The acclaimed film Blade Runner, which had already released a reboot in 2017, will now have an anime. The series will launch in late 2021.
One of the most recognized titles in science fiction, Blade runner, came back on the public’s radar a few years ago. Even so, and as if that were not enough, now he has more plans to grow this franchise. One of the ideas is an anime series, which has already shown the characters it will present. For his part, he also published the central part of the cast that will be giving the voices to them, including more than one star.
To understand a little more about what this show will be about, you must first remember what the movie it will be based on is about. The 1982 film was the forerunner of the futuristic neo-noir genre. This style, also known as film noir, is characterized by being carried out by antiheroes with internal problems, a mystery plot and a nihilistic morality.
All these characteristics are present in the story in question, starring the detective Rick Deckard (Harrison ford). Such work, led by Ridley scott, is considered a cinematic landmark of the postmodern. In addition, its protagonist was chosen from among the most complicated deck of options of the century. Other actors like Gene Hackman, Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, Paul newman, Clint eastwood, Tommy lee jones, Arnold schwarzenegger, Al Pacino, Y Burt reynolds they also tried to get it.
In the story, the officer was in charge of hunting down and exterminating replicants, a kind of artificial humans that end up being used for evil. Decades later, in 2017, a reboot of this installment with an argument very similar to the original.
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Now, four years later the title will be extended with Black lotus, an animated series that will be based, unlike the two previous productions, on a replicant and not on a policeman.
However, being a partly Japanese product, Adult Swim (Warner Bros.) will be responsible for transmitting and creating the project in English. At the same time, Crunchyroll It will do it in the Japanese language.
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Finally, in the cast will be Elle, a female replicant created for a secret and unknown purpose (with the voice of Jessica henwick / Arisa shida ); Joseph, a mysterious figure who owns a parts junkyard in Los Angeles (voiced by Will Yun Lee / Shinshu fuji ); Alani Davis, a new LAPD recruit (voiced by Samira wiley / Takako honda ); Niander Wallace Sr, Founder and CEO of Wallace Corporation (voiced by Brian Cox / Takaya hashi); Niander Wallace Jr, a brilliant scientist who works for his father (voiced by Wes bentley / Takehito koyasu ); Marlowe, a deadly Blade Runner (voiced by Josh duhamel / Taiten Kusunoki.
On the other hand, Josephine Grant, the wife of the police chief (with the voice of Peyton List / Yoshiko Sakakibara ); Earl Grant, LAPD Chief of Police (voiced by Stephen Root / Hochu Otsuka) ); Doc Badger, a black market trader (voiced by Barkhad Abdi / Takayuki kinba ); Senator Bannister, a politician with strong feelings about replica production (voiced by Gregg Henry /Masane Tsukayama ); Doctor M, a brilliant doctor and professor of medicine (with the voice of Henry Czerny / Akio Nojima ); Hooper, a pocket journalist for the Wallace Corporation (voiced by Jason spisak / Kazuki yao )
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