Black Lotus Behind the Scenes, Adult Swimming

Along with its brilliant light and cyberpunk atmosphere, that means Blade Runner franchise and its Notes. These androids have been an inspiring experience of Ridley Scott’s 1982 debut as well Photos by Denis Villeneuve 2017 follow-up, Blade Runner 2049. When two films about Replicants, people are seen mostly through the eyes of Blade Runners who had to hunt them down and kill them. Enter upcoming Adult Swim and Crunchyroll anime Black Lotus, which seeks to bring out the creatures and explore their part of Scott’s creation.

In the behind-the-scenes video exploring the creation of the show, directors Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki discuss their intent to disrupt the Representatives. Since the original film has a very strong world, the duo initially struggled with how their show would have been inside. Then he decided to look for other things which did not find much interest in the two films.

“We thought there was another world beyond the camera lens,” Kamiyama said. “I wondered what it would be like if we took a tour of the Replicant country, or the time they spent there.” All of these men knew that this world would be very different from the eyes of non-Runners, minds Both Deckard and K movies could not do their job as Runners.. Kamimiya also expressed his preference for the original, not wanting it to affect how he works on android.. “I did my best to find a world that was never shown in the first two films …

Another way they want to isolate themselves from the past is their protagonist Elle. Quoted by Arisa Shida in Japanese and Matrix Breakout star Jessica Henwick in dub, Elle is described by the Arameans as a “special” genre of Replicant because of her mind in retaliation and not just survival. But Aramaki reaffirmed the idea of ​​self-discovery: not only Elle finding what she could, but the great mysteries around the world that would be solved in the first season.

Later in the film, lead producer Joseph Chou talks about how to bring the show up and its CG style. As important as it was for the show to be meaningful Blade Runner, Chou also realized that the show needs to be independent, especially in terms of visuals. “What were we supposed to interpret Blade Runner an anime should look like, “he said. With a CG and motion picture, it felt like a demonstration of how the camera works and what made it better than hand-drawn animations. “We have to get to the point where people say, ‘Yeah, you did the right thing Blade Runner nature … we want to make sure we fix it. ‘”

Blade Runner: Black Lotus will hit Adult Swim and Crunchyroll on November 13th.

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