The official Twitter/X account for Adult Swim anime Lazarus confirmed its opening and ending theme songs. A new key visual was revealed as well.
Kamasi Washington will perform the Lazarus opening theme song “Vortex,” while The Boo Radleys perform the ending theme song “Lazarus.”
Lazarus will premiere in 2025 on Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block. The cast includes:
- Mamoru Miyano as Axel
- Makoto Furukawa as Doug
- Maaya Uchida as Christin
- Yuma Uchida as Leland
- Manaka Iwami as Eleina
- Megumi Hayashibara as Hersch
- Akio Otsuka as Abel
- Koichi Yamadera as Dr. Skinner
Shinichiro Watanabe and MAPPA’s Lazarus is a new original sci-fi anime with action sequences by John Wick stuntman and director Chad Stahelski. The anime’s composers include jazz and electronic artists/producers Kamasi Washington (West Coast Get Down), Floating Points (Floating Points Ensemble), and Bonobo.
Here’s an overview, via Adult Swim:
Three years later, the world has moved on. But Dr. Skinner has returned – this time, as a harbinger of doom. Skinner announces that Hapuna has a short half-life. Everyone who has taken it will die approximately three years later. Death is coming for this sinful world – and coming soon.
As a response to this threat, a special task force of 5 agents is gathered from across the world to save humanity from Skinner’s plan. This group is called “Lazarus.” Can they find Skinner and develop a vaccine before time runs out?
