Lazarus anime previews prison fight in new teaser video

Lazarus

Adult Swim has shared a new teaser video giving a preview of the fighting scenes in the new Lazarus anime, the new show from Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe.

The new original anime is being produced by MAPPA (Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, etc) with Watanabe directing each episode, and the aforementioned fight scenes are being designed by John Wick creator Chad Sthaleski.

Here’s the official synopsis from the series, and the new trailer:

The year is 2052.

The world seemed to be on the verge of unprecedented peace and stability, and the painkiller drug “Hapna” developed by a lauded neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has had a lot to do with it. Pervasive throughout the world with no known side effects, Hapna is said to have freed humanity from pain.

But then, Skinner suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth.

Three years later, he re-emerges as a prophet who brings countless deaths and the end of civilization. Hapna is designed with a fatal, retroactive effect, which manifests three years after ingestion, even by those who have only taken it once. Just thirty days remain until humanity is doomed to extinction. The only way to save the world is to get the cure that only Skinner knows. For that we must first find him.

“Lazarus” is a team of five agents gathered from various corners of the world to do just that. Can they save humanity? And what is Skinner’s true purpose?

Lazarus is set to premiere in Japan on April 6th and is planned for thirteen episodes. A western premiere is set for Adult Swim’s Toonami block on April 5th at 12 Midnight (to coincide with the Japanese premiere). The new episodes will stream the following day on HBO’s Max streaming platform.

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