Blade Runner: Black Lotus‘ Awesome Opening Is Here

“ Los Angeles 2032.A young womanwakes up with no memories , and possess deadly skills . The only clues to her closed book are a locked datum equipment and a tattoo ofa fatal lotus . Putting together the bit , she must track down down the people responsible for her brutal and bally yesteryear to witness the truth of her lost identity . ”

That ’s the prescribed verbal description ofBlade Runner : Black Lotus , the upcoming gum anime serial from Crunchyroll and Adult Swim . It ’ll debut after this class , but during today ’s Virtual Crunchyroll Expo , the hatchway of the show was revealed by directors Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama . Check it out below .

Also let out was this stigma new post horse , which just looks slick as all hell .

A crop of the new poster for Blade Runner: Black Lotus.

A crop of the new poster for Blade Runner: Black Lotus.Image: Crunchyroll

Blade Runner has always been recognise for its props , like those unforgettable gun and vehicles . But now we ’ve got samurai swords ? Bigger gun for hire and vehicles ? Black Lotus is taking things up a notch .

That ’s particularly interesting because the story is set between the events of the1982 Ridley Scott filmand2017 Denis Villeneuve film . We know where things lead off , and we know where they ’re go . But , sometime in between , we ’ll follow a brand new replicant named Elle ( sound by Jessica Henwick in English and Arisa Shida in Japanese ) who has cryptic ties to the get mythology of futurist Los Angeles . She ’ll be jointed by characters voiced by Will Yun Lee , Samira Wiley , Brian Cox , Wes Bentley , Josh Duhamel , Peyton List , Stephen Root , Barkhad Abdi , Gregg Henry , Henry Czerny , and Jason Spisak .

The 13 - installment season of Blade Runner : Black Lotus will debut this fall on both Adult Swim ( in English ) and on Crunchyroll ( in Japanese ) . It ’s one of those things we really hope hold up up to its namesake .

Image: Crunchyroll