LAZARUS
LazarusSummary
The year is 2052 — an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe. The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain. Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure-all drug with no apparent drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes ubiquitous… and essential. However, soon after Hapuna is officially introduced, Dr. Skinner vanishes.
Three years later, the world has moved on. But Dr. Skinner has returned — this time, as a harbinger of doom. Skinner announces that Hapuna has a short half-life. Everyone who has taken it will die approximately three years later. Death is coming for this sinful world — and coming soon.
As a response to this threat, a special task force of 5 agents is gathered from across the world to save humanity from Skinner’s plan. This group is called “Lazarus.” Can they find Skinner and develop a vaccine before time runs out?
(Source: Adult Swim)
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 13
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 5 h 12 min (13 × 24 min)
- Season
- Spring 2025
- Start date
- April 6, 2025
- End date
- June 29, 2025
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Original
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- MAPPA
- Romaji title
- Lazarus
- English title
- LAZARUS
- Native title
- ラザロ
Characters 25
Main characters
- Axel GilbertoアクセルMain
Profile
- Age
- 23
- Gender
- Male
Parkour specialist originally from Brazil. He has outstanding physical abilities and is a quick thinker, who can fly through the city like a bird. He is famous for his numerous jailbreaks.
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- EleinaエレイナSupporting
- Doug HadineダグSupporting
Profile
- Gender
- Male
Originally from Nigeria. He's an intelligent man who creates strategies as the brains of the team, and hides his warm heart behind a calm and collected demeanor. As a student, he studied physics and had a great respect for Dr. Skinner. He has a high-strung and prideful personality.
- Abel AndersonアベルSupporting
Profile
- Gender
- Male
Director of the National Security Agency (NSA). He is always unfazed, calm, and rational, to the point his colleagues questioned if he is secretly an AI.
- Deniz SkinnerスキナーSupporting
Profile
- Age
- 56
- Gender
- Male
- Birthday
- June 11, 1996
Skinner is a three-time Nobel Prize winning scientist. He suddenly disappeared three years ago. He is the inventor of the cure-all drug Hapna, and was seen as a saint for donating his patent and prize money to solving world issues.
- KobayashiコバヤシSupporting
- Leland AstorリーランドSupporting
Profile
- Age
- 16
- Gender
- Male
Originally from Canada. His special skill is piloting drones. He seems like a normal dumb middle school student, but has a complicated family situation which is kept secret. He is skilled at reading the room but never says his real intentions. His hobby is ego surfing.
- Hersch LindemannハーシュSupporting
Profile
- Age
- 51
- Gender
- Female
- Birthday
- March 30, 1998
Leader of Lazarus. She has a lot of influence on both nations and large corporations, and does her job without being carried away by emotions. She is an angry and terrifying woman.
- Christine BlakeクリスティンSupporting
Profile
- Gender
- Female
Originally from Russia. She has a lively and frank personality, allowing her to get along with anyone. She acts as a gun specialist, who can use any type of gun. She is also a heavy drinker and optimist.
- Shinja信者Background
- Toritateya 1取り立て屋1Background
- FDA ChoukanFDA長官Background
- ReporterレポーターBackground
- Kanshu 2看守2Background
- AIBackground
- Toritateya 2取り立て屋2Background
- CasterキャスターBackground
- Kyouju教授Background
- LisaリーサBackground
- Kanshu 1看守1Background
- Sensei先生Background
- Keikan A警官ABackground
- DroneドローンBackground
- Daitouryou大統領Background
- Shikai司会Background
Staff and studios
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Key staff
- Shinichirou WatanabeDirector
- Akemi HayashiCharacter design
- BonoboMusic
- Floating PointsMusic
- Kamasi WashingtonMusic
- Miho SugiuraArt director
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- Chad StahelskiAction Supervisor
- Stanislas BrunetConcept Design
- Kana TanabeColor Design
- Mitsuhiro SatouDirector of Photography
- Masato MatsunagaAnimation Producer
- Lauren StephensSound Effects
- Kamasi WashingtonTheme Song Performance (OP)
- The Boo RadleysTheme Song Performance (ED)
- Joseph ChouProducer
- Masahiro TamaiCG Modeling Director
- Kumiko SakamotoEditing
- Daiki WatanabeCG Animation Director
- Jason DeMarcoExecutive Producer
- Masashi YabuharaMixing
- Shinichirou WatanabeScript (ep 1)
- Michał PodsiadłoADR Director (Polish)
- Takuma SakamotoScreen Design
- Takahiro OzawaScript (eps 3, 6, 7, 10)
- Dai SatouScript (eps 4, 9)