Crunchyroll & Adult Swim Reveal Blade Runner: Black Lotus Characters and Cast

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;crunchyroll">Crunchyroll<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;Adult&plus;swim">Adult Swim<&sol;a> recently revealed the characters and cast of the upcoming anticipated animated series based on the award-winning and critically lauded Blade Runner movie franchise&comma; Blade Runner&colon; Black Lotus&period; A first look at the new series will debut at Comic-Con&commat;Home 2021 panel hosted online on Friday&comma; July 23rd&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Blade Runner&colon; Black Lotus will feature thirteen episodes directed by Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama&period; The series is produced by Alcon Entertainment and animation studio Sola Digital Arts&comma; with Shinichiro Watanabe serving as a creative producer&period; The anime will release sometime this year&period; Adult Swim will air the English language version on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;adultswim&period;com&sol;videos&sol;toonami" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Toonami<&sol;a> and Crunchyroll will stream the series in Japanese with subtitles&period; Both will offer the series to viewers worldwide outside of Asia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;planet&period;s3&period;us-east-1&period;wasabisys&period;com&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;introducing-the-characters-and-voice-cast-of-blade-runner-black&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Introducing the characters and voice cast of Blade Runner&colon; Black Lotus&comma; the new anime series in the saga - PlanetSmarts" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"tDcSOPZvoOI" title&equals;"Blade Runner&colon; Black Lotus &vert; A Crunchyroll and Adult Swim Production &vert; OFFICIAL INTERVIEW"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;tDcSOPZvoOI"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;tDcSOPZvoOI&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Blade Runner&colon; Black Lotus &vert; A Crunchyroll and Adult Swim Production &vert; OFFICIAL INTERVIEW"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Blade Runner&colon; Black Lotus Cast &amp&semi; Characters<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The English and Japanese voice cast includes&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p><strong>Elle<&sol;strong>&comma; a female Replicant created for a secret and unknown purpose&comma; will be played by Jessica Henwick &sol; Arisa Shida<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Joseph<&sol;strong>&comma; a mysterious figure who owns a spare parts junkyard in Los Angeles&comma; will be played by Will Yun Lee &sol; Shinshu Fuji<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Alani Davis<&sol;strong>&comma; a fresh LAPD recruit&comma; will be played by Samira Wiley &sol; Takako Honda<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Niander Wallace Sr<&sol;strong>&comma; founder and CEO of the Wallace Corporation&comma; will be played by Brian Cox &sol;  Takaya Hashi<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Niander Wallace Jr<&sol;strong>&comma; brilliant scientist working for his father&comma; will be played by Wes Bentley &sol; Takehito Koyasu<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Marlowe<&sol;strong>&comma; a deadly Blade Runner&comma; will be played by Josh Duhamel &sol; Taiten Kusunoki<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Josephine Grant<&sol;strong>&comma; the wife of the police chief&comma; will be played by Peyton List &sol; Yoshiko Sakakibara<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Earl Grant<&sol;strong>&comma; Police Chief of the LAPD&comma; will be played by Stephen Root &sol; Hochu Otsuka &sol;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Doc Badger<&sol;strong>&comma; a black market dealer&comma; will be played by Barkhad Abdi &sol;Takayuki Kinba &sol;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Senator Bannister<&sol;strong>&comma; a politician with strong feelings on replicant production&comma; will be played by Gregg Henry &sol; Masane Tsukayama<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Doctor M<&sol;strong>&comma; a brilliant doctor and professor of medicine&comma; will be played by Henry Czerny &sol; Akio Nojima<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Hooper<&sol;strong>&comma; a journalist in the pocket of the Wallace Corporation&comma; will be played by Jason Spisak &sol; Kazuki Yao<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; Starting at 5 p&period;m&period; PT&sol;8 p&period;m&period; ET on Friday&comma; July 23rd&comma; fans will hear directly from the creative team and voice talent Shinji Aramaki &lpar;co-director&rpar;&comma; Kenji Kamiyama &lpar;co-director&rpar;&comma; Joseph Chou &lpar;executive producer&rpar;&comma; Wes Gleason &lpar;voice director&rpar;&comma; Jessica Henwick &lpar;voice of Elle&rpar;&comma; and Jason DeMarco &lpar;co-creator of Toonami&sol;senior vice-president and creative director for Adult Swim&sol;moderator&rpar; as they premiere an exclusive first look at the new series at SDCC&commat;Home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; press release<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Are you a Blade Runner fan&quest;  Are you looking forward to Blade Runner&colon; Black Lotus&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;