Lazarus Anime’s First Look: San Diego Comic Con 2024

Last year at San Diego Comic-Con, Lazarus anime directed by Shinichirou Watanabe (known for Cowboy Bebop) was announced. Warner Bros/Adult Swim backed the anime with MAPPA overseeing the animation and being produced by SOLA Entertainment. The anime also has the John Wick franchise legendary director Chad Stahelski on board for stunt sequence supervision. It was also announced that Kamasi Washington, DJ Floating Points, and Bonobo will compose the anime scores.

Although no official release dates were given at the time of the announcement, the anime was set to air on Toonami. The audience and the panel were briefed with character design sheets, boards, backgrounds, and choreographed action sequences by Stahelski’s team.

And now, a year after the announcement was made, according to a deleted post on Adult Swim’s official Twitter account, Lazarus anime’s first look will be revealed at San Diego Comic-Con on July 26, 2024.

Lazarus Plot

In the year 2052, a Nobel prize-winning doctor developed a drug that can cure all ailments, Hapuna. Everyone carelessly intakes drugs to get a cure for all diseases. The doctor secretly vanishes and reappears after three years, announcing that the drug has a short half-life and that everyone who took the drug will die after three years. A team of 5 elite members, Lazarus was set up to track the doctor, find the antidote, and save the world.

Lazarus Anime Staff

• Director: Shinchiro Watanabe
• Action Director: Chad Stahelski (87eleven Action Design)
• Character design: Akemi Hayashi
• Concept design: Stanislas Brunet
• Studio: MAPPA
• Producer: SOLA Entertainment
• Music: Kamasi Washington, Bonobo, Floating Points
• Platform: Adult Swim

Source: Animehunch