Why Hollywood's Finest Worked on the Cowboy Bebop Successor! LAZARUS Premiere Review + Director Q&A

Is Shinichiro Watanabe's latest anime, Lazarus, the spiritual successor to Cowboy Bebop we've been waiting for? I attended a special screening at New York Comic Con which Watanabe-san attended, and was able to see the first episode and hear his insights into his new project! In this video I get into my thoughts on the episode, Watanabe's journey to this point, the crazy talent he brought on, and some of the stories he shared with the audience!

Why did he finally return to the sci-fi action genre after 20 years? How might the cast of his other anime series play a part? And how are the director of John Wick, the sound designers of Dune, and saxophone legend Kamasi Washington involved? All that and more in this deep dive into Lazarus from one of anime's greatest creative minds!

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00:00 Intro
01:15 Series premise and summary
04:37 Watching sub v. dub
05:15 Cowboy Bebop and its connection to Lazarus
09:32 Watanabe's return to sci-fi action
10:49 John Wick's action choreography
12:08 Memorable musical choices
12:52 The Watanabe credit you never knew about!
13:42 Axel Gilberto's namesake
14:11 Floating Points, Bonobo and Kamasi Washington
16:01 Sound designers of Dune
17:03 Final collaboration with Keiko Nobumoto
19:03 When and where to watch