(“Blade Runner: Black Lotus” credit to Warner Media)
A virtual New York Comic Con presentation showed off fresh new info on “Blade Runner: Black Lotus” and “Shenmue the Animation.” It featured co-directors Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama, as well as executive producer Joseph Chou (executive producer), and futurist Maurice Conti. The big news was that the new Blade Runner will premiere on November 13th. The panelists shared their take on how this version would stack up against our own future.
The Adult Swim show is produced by Alcon Television Group and animation studio Sola Digital Arts, with Shinichiro Watanabe serving as a creative producer. It will be the English language version on Toonami, Crunchyroll will stream the series in Japanese with subtitles to its global audience of more than 120 million registered users and more than 5 million subscribers. The official “Black Lotus” soundtrack arrives November 5th and it will feature Grammy-Award-winning singer-songwriter Alessia Cara’s new original song Feel You Now. The album can be pre-saved HERE.
What do “Blade Runner” fans think of the trailer for ‘Black Lotus?’
Along with the “Black Lotus” goodness, fans were also introduced to “Shenmue the Animation.” The Adult Swim and Crunchyroll original co-production was shown during the “Shenmue: Continuing the Legacy” virtual panel at NYCC that featured Yu Suzuki (Shenmue video game creator) and how he brought his Sega creations to life through anime. Chikara Sakurai (director), Yû Kiyozono (producer, Telecom Animation), Joseph Chou (producer, Sola Entertainment) were also panelists. Check out the first look at the trailer.
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