The full English and Japanese voice cast of Alcon Entertainment, Adult Swim and Crunchyroll’s anticipated animated series “Blade Runner: Black Lotus” have been announced.
The thirteen-episode series will be directed by Shinji Aramaki (“Appleseed”) and Kenji Kamiyama (“Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex”) with Sola Digital Arts serving as the animation studio. The roles are as follows:
Jessica Henwick / Arisa Shida as Elle
A female replicant created for a secret and unknown purpose.
Will Yun Lee / Shinshu Fuji as Joseph
A mysterious figure who owns a spare parts junkyard in Los Angeles.
Samira Wiley / Takako Honda as Alani Davis
A fresh LAPD recruit.
Brian Cox / Takaya Hashi as Niander Wallace Sr.
Founder and CEO of the Wallace Corporation.
Wes Bentley / Takehito Koyasu as Niander Wallace Jr.
A brilliant scientist working for his father.
Josh Duhamel / Taiten Kusunoki as Marlowe
A deadly Blade Runner.
Peyton List / Yoshiko Sakakibara as Josephine Grant
The wife of the police chief.
Stephen Root / Hochu Otsuka as Earl Grant
Police Chief of the LAPD.
Barkhad Abdi / Takayuki Kinba as Doc Badger
A black market dealer.
Gregg Henry / Masane Tsukayama as Senator Bannister
A politician with strong feelings on replicant production.
Henry Czerny / Akio Nojima as Doctor M
A brilliant doctor and professor of medicine.
Jason Spisak / Kazuki Yao as Hooper
A journalist in the pocket of the Wallace Corporation.
Adult Swim will air the English language version on the network’s anime programming block Toonami and Crunchyroll will stream the series in Japanese with subtitles.
Both will offer the series to viewers worldwide outside of Asia. A first look at the series will be unveiled on July 23rd as a part of Comic-Con@Home 2021.
Source: Deadline