English dubbed versions...
- 11/29/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Blade Runner” is coming to the small screen as an animated series.
Variety has learned that Alcon Television Group has partnered with Adult Swim and Crunchyroll to produce and distribute a new anime series inspired by “Blade Runner 2049.”
“Blade Runner-Black Lotus,” as it will be called, will consist of 13 half-hour episodes. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps, but it is known that the story will take place in 2032 and will include some established characters from the “Blade Runner” universe.
“I first saw ‘Blade Runner’ in 1982, at age 11,” said Jason DeMarco, Svp and creative director of Adult Swim on-air. “It has remained one of the defining films of my life. To be able to explore more of this universe, with the incredible talent we have on board, is a dream come true.”
The series will be produced by animation studio Sola Digital Arts. Shinji Aramaki and...
Variety has learned that Alcon Television Group has partnered with Adult Swim and Crunchyroll to produce and distribute a new anime series inspired by “Blade Runner 2049.”
“Blade Runner-Black Lotus,” as it will be called, will consist of 13 half-hour episodes. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps, but it is known that the story will take place in 2032 and will include some established characters from the “Blade Runner” universe.
“I first saw ‘Blade Runner’ in 1982, at age 11,” said Jason DeMarco, Svp and creative director of Adult Swim on-air. “It has remained one of the defining films of my life. To be able to explore more of this universe, with the incredible talent we have on board, is a dream come true.”
The series will be produced by animation studio Sola Digital Arts. Shinji Aramaki and...
- 11/29/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Crunchyroll and Adult Swim are partnering with Alcon Television Group to produce and distribute “Blade Runner — Black Lotus,” an anime series inspired by Blade Runner 2049, the Oscar-winning 2017 sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic.
Adult Swim will have the worldwide rights — excluding Asia — to distribute the 13-episode series, which will air on the network’s anime programming block Toonami. Crunchyroll, an anime-centric streaming service, will handle worldwide distribution for its community of more than 45 million registered users and 2 million paying subscribers.
Produced by animation studio Sola Digital and directed by Shinji Aramaki (“Appleseed”) and Kenji Kamiyama (“Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex”), each episode will run for 30-minutes.
As of now, Crunchyroll and its partners are keeping the plot line of the series under wraps, but producers have confirmed the story will take place in 2032 and will include a few familiar faces from the dystopian Blade Runner universe where...
Adult Swim will have the worldwide rights — excluding Asia — to distribute the 13-episode series, which will air on the network’s anime programming block Toonami. Crunchyroll, an anime-centric streaming service, will handle worldwide distribution for its community of more than 45 million registered users and 2 million paying subscribers.
Produced by animation studio Sola Digital and directed by Shinji Aramaki (“Appleseed”) and Kenji Kamiyama (“Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex”), each episode will run for 30-minutes.
As of now, Crunchyroll and its partners are keeping the plot line of the series under wraps, but producers have confirmed the story will take place in 2032 and will include a few familiar faces from the dystopian Blade Runner universe where...
- 11/29/2018
- by Matt Lopez
- The Wrap
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