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Shinichirō Watanabe is ready to tell humanity something about itself with Lazarus
Shinichirō Watanabe’s latest sci-fi project is a grim and stylish reflection on whether humanity has doomed itself.
But Watanabe’s desire to grow by trying new things led him away from telling stories about far-flung futures and toward projects like the historical action series Samurai Champloo and Kids on the Slope. That same feeling is what brought him back to his roots and inspired him to dream up Lazarus — a new series premiering on Adult Swim in 2025 that enlists John Wick director Chad Stahelski for its action sequences. You’ve always been known for populating your worlds with diverse arrays of people, but there’s a pronounced multiculturalism to Babylonia City [one of the show’s important locations] that feels really distinct in the larger anime landscape.
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