Adult Swim and Crunchyroll’s upcoming animated series “Blade Runner: Black Lotus” takes place between the events of Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic “Blade Runner” and Denis Villeneuve’s 2017 sequel “Blade Runner: 2049.” Set in a futuristic world that plays by its own very strict rules, the minds behind the series at Alcon Entertainment, the owner of the “keeper” of the “Blade Runner” IP, strived to make sure that everything in their new series did in fact play by those rules.
Lucky for the “Black Lotus” team, there are already people at Alcon who spend their days keeping the “Blade Runner” timeline straight.
“We have two people who work for us at Alcon whose— I wouldn’t say it’s their full-time job, (but) it’s the majority of their job,” Andrew Kosgrove, the co-founder and co-ceo of Alcon, said Tuesday during a virtual panel at the Television Critics Association’s press tour.
Lucky for the “Black Lotus” team, there are already people at Alcon who spend their days keeping the “Blade Runner” timeline straight.
“We have two people who work for us at Alcon whose— I wouldn’t say it’s their full-time job, (but) it’s the majority of their job,” Andrew Kosgrove, the co-founder and co-ceo of Alcon, said Tuesday during a virtual panel at the Television Critics Association’s press tour.
- 9/21/2021
- by Tony Maglio and Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Adult Swim and Crunchyroll have revealed the characters and stellar English and Japanese voice cast of its anticipated animated series Blade Runner: Black Lotus, inspired by the Blade Runner movie franchise.
Cast includes Jessica Henwick, Arisa Shida, Will Yun Lee, Shinshu Fuji, Samira Wiley, Takako Honda, Brian Cox, Wes Bentley, Josh Duhamel, Taiten Kusunoki, Peyton List, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Stephen Root, Hochu Otsuka, Barkhad Abdi, Takayuki Kinba, Gregg Henry, Masane Tsukayama, Henry Czerny, Akio Nojima, Jason Spisak and Kazuki Yao.
Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed) and Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) will direct all 13 episodes. The series is produced by Alcon Entertainment and animation studio Sola Digital Arts, with Shinichiro Watanabe serving as a creative producer.
Henwick/Shida voice Elle, a female replicant created for a secret and unknown purpose. Lee/Fuji voice Joseph, a mysterious figure who owns a spare parts junkyard in Los Angeles. Wiley/Hona voice Alani Davis,...
Cast includes Jessica Henwick, Arisa Shida, Will Yun Lee, Shinshu Fuji, Samira Wiley, Takako Honda, Brian Cox, Wes Bentley, Josh Duhamel, Taiten Kusunoki, Peyton List, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Stephen Root, Hochu Otsuka, Barkhad Abdi, Takayuki Kinba, Gregg Henry, Masane Tsukayama, Henry Czerny, Akio Nojima, Jason Spisak and Kazuki Yao.
Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed) and Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) will direct all 13 episodes. The series is produced by Alcon Entertainment and animation studio Sola Digital Arts, with Shinichiro Watanabe serving as a creative producer.
Henwick/Shida voice Elle, a female replicant created for a secret and unknown purpose. Lee/Fuji voice Joseph, a mysterious figure who owns a spare parts junkyard in Los Angeles. Wiley/Hona voice Alani Davis,...
- 7/7/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Marvel Anime: X-Men Teaser Trailer, Opening Sequence, and Clip have premiered. The 2011 X-Men Marvel anime series is the animation X-Men has always deserved and it is about time. Directed by Fuminori Kizaki, the animation is beautfiul. If you have ever seen Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (written about here: 5 Essential Anime Films you need to View) or Redline (written about here: Redline (2009) Movie Trailers), you will recognize this animation and Madhouse, the company behind it immediately.
Marvel Anime: X-Men is part of
a four-part anime project with collaborations from both Marvel Entertainment and Madhouse. The project will take famous Marvel characters and reintroduce them for a Japanese audience in a 12-part series. The announcement was confirmed at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con. According to former Madhouse President and CEO Jungo Maruta, Marvel is giving the anime studio “free reign” [sic] to re-imagine the Marvel superheroes for Japanese audiences. It is...
Marvel Anime: X-Men is part of
a four-part anime project with collaborations from both Marvel Entertainment and Madhouse. The project will take famous Marvel characters and reintroduce them for a Japanese audience in a 12-part series. The announcement was confirmed at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con. According to former Madhouse President and CEO Jungo Maruta, Marvel is giving the anime studio “free reign” [sic] to re-imagine the Marvel superheroes for Japanese audiences. It is...
- 4/14/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
- There are two trends that have been washing over the industry over the last several years that have drawn the ire of fans worldwide: remakes and revisions. While the more vicious vitriol has been saved for the often shameless remakes being peddled by every studio, reactions to the rereleasing of a classic film with a spit-shine has been more mixed. Some are perfectly fine, and often times happy, to see one of their favorite films remastered with all the bells and whistles. The home video market wouldn’t be anywhere near as big were it not for this focus on quality and making the old new again. You like the Criterion Collection? Of course you do! Sure sometimes this revisionist history trend can sometimes be a bit superfluous and unnecessary (the original Star Wars trilogy anyone?), but if a filmmaker has the desire to take another stab at one
- 6/9/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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