Lazarus, the latest anime from Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe, is on the way to Toonami. It’s set to hit screens on April 6, but now we’ve got a sneak peek at the show thanks to a just-released one-minute clip.
The Lazarus sneak peek features protagonist Axel breaking out a prison, which he calls his “bad habit.” The clip, released by Adult Swim Europe, features the dub starring Jack Stansbury as Axel.
In Japanese, Lazarus stars Mamoru Miyano as Axel, Makoto Furukawa as Doug, Maaya Uchida as Christine, Yūma Uchida as Leland, Manaka Iwami as Eleina, Megumi Hayashibara as Hersch, Akio Ōtsuka as Abel, and Kōichi Yamadera as Skinner. It’s animated over at MAPPA.
Adult Swim gave this plot description for it:
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 on. But Dr. Skinner has returned – this time, as a harbinger of doom. Skinner announces that Hapuna has a short half-life. Everyone who has taken it will die approximately three years later. Death is coming for this sinful world – and coming soon.
As a response to this threat, a special task force of 5 agents is gathered from across the world to save humanity from Skinner’s plan. This group is called “Lazarus.” Can they find Skinner and develop a vaccine before time runs out?
What’d you think of the Lazarus sneak peek?
Source: ANN