Adult Swim has greenlit "Lazarus," a new Toonami series from renowned anime director Shinichirō Watanabe, known for his work helming episodes of "Cowboy Bebop," "Samurai Champloo" and "Kids on the Slope."
Produced by anime studio MAPPA, "Lazarus" also recruits the contributions of "John Wick" series director Chad Stahelski, who designed several action sequences for the series, along with the musical talents of saxophonist Kamasi Washington; producer, DJ and musician Floating Points; and producer, DJ and musician Bonobo. The trio will provide a jazz and electronic score for the project.
"Lazarus," which is already in production, takes place in 2052. The series follows a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist that develops a drug called Hapuna — a cure-all that has the unexpected side-effect of causing death three years later. A special force of agents is assembled to take on the malevolent Skinner.
I need to rewatch Samurai Champloo. I never heard of Kids on the Slope, is it any good?
KotS: only saw a few episodes, but seemed really good for 'slice of life' + 'jazz music' anime.
Yeah, it's not bad. My memory isn't perfect, but it's a period drama TV show with like Japanese appreciation of American '50s Jazz classics being used as like time signifiers/punctuations of their youth. Might have been a love triangle thing? Had a shoujo-y art style and I really like the OP song.