Adult Swim lands new show from ‘Cowboy Bebop’ and ‘John Wick’ creators<p>Adult Swim’s teaming up with Shinichirō Watanabe, director and creator of the original
Cowboy Bebop, for a new jazz-tinged sci-fi anime series, <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.vulture.com/2023/07/lazarus-anime-shinichiro-watanabe.html?utm_source=flipboard.com&utm_medium=social_acct&utm_campaign=feed-part">as reported by
Variety.[/url]
Lazarus is being animated by MAPPA, the studio behind
Chainsaw Man, Zombie Land Saga, latter seasons of
Attack of Titan and so many more. Watanabe won’t be alone, as he’s teaming up with Chad Stahelski, the mastermind behind
John Wick, to co-create action sequences.</p><p>This is a Watanabe joint, so expect plenty of jazzy visuals and audio cues. To that end,
Lazarus features music from jazz and electronic musicians such as Kamasi Washington, Floating Points and Bonobo, among others.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>So what’s it about?
Lazarus is set in the near future and follows a ragtag team chasing down a mad scientist to prevent a mass-poisoning event. There’s no release date yet, but the creators are dropping more information, including a first-look trailer, at the annual <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://adultswimfestival.com/">Adult Swim Festival [/url]this weekend. It’s worth noting that many of the events planned for this festival have been canceled, due to the ongoing writers and actors strikes.</p><p>As for that other
Cowboy Bebop on Netflix, <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2023/01/26/shinichiro-watanabe-on-making-cowboy-bebop-and-what-he-thinks-of-the-live-action-adaptation/?sh=3c867b903945">Watanabe told
Forbes[/url] that the live-action version is “not
Cowboy Bebop.” It doesn’t matter anyways, as Netflix <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/netflix-cowboy-bebop-canceled-000159745.html">threw down the cancel hammer[/url] for that show in late 2021.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Adult Swim lands new show from ‘Cowboy Bebop’ and ‘John Wick’ creators
