Joseph Baxter Nov 30, 2018
The Blade Runner mythology will expand with a prequel anime series in the works, set to air on Adult Swim.
Blade Runner is set to make its serial television debut... in animated form, anyway.
Adult Swim and anime streaming service Crunchyroll, two Warner Media properties, will partner with Alcon Television Group to produce a yet-to-be-titled Blade Runner anime series, which will manifest with 13 half-hour episodes. The series – set to air in English-dubbed form on Adult Swim’s Toonami block – will bear direct inspiration from director Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, the long-awaited 2017 sequel to Ridley Scott’s genre-defining 1982 original Blade Runner film.
While plot details on the Blade Runner anime were not provided, it was revealed that the series will take place in 2032 and include some established characters, a crucial fact that sets the story 17 years before the events of the most recent film, making the...
The Blade Runner mythology will expand with a prequel anime series in the works, set to air on Adult Swim.
Blade Runner is set to make its serial television debut... in animated form, anyway.
Adult Swim and anime streaming service Crunchyroll, two Warner Media properties, will partner with Alcon Television Group to produce a yet-to-be-titled Blade Runner anime series, which will manifest with 13 half-hour episodes. The series – set to air in English-dubbed form on Adult Swim’s Toonami block – will bear direct inspiration from director Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, the long-awaited 2017 sequel to Ridley Scott’s genre-defining 1982 original Blade Runner film.
While plot details on the Blade Runner anime were not provided, it was revealed that the series will take place in 2032 and include some established characters, a crucial fact that sets the story 17 years before the events of the most recent film, making the...
- 11/29/2018
- Den of Geek
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