#BLADE RUNNER BLACK LOTUS SKIN#
Directors Shinji Aramaki and Kamiyama made their names on science fiction anime that range from well-regarded (including the 2004 3D CGI anime Appleseed and its 2007 sequel Ex Machina for Aaramaki and Eden of the East for Kamiyama) to full-blown classics of the genre ( Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 for Aramaki and Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex for Kamiyama). And LAPD detective Alani Davis (voiced by Samira Wiley of Orange is the New Black) is pulled into an investigation that may have drastic consequences for Los Angeles-and perhaps even humanity as a whole. (voiced by Succession‘s Brian Cox) scheme separate schemes. Meanwhile, in their palatial estate, Wallace (voiced by Wes Bentley, replacing 2049‘s Jared Leto) and his father, Wallace Sr. Fortunately, Elle has allies-information-and-everything-else broker Doc Badger (voiced by Barkhad Abdi, reprising his role from Blade Runner 2049) and the burnt-out but in-the-know tech expert Joseph (voiced by Yakuza: Like a Dragon‘s Will Yun Lee). No, they’re the sort of answers that demand further investigation, further descent into the morass of humanity’s bleakest selves. But they aren’t the sort of answers that lead to conclusions and catharsis. The city, for all its cops, rogues, and power players, may hold the answers Elle seeks. The only clues she has to her identity are a mysterious device she cannot unlock, inexplicable and ferocious combat skills, and a beautiful tattoo of a black lotus on her back. A young woman named Elle (voiced by Jessica Henwick of the upcoming The Matrix Resurrections) wakes up in the back of an automated shipping truck. Seventeen years before Replicant Blade Runner KD6-3.7 will be assigned to retire rogue Replicant Sapper Morton. Four years before the brilliant but utterly vicious industrialist Niander Wallace will successfully lobby for the re-legalization of the artificial humanoids called Replicants. Ten years after the nuclear blackout that wiped the city’s history clean. 13 years after Blade Runner Rick Deckard completed his last job for the LAPD. This event is chronicled in another short film released as a promotional tie-in to 2049 called 2036: Nexus Dawn.Los Angeles. It also reveals that it took over a decade for Wallace Corp., led by Niander Wallace, to be allowed to create his new breed of replicants. Los Angeles descends into darkness and chaos after the blackout, resulting in replicant production being prohibited and the end of the Tyrell Corporation. Meanwhile, their human friend Ren Dus, a technician at the Tyrell Corporation, detonates a test missile over Los Angeles which causes the city-wide blackout. Its story follows two Nexus-8 replicants (enhanced replicants who can live as long as humans) named Iggy and Trixie who destroy the Tyrell Corporation's database of registered replicants.
The short was released shortly before 2049 to reveal what's occurred in the 30 years between the two films. But perhaps most importantly of all, Black Lotus takes place a decade after Blade Runner: Black Out 2022, an anime short film directed by Shinichiro Watanabe of Cowboy Bebopfame.
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