Cowboy Bebop creator, John Wick director team on a new action anime

Shinichirō Watanabe, the man behind anime classics like Cowboy Bebop And Samurai Champloo, has lined up his next anime project. The new series is called Lazarus and comes from an all-star creative team that includes John Wick director Chad Stahelski and jazz legend Kamasi Washington.

Lazarus is set in 2052 after the world is given a miracle cure that cures disease forever. However, three years later, the drug’s inventor announces that it was secretly a slow-acting poison that will kill anyone who took it. A special five-man task force named Lazarus is then assembled to find the Doctor and stop his plan to save the world in time.

Watanabe will serve as the creator and director of the series, but he’s not the only one making it. Stahelski is on board to design action sequences, while Washington, Floating Points and Bonobo will all contribute to the soundtrack. The series is also animated by MAPPA (Jujitsu Kaisen). There is no release date for it Lazarus not yet, but it’s airing in the US on Adult Swim.

There’s also no word yet on when we’ll see more of it Lazarusbut with the Adult Swim Festival taking place on July 22, it’s possible we’ll get our first look at the series soon.