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Friday, February 28, 2025

“Lazarus” on Adult Swim

“Lazarus” is Toonami’s newest science fiction thriller anime, directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, starring David Matranga as ‘Dr. Skinner’, Jade Kelly as ‘Hersh’, Jack Stansbury as ‘Axel’, Luci Christian as ‘Chris’, Bryson Baugus as ‘Leland’, Jovan Jackson as ‘Dough’, Annie Wild as ‘Elaina’ and Sean Patrick Judge as ‘Abel’, debuting April 5, 2025 on Adult Swim:


“…the year is 2052. The world seemed to be on the verge of unprecedented peace and stability and the painkiller drug ‘Hapna’ developed by lauded neuroscientist ‘Dr. Skinner’ has had a lot to do with it. 


“Pervasive throughout the world with no known side effects, Hapna is said to have freed humanity from pain. 


“But then, Skinner suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth. Three years later, he re-emerges as a prophet who brings countless deaths and the end of civilization. 


“Hapna is designed with a fatal, retroactive effect, which manifests three years after ingestion, even by those who have only taken it once. 


“Just thirty days remain until humanity is doomed to extinction. The only way to save the world is to get the cure that only Skinner knows. 


“For that we must first find him. Lazarus is a team of five agents gathered from various corners of the world to do just that. Can they save humanity?…”


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