FIRST LOOK: Blade Runner anime series, Black Lotus, looks utterly stunning!

After the news late last year that a Blade Runner anime project was coming (here), I have been pacing the walls, waiting for more information.

And now we have our first awesome look and it seems the off world colonies still await…

while we know there is likely several projects coming, tonight we have our first look at Adult Swim and Crunchyroll’s Blade Runner: Black Lotus and it looks simply gorgeous!

The images are in-progress shots from the first anime series.

The series will be 13 episodes and – best news yet! – will be directed by Appleseed’s Shinji Aramaki and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex’s Kenji Kamiyama.

The series will be set in 2032 and will feature pre-established characters from the franchise.

Aramaki previously worked on the Blade Runner universe as mechanical designer on 2049’s prequel short Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 which was animated by Sola Digital Arts who will be bringing us this new series.

For your non-replicant eyes only: the first two work-in-progress images from Blade Runner: Black Lotus, an @adultswim x @Crunchyroll production, coming in 2021 #AdultSwimCon pic.twitter.com/b7CWOOtENj

— adultswim (@adultswim) July 26, 2020

Here’s a clearer look at the images:

Here’s the Blade Runner comic panel:

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