Shinichiro Watanabe, MAPPA's Lazarus Anime's English Trailer Reveals April 5 Premiere on Toonami
Adult Swim began streaming an English trailer for Lazarus (Lazaro in Japanese), the new original anime for Toonami with Shinichirō Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Space Dandy) and animation studio MAPPA (Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan The Final Season). The video reveals that the anime will premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on April 5 at 12:00 a.m. EDT (effectively, April 6). The episodes will stream on the next day on the Max streaming service. The anime stars: Senior vice president and head of anime and action series at Adult Swim Jason DeMarco confirmed that Watanabe is directing every episode. Chad Stahelski (John Wick stuntman and director) is designing the action sequences for the science-fiction action anime. The anime features a score by jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington, and producers, DJs, and musicians Floating Points and Bonobo. Sola Entertainment is producing.Akemi Hayashi is the character designer, Stanislas Brunet is the concept designer, and Miho Sugiura is the art director. Other staff members include:Kamasi Washington is performing the opening theme song "Vortex," and The Boo Radleys are performing the ending theme song "Lazarus."Watanabe directed such notable anime productions as Cowboy Bebop, Macross Plus, Samurai Champloo, Space Dandy, Carole & Tuesday, and Terror in Resonance. He also directed the "Blade Runner: Black Out 2022" anime short. Watanabe's short film "A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot" screened at the 26th Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Canada in July 2022.Source: Adult Swim's YouTube channel
