A new visual has been unveiled for the Lazarus TV anime series, ahead of its 13th episode and series finale set to air in the U.S. on June 29, 2025. The anime began airing on Toonami’s Adult Swim programming block and in Japan on April 6, 2025. The series is also streaming on Max the following day after its TV broadcast.
The black and white visual showcases five of the show’s main characters.
Shinichiro Watanabe is serving as the chief director for the original anime series, while John Wick director Chad Stahelski is designing the anime’s action sequences. Sola Entertainment is producing the series, with MAPPA in charge of the animation production.
Other staff include Akemi Hayashi (Maboroshi animation director) as character designer, Stanislas Brunet (Super Crooks, Symphogear XV) as concept designer, Miho Sugiura (Buddy Daddies) as art director, Kana Tanabe (RE-MAIN) as color designer, Takuma Sakamoto as cinematographer, and Mitsuhiro Sato (Pluto) as composting director.
Bonobo, Floating Points, and Kamasi Washington are composing the series soundtrack. Washington also worked on the anime’s opening theme “Vortex.”
Meanwhile, the anime’s main Japanese voice cast stars:
- • Mamoru Miyano as Axel
- • Makoto Furukawa as Doug
- • Maaya Uchida as Christine
- • Yuma Uchida as Leland
- • Manaka Iwami as Elaina
- • Megumi Hayashibara as Hersch
- • Akio Otsuka as Abel
- • Koichi Yamadera as Dr. Skinner
Adult Swim describes the main synopsis of Lazarus as:
The year is 2052 – an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe. The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain. Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure-all drug with no apparent drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes ubiquitous… and essential. However, soon after Hapuna is officially introduced, Dr. Skinner vanishes.
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?
Source: Lazarus Official Twitter (via AIR News)
