Crunchyroll Reveals New Key Art & Series Opening for Blade Runner: Black Lotus at V-CRX

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;crunchyroll&period;com&sol;">Crunchyroll<&sol;a> and Adult Swim revealed more about their upcoming series <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;crunchyroll-adult-swim-reveal-blade-runner-black-lotus-characters-and-cast&sol;">Blade Runner&colon; Black Lotus<&sol;a>&comma; including new key art and the series’ opening at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;Virtual&plus;Crunchyroll&plus;Expo">Virtual Crunchyroll Expo<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"8V-KE7Jh35o" title&equals;"BLADE RUNNER&colon; BLACK LOTUS - Opening &vert; Feel You Now"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;8V-KE7Jh35o"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;8V-KE7Jh35o&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"BLADE RUNNER&colon; BLACK LOTUS - Opening &vert; Feel You Now"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Additional Information<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>During the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Making of Blade Runner&colon; Black Lotus” panel&comma; Crunchyroll’s head of development Sarah Victor spoke with directors Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama about their process for creating the series and how it fits into the legendary Blade Runner universe&period; Aramaki and Kamiyama also spoke at length about themes within this new series and how they worked hard to create a human story focused primarily on the replicants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When unveiling the new key art&comma; the directors discussed their process for character design and the stylistic balance they found between animation and photo realism&period; They also shared that the international production and creative staff for the series helped them capture an atmosphere closer to a Hollywood production and allowed them to create more diverse characters&comma; much like you’d see in Los Angeles now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Finally&comma; the directors presented the opening sequence from Blade Runner&colon; Black Lotus&comma; which features the original song &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Feel You Now” from GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Alessia Cara&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Blade Runner&colon; Black Lotus&comma; a Crunchyroll and Adult Swim Original&comma; will premiere later this year on Crunchyroll and Adult Swim&period; The series is produced by Alcon Entertainment and animation studio Sola Digital Arts&comma; with Shinichiro Watanabe serving as a creative producer&period; Crunchyroll will stream the series in Japanese with subtitles to its global audience of more than 120 million registered users and more than 5 million subscribers while Adult Swim will air the English language version on Toonami&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;