Adult Swim is set to celebrate Black Friday in a big way, as it will air the Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 anime short alongside a handful of other Blade Runner properties.
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As part of its Blade Runner marathon on Black Friday, Adult Swim will run the anime short, Blade Runner 2049, and the first three episodes of its upcoming Blade Runner: Black Lotus anime series. The marathon is set to start at 11 p.m. EST and run through 4:30 a.m. EST.
Following the marathon, Adult Swim will be airing the English language version of Blade Runner: Black Lotus during their Toonami programming block, with Crunchyroll streaming the series in Japanese with subtitles. The cast is a star-studded bunch, featuring some of the biggest names in both English and Japanese voice acting. You can check out the characters and their respective voice actors below:
- Elle, a female replicant created for a secret and unknown purpose, voiced by Jessica Henwick / Arisa Shida
- Joseph, a mysterious figure who owns a spare parts junkyard in Los Angeles, voiced by Will Yun Lee / Shinshu Fuji
- Alani Davis, a fresh LAPD recruit new to the scene, voiced by Samira Wiley / Takako Honda
- Niander Wallace Sr, the founder and CEO of the Wallace Corporation, voiced by Brian Cox / Takaya Hashi
- Niander Wallace Jr, a brilliant scientist working for his father, voiced by Wes Bentley / Takehito Koyasu
- Marlowe, a deadly Blade Runner, voiced by Josh Duhamel / Taiten Kusunoki
- Josephine Grant, the wife of the police chief, voiced by Peyton List / Yoshiko Sakakibara
- Earl Grant, Police Chief of the LAPD, voiced by Stephen Root / Hochu Otsuka
- Doc Badger, a black market dealer, voiced by Barkhad Abdi / Takayuki Kinba
- Senator Bannister, a politician with strong feelings on replicant production, voiced by Gregg Henry / Masane Tsukayama
- Doctor M, a brilliant doctor and professor of medicine, voiced by Henry Czerny / Akio Nojima
- Hooper, a journalist who is in the pocket of the Wallace Corporation, voiced by Jason Spisak / Kazuki Yao
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Blade Runner: Black Lotus premiered on November 14, and has already aired two episodes as of the time of writing.
