Lazarus

Lazarus (LAZARUS -ラザロ-, Razaro) is a 2025 original anime series created and directed by Shinichiro Watanabe.

The anime series was announced on July 20, 2023.^[1] It was animated by MAPPA, produced by Sola Entertainment, with the series composition written by Shinichirō Watanabe, Dai Satō, Takahiro Ozawa, & Tsukasa Kondo. The music was composed by Kamasi Washington, Bonobo, & Floating Points. It premiered in Japan on April 6, 2025.

Warner Bros. licensed the series, while Sentai Filmworks produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block in near-simultaneous broadcasts with Japan on April 6, 2025. It's also released next day on Max.^[2]

Synopsis

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?

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Axel Gilberto	Mamoru Miyano	Jack Stansbury
	Douglas "Doug" Hadine	Makoto Furukawa	Jovan Jackson
	Christine	Maaya Uchida	Luci Christian
	Leland	Yūma Uchida	Bryson Baugus
	Eleina	Manaka Iwami	Annie Wild
Secondary Characters
	Hersch	Megumi Hayashibara	Jade Kelly
	Dr. Deniz Skinner	Kōichi Yamadera	David Matranga
	Abel	Akio Ōtsuka	Sean Patrick Judge
Recurring Characters
	Officer A	Volcano Ōta	TBA
	Newscaster	Yuki Amando	TBA
Title
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Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
President	Tomoko Miyadera	TBA	1
Guards	Shunichi Maki	TBA
	Takehiro Hasu	TBA
		TBA
Teacher	Takayuki Miyamoto	TBA
Professor	Masafumi Kobatake	TBA
Newscasters	Ryūnosuke Watanuki	Cyrus Rodas
Newscasters		TBA
Prisoner		TBA
Officer		TBA
Drones	Miyuri Shimabukuro	TBA
AI Voice	Yuki Anando	TBA
Believer	Shō Okumura	TBA
Talkshow Host	Shinya Takahashi	TBA	1-2
Kobayashi	Yōji Ueda	Jay Hickman	2
Loan Sharks	Kenji Sugimura	TBA
Loan Sharks	Hayato Fujii	TBA
Lisa	Uki Satake	TBA
FDA Director	Taisuke Nakano	TBA
News Reporter	Chiaki Yurin	TBA
Gardener	Kōichi Sōma	TBA
Russian Gangster	Maksim Kozhin	TBA
Spanish Gangster	Gabriel Regojo
FBI Agent		TBA
DEA Agent		TBA
Conductor		TBA
Journalist	Yuki Anando	TBA
Jill	Yūichi Nakamura	Kiba Walker	3
Claude Cline	Yutaka Nakano	TBA
Billinda	Toshiko Sawada	¿Marcy Bannor?
Basketball Boy	Jun Kasama	TBA
Little Girl	Rie Hikisaka	TBA
Street Gangsters		TBA
		TBA
		TBA
Homeless		TBA
		TBA
		TBA
		TBA
		TBA
		TBA
Officer		TBA
Sam Stephenson	Tomokazu Sugita	Brandon Hearnsberger	4
Donald McDonald / Visonary	Shōya Chiba	Nathan Wilson
Bouncers	Hayato Fujii	TBA
Bouncers		TBA
Entourage	Katsunori Okai	TBA
	Takahiro Sumi	TBA
	Ikuho Matsunaga	TBA
	Takaaki Uchino	TBA
Venue Staff	Jōichirō Ohtsuki	TBA
Bartender	Hinata Tadokoro	TBA
Women	Sayaka Kitahara	TBA
	Minami Ozawa	TBA
	Saori Takamiya	TBA
	Yūki Yamamoto	TBA
AI Voice	Ayano Hamaguchi	TBA
Lynn / Popcorn Wizard	Neeko	TBA	5
Ahmed Brahman	Daisuke Ono	Luis Galindo
Dr. Mulligan	Mayumi Sako	TBA
Head of Security	Kōji Takeda	TBA
Patrick Wong	Hironori Kondō	TBA
Scientist	Kōsuke Echigoya	TBA
Couple		TBA
Couple		TBA
Security	Takuya Nakashima	TBA
	Kaori Kimura	TBA
	Satoru Itō	TBA
	Tarō Kiuchi	TBA
MC	Yui Nikaidō	TBA
Naga	Kazuhiko Inoue	TBA	6
Billy Perez	Satoshi Hino	TBA
Carla	Atsuko Yuya	TBA
Hanna	Shion Wakayama	TBA
Believers	Hayato Fujii	TBA
	Mitsuki Nakamura	TBA
	Atsuko Sakuraoka	TBA
	Renta Takabatake	TBA
Inga	Sumire Uesaka	TBA	7
Sergei	Hidenori Takahashi	TBA
Liz	Aoi Tada	Kelly Greenshield
Boat Owner	Akimitsu Takase	TBA