Shinichiro Watanabe’s latest anime series, Lazarus, has officially confirmed that it will release on April 5, 2025, in its new trailer.
The series will debut at midnight on Adult Swim’s Toonami block, airing in English, before becoming available for streaming on Max the following day.
Warner Bros. Discovery detailed the release schedule in a press release, confirming that the English-dubbed version of Lazarus will air first, with encore airings scheduled every Thursday at midnight beginning April 10.
The Japanese-language version with English subtitles will become available on Adult Swim and Max 30 days after the English premiere.
In Japan, Lazarus will air on TV Tokyo starting in April 2025.
Checkout the new trailer below:
Adult Swim President Michael Ouweleen expressed excitement over the project, stating, “We’re talking Watanabe here—this show is an amazing mix of great characters, super fun high-stakes, brilliant directing, and of course, some pretty great music. We are all so lucky to be able to watch this genius do his thing.”
MAPPA will do animation for the series while Sola Entertainment handles general production.
Shinichiro Watanabe will be directing the series, with John Wick director Chad Stahelski in charge of the action choreography for the anime.
Other staff members include:
- Character Designer: Akemi Hayashi
- Concept Designer: Stanislas Brunet
- Art Director: Miho Sugiura
- Color Designer: Kana Tanabe
- Cinematographer: Takuma Sakamoto
- Compositing Director: Mitsuhiro Sato
- Sound Effects Supervisor: Lauren Stephens (Formosa Group)
- Animation Producer: Masato Matsunaga
English dub cast includes:
- David Matranga as Dr. Skinner
- Jade Kelly as Hersch
- Jack Stansbury as Axel
- Luci Christian as Chris
- Bryson Baugus as Leland
- Jovan Jackson as Doug
- Annie Wild as Elaina
- Sean Patrick Judge as Abel
Japanese voice cast includes:
- Mamoru Miyano as Axel
- Makoto Furukawa as Doug
- Maaya Uchida as Christine
- Yuma Uchida as Leland
- Manaka Iwami as Eleina
- Megumi Hayashibara as Hersch
- Akio Otsuka as Abel
- Koichi Yamadera as Skinner
The series will feature a score by jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington, and producers, DJs, and musicians Floating Points and Bonobo.
The official plot of the series can be read below:
The year is 2052.
The world seemed to be on the verge of unprecedented peace and stability, and the painkiller drug “Hapna” developed by a 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? And what is Skinner’s true purpose?
Source: Warner Bros. Discovery Press Release
