Watch the Blade Runner: Black Lotus anime opening at Crunchyroll Expo

Crunchyroll has unveiled the first key art visual, along with a new trailer for Blade Runner: Black Lotus, the upcoming original anime co-production with Adult Swim based on the Blade Runner universe, at its Virtual Expo event Thursday after its first trailer debuted last month at San Diego Comic-Con.

The trailer presents a first look at the opening of the series, including the original song “Feel You Now”, from singer-songwriter Alessia Cara.

Set in Los Angeles in 2032, 13 years after the original Ridley Scott film in 1982 and 17 years before Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up in 2017, Blade Runner: Black Lotus focuses on Elle (Jessica Henwick), a mysterious woman with no memory of her past except a locked data device and a black lotus tattoo. Alone and on the run, She will have to piece together her past in order to face a dark and uncertain future as she battles those who stalk her in search of answers.

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Series set to feature guest appearances from Villeneuve’s film antagonist Niander Wallace Jr. Blade Runner 2049, this time performed by Wes Bentley (The hunger Games), as well as new characters in the form of Niander Wallace Sr. and LAPD Police Chief Earl Grant, played by Brian Cox (Succession) and Stephen Root (Office space) respectively. Are we going to see Agent K. at some point? Fingers crossed, but for now, we will have to wait for the broadcast of the series to find out.

Blade Runner: Black Lotus will feature 13 episodes and will be directed by Shinji Aramaki (Apple seeds) and Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: autonomous complex). The series will be hosted by Sola Digital Arts (Ultraman 2019) and produced by Alcon Entertainment. Meanwhile, Shinichiro Watanabe, the legendary director behind series like Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and Carole & Tuesday, will serve as a creative producer on the series.

Blade Runner: Black Lotus will air on Adult Swim and air on Crunchyroll when it releases this fall.