BLADE RUNNER 2049 - "Black Out 2022" Anime Short

[@MakoTheFrog]

I just want an animated bladerunner series now, this was magical.

[@AnimeGun]

oh I agree this was very good.

[@danielgray1394]

It's called "ghost in the shell"

[@swans184]

Right? I love it when the East takes ideas from the West and makes them their own. Most of the time it works better than the other way around

[@marceldavis4376]

Daniel Gray ghost in the shell series is gross and I feel like this is a popular opinion for the stand alone complex series. But animated movie is amazing of course.

[@Neville60001]

+Daniel Gray, it's not the same thing.

[@technoir2216]

Just by watching this I can tell that Watanabe is fan of Blade Runner, he respects the atmosphere and setting.

[@davidecolelli8275]

Cowboy bebop is an example

[@_jaahlifefr8119]

@@davidecolelli8275 agreed

[@outkast978]

@@davidecolelli8275 Hard to think of any modern Sci-Fi that isn't influenced by Blade Runner.

[@davidecolelli8275]

@@outkast978 watanabe made cowboy bebop so thats why i mentioned it

[@imperfect_dan7519]

@@_jaahlifefr8119 I think he knows lol

[@tokoya9]

The creator of Cowboy Bebop + Blade Runner = Greatness....And it was

[@alejoberon1001]

Tokoya I think exactly the same

[@FrancoisDressler]

It comes full circle.

[@asch7906]

And two of the Animatrix too

[@justintaylor5372]

Ridley Scott isn’t directing the sequel

[@filipinowhiteboy]

Justin Taylor ....And that is probably for the best

[@scorpionjimmy8734]

I love how the animation actually looks like the classic 1990’s anime films and series

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm3153]

for real my man

[@graphosencrenoir4006]

GITS vibe...i need to re-watch them

[@boomshroomgoonmoon]

really does not at all..cmon now. This isnt bad by any means, but heavily using 3d is not 90s anime vibe

[@KesselRunner606]

Goodbye Rutger Hauer. You were a unique and one-of-a-kind actor. You showed us the future and it was old.

[@me_Gustav]

Lol, I remember him as Floris de Ridder

[@mischalecterTV]

I didn't even know! WHAT?!!

[@govetter]

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..." - Roy Batty

[@theoozmachine]

More human than human

[@Volasas89]

The security guards looked just like Rebel Alliance soldiers

[@persephone2706]

Yeah they do lol.

[@TiagoChiaveri]

A aliança é governo agora!

[@purpleblah2]

They can aim as well as one too

[@PanicByNumbers]

Possibly an easter egg/shout out

[@_CossaCShocK_]

@@PanicByNumbers Seems to, but it also could be real military prototype as I saw such look like helmet several times except this video and SW. Though they all can be inspired by SW)))

[@Jedzelex]

I read the original script for this story. In that script the girl's "brain" was backed up on a hard drive by Ren (the human that worked with them to carry out the blackout). Ren was moved by how the girl replicant had a thirst for life. And he wanted to make sure that if things went wrong during the mission, that she could come back to live again. In a similar way as Joi was "alive" in Blade Runner 2049. Iggy, the other replicant, wasn't told about Ren's plan tho. So he thought that the girl had indeed died.

[@govetter]

This is really good! Agreed! (Like Animatrix.) Be well. [Johnny's in the Basement.] KLAXON!!

[@ConorJTobin]

As sympathetic as I might be toward Trixie, I feel like this would've cheapened her role, and that of Replicants in general - I love the whole question of consciousness-upload, but it definitely has its place, and Blade Runner isn't it.

[@ConorJTobin]

If you can upload consciousness so easily, @@Maxcuevasoa, surely death becomes inconsequential, whereas the world established seems to desperate to discuss those consequences. Look at Roy, in the first film, and Joi’s decision with the Emanator in the second.

[@canobenitez]

@@ConorJTobin Have you read the novel though?

[@zippymufo9765]

@@Maxcuevasoa Because it isn't precisely clear what the Replicants are----in the first film they're referred to as "robots", but the second film calls them "genetically engineered humans". The fact that they bleed and can be killed just like humans indicates they're more biological based.The idea of "uploadable consciousness" without a computer brain is ludicrous, plus it's a cheap plot trick that negates the very human dilemmas of the films.

[@antazur3983]

Trixie's fight animation is do damn good, maybe perfect.

[@nothingshouldbewithouteffort]

Mad respect for Mr. Watanabe. He has captured essence of Blade Runner skillfully. I support him in expanding the universe with more side stories.

[@hornyandtarded2354]

He not only captured it but managed to modernize it without ruining the 80's ambience.

[@WoWGirl6]

I love that line, "no heaven or hell for us, this world is all we got" Which makes them cherish life more than the average human being.

[@svensefkirihara9509]

Yeah, well, agnostics and atheists came to this conclusion centuries ago, you know.

[@JediKnight207]

That's atheism.

[@bitterbonker]

I have to disagree. The knowledge that there is more than this physical world is what gives life meaning. When I went beyond the veil while taking Ayahuasca, it gave me strength and purpose.

[@WoWGirl6]

@@bitterbonker I agree. But I was only referencing the replicants. Do they have souls? That would seem like the topic you are now touching down on. Regardless if they do or not, they don't believe that, therefore they do try to cherish every minute they have and not take it for granted.

[@davido.1481]

Thats an Ayn Rand phrase

[@BroAnarchy]

LA better start doing some major construction if they are going to look anything like that by next year ...

[@CephlonMayngrum]

Biden's infrastructure bill

[@Voidapparate]

@@CephlonMayngrum Congress is trying to strip it down to 1 trill, those damn politicians we wanna live in dystopian Gigacities.

[@jacob2790]

It still looks exactly the same at ground level though.

[@majorgear1021]

@@CephlonMayngrumlol

[@lanceleader163]

“No heaven or hell for us. This world is all we’ve got.”

[@frontierwingsix]

Sucks to not be human

[@prac2]

sorry guys, this true for all of us in the real world

[@filippajak9081]

prac2 yeah this applies to humans too. You can keep an afterlife in the back of your conscious, but they aren’t for certain. Make this life count for something. For me I’m trying to create heaven on earth instead of waiting for an uncertain paradise after I pass.

[@Kadbros]

@@filippajak9081 ideals of men, but mankind is limited, that heaven you have in mind too limited. One day we all must die, could be today or 2moro. "Live it up", they say, but thats not living, my body may be satisfied but my soul is not.

[@filippajak9081]

Kadeem Brown it’s not a hedonistic type of heaven that I have in mind if that’s what you mean. It’s a harmonious one where all living beings live in a mutual relationship with another. Where souls can be souls and the separation is paper thin. perfect health, peace, and abundance of joy and vitality. Permaculture is my ideal.

[@IvanKinkle]

I wish Black Lotus was this style rather than cgi.

[@justalittlerest]

I wish Black Lotus didn’t exist.

[@CharlieTooHuman]

I literally thought that’s what it was going to be, especially with Shinichiro Watanabe as the producer. You would think he would have told the directors “Yeaaaa let’s not do full-on CGI”

[@Naruto-bp6hm]

there's cgi done in this too.

[@finalbreath15]

I would be wrong to disagree

[@finalbreath15]

@@Naruto-bp6hm it's basically anime with very well-done cgi. Which is extraordinary! The style and aesthetic in this version are in my opinion much better than anything they could do in cgi. But it's also preference. There's something special about non 3D anime that will always make it stand apart from other media. I'm always sad when I see mediocre 3D animations in Japanese production, because classic/traditional anime and manga art styles are so great and what isn't broken need not be fixed. I find that 3D media can't accomplish the same weird distortion of reality that anime uses so frequently to lend to character expression. You'd be lying if you didn't say that part of what you enjoy about anime is the over the top expressions characters often make. Btw sorry to ramble, this whole comment wasn't in response to the original comment I replied to lol. I just got a little too passionate...😅

[@JIG-vn8sc]

1982 - Blade Runner is released to polarizing reviews by critics and audiences critizing its plot, pacing, and lack of action 35 years pass (2 different versions later) 2017 (Today) - Blade Runner (Specifically the Final Cut) is now regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi and films ever made. Praise goes to the complex plot, themes about life and what it means to be human, SFX, character relationships. The original Blade Runner continues to inspire many franchises spanning different media from films to even video games. The film also gave rise in interest to the genre now known as Cyberpunk. Blade Runner 2049 is released to massive critical acclaim with many hailing it just as good or even better than the original, and it is also called one of the best sequels ever made (and very few films hold such a title). Who would've known in the year of 1982...

[@kithkin01]

JIG2000 I knew, I called it

[@213213yoyo]

+Leo Weo Ohoho

[@HC-cb4yp]

Yes - quality continues to drop, so an okay movie from 36 years ago is today a masterpiece. Entropy.

[@160sharp]

JIG2000 thats what i like to hear!

[@HC-cb4yp]

Because of fans like you, honey bunch. If you REALLY want to impress your fellow urban hipsters, say this: "Movies have never been (pronounced "bean"), are not, and will NEVER be 'art.'" And they'll all go: "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" And then you might get laid, especially if you're in college.

[@davidr9876]

B.R. 2049 is an incredible film with a really specific "feel" to it. Story, music, cinematography, and acting all mesh together and the visuals are stunning. It should have been much more popular.

[@aspromonte5179]

Nah, people would much rather watch movies like Godzilla vs. King kong instead. ahhhhhh, ouuuuu, ahhhhhhh, BiG mOnKe AnD LiZaRd Go BaM aNd BoOp!!!!

[@ronw.simmsjr.362]

unfortunately it was kind of boring

[@Sammasambuddha]

Like og Blade Runner it may become cult status in a few more years. If you're reading this in a time where BR 2049 is in high regard, hit 👍.

[@realistblue-_-136]

@@ronw.simmsjr.362 I literally fell asleep in the theater

[@sjacobsen]

@@realistblue-_-136 bruh no way

[@RoXo1987]

All replicants created before the Black Out now have a much better chance to blend in with humans as long as the are missing their right eye (which contains their serial number), that's why Iggy rips his own eye at the end. Now that explains the line from Officer K (Ryan Gosling) to Deckard "Things were simpler then"...

[@sumerian88]

Yes but, wouldn't people without their right eye actually be suspected of being older models trying to blend in?

[@TheLazySleeperLives]

There's someone with a missing eye in the movie. It is actually shown

[@RoboBoddicker]

I think the Voight Kampff test is pretty much useless against the newer models with fake memories. I don't think they use it at all in 2049. That was in the original movie too - it took Deckard like 10x longer to figure out Rachel, and she was just the prototype. I think that's another way that things were "simpler" in Deckard's time.

[@RoboBoddicker]

Ah cool, I didn't notice. The test he takes at the station is more like a traumatic stress detector I thought, but yeah it seems to be based on similar prinicples to VK.

[@imasepan]

Seinfled that is to register the dead replicant.

[@delsinrowe2014]

As a major fan of Cowboy Bebop, I gotta admit: this was awesome! The animation, the nuance, Gaff’s cameo, and the frickin action sequences! Loved it!

[@_jaahlifefr8119]

I know right, i got some Vincent vibes from iggy cant wait for the anime black lotus

[@sayanneogy3079]

exactly!!!

[@davidecolelli8275]

Wait wheres gaff?

[@Bunndog]

Black dot 3:53

[@jerbertherbert5183]

Now this is how you blend 3D and 2D animation.

[@Feeltheforce-rh8ce]

That and films like Treasure Planet and Titan A.E. did that very well too!!!

[@jerbertherbert5183]

Feeltheforce2629 Treasure Planet and Titan A.E. are among my favorite movies. I loved watching them so much when I was younger.

[@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435]

man liness You may like to check movie "Paprika (2006)" even though you may not ended up liking it. The animation are so smoothly drawn, animated and 'choreographed' I couldn't determine whether it's done with mix of CG cell animation and 3D CG animation, or entirely done with CG cell animation.

[@syedshakaibanwar2698]

Watch Fate/Zero and Fate Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works and Fate Stay Night Heavan's Feels, they all have easily got the best damn blend of 2D character art mixed with 3D models for the movements during heavy fight scenes, not to mention the god tier effects work and good enough choreography.

[@nilsnyman6767]

If you guys liked that then the 2004 release of Appleseed will BLOW YOUR MIND. The traditional 2D painted cell animation overlay with 3D CG is epically good.

[@steezeRNG]

This is what Black Lotus shoud've been.

[@arthurmelo865]

Agreed the 3D model is really bad

[@steezeRNG]

@@arthurmelo865 It's terrible and can't believe they went where they're going. I'm really disappointed as I think majority are.

[@Kenoi_]

I’m agree. Just look at ghost of the shell SAC. 3D isn’t bad in small quantities but not an entire show. And ESPECIALLY Blade Runner

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Everything about Blade Runner 2049 is perfect.... except that nobody is seeing it.

[@tovolume]

At least it still wins the no. 1 box office top spot, similar to what happened to the first Blade Runner when it came out in theaters

[@Galdring]

Hmmm. I see you're right. Strange. Here in Norway I have been struggeling to get a good ticket, which is unusual.

[@josemanuelfuentesdelpozo9572]

:( it was art.

[@Dormul]

Sad thing is it's getting pulled from theaters soon. Good thing I was able to see it more than once.

[@joynerkt]

Fabisch Factor word!

[@zodssnappedneck2806]

It's a shame the new Adult Swim series won't resemble this short film.

[@robertheflin714]

The new anime looks surprisingly bad. Completely misses the Blade Runner vibe. Also your name cracked me up

[@zodssnappedneck2806]

@@robertheflin714 I'm cautiously optimistic about "Black Lotus", but whoever edited the trailer doesn't understand the appeal of Blade Runner.

[@taylororion7604]

@Steven Gomez Experiment with it? By copying the protagonist from Battle Angel, the settings from the original movie, and the music from every other game trailer? Black Out was experimental. Black Lotus is cheap.

[@impastaman4826]

I too was expecting this art style. But did they specifically say it was going to be in this art style?

[@zodssnappedneck2806]

@@impastaman4826 No, I just prefer this style over the Adult Swim series.

[@a.w.b5412]

Anyone else notice the mugshot of the young version of Dave Bautista's character from Blade Runner 2049, Morton Sapper? 4:08

[@robertnickerson1701]

Not a mugshot. Its a birth photo

[@Benvilledot]

It's not just a "mug shot", it's his whole team as discussed in the second film.

[@a.w.b5412]

@@Benvilledot A "mug shot" simply means a photo used for official identification. It's often associated with criminal I.D. but your driver's license photo can also be a "mugshot" of you.

[@jamesgarfoyle3188]

@@a.w.b5412 From Wikipedia, 'A mug shot or mugshot (an informal term for police photograph or booking photograph) is a photographic portrait of a person from the waist up, typically taken after a person is arrested.'

[@KentrYT]

No, because he stood so incredibly still that he became invisible to the human eye.

[@DarkFactory]

this gives me the Animatrix vibe

[@andrewconemac9552]

done by the same guy

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

same guy.

[@govetter]

You can smell the atmosphere in 5.1 and 1080p! Excellent!

[@govetter]

8:00 when "I realized...", "toy soldiers, in a sandbox..." "Life doesn't mean living..." "No Heaven or Hell for Us, this life is all we've got."

[@super_best_clips_xoxo]

Obvious that Denis is a fan of animatrix and most likely the first matrix movie as well.

[@pederemens]

Oh Watanabe, these fighting scenes are like ectasy, brilliant.

[@raxzen-1610]

Search for "sakuga" in youtube. You might like the results =)

[@1771soccerstar]

at least we'll always have this gem to represent how good blade runner and anime could be...

[@thedailydan4939]

I really like the different style of this short. While the others were live action this is an anime style. These shorts really provide depth to the world of Blade Runner.

[@Hartzilla2007]

It also lets them use Olmos without having to deal with the whole character is only 3 years older but the actor is 30 years older thing.

[@mr.nobody9697]

Going anime was absolutely brilliant.

[@chilly0050]

No worries, it is only a temporary blackout so they can destroy the data base that defines them as replicant from human.

[@ghosterdude]

wow replicants are getting smarter every day. some can even tell the difference between anime and live action, especially when they are told in advance.

[@AlejandroAztec]

Are you Captain Obvious without the humor?

[@fastony9659]

This is what we thought we would get in Black Lotus

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Yeah seriously!

[@dylanrice69]

The cgi is so bad lmao

[@vetterburns1048]

@@dylanrice69 The ani in THIS video is a conglomeration, kinda like The Animatrix. Good mix. Good vid.

[@whatvedone999]

_See you space toy soldier..._

[@Z-Twinturbo]

I see what you did there, friend

[@jacobedelman-dolan4528]

This is the best comment I've ever seen.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

And now Watanabe-san will be creative producer of Blade Runner: Black Lotus. www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/blade-runner-anime-series-coming-adult-swim-1164799

[@eluddite889]

That girl doing her backflip and dance routine kind of reminded me of that.

[@Nergalsama01]

Man, these shorts better be on the Blu-Ray.

[@joynerkt]

Nergalsama01 word!

[@imasepan]

They are.

[@thegooseman90]

Amazon has it on the listings.

[@Dougie-Jones]

A blade runner anime made by Cowboy Bebop's creator with music by Adult Swim's Flying Lotus, connected to Denis Villenueve's new 80's cyberpunk movie starring Ryan Gosling as the main lead, music by Hans Zimmer, cinematography by Roger Deakins, and the script-writer for Logan? Holy Fuck!

[@goldensunadept5091]

*Director of Bebop, but this is going to one hell of a Mashup

[@fedrasuarez132]

Could only be better'd with a Nujabes collaboration... If that was possible tho'.

[@AceTheSkylord]

They're going all in

[@dustvilleproductions289]

Not Hans Zimmer, it's Johann Johannsson

[@Dougie-Jones]

Johann left the project sadly...

[@cliffcox7643]

"But Life, doesn't mean living"... How true, for even some of us trapped in our lives.

[@Fireok73]

@Samuel Black get a job, that's all you need for the life you want

[@Fireok73]

@Samuel Black Don't you have any connections? Maybe friends or some of your folks can help you with getting it? At least for a couple of months. This virus stuff aren't gonna last forever. You'll make it, buddy

[@Fireok73]

@Samuel Black stick with searching. Some folks can't find a place for half of the year

[@cliffcox7643]

@@Fireok73 I have a job as do most people and that in itself is part of the entrapment. To work and live, the epitome of life?

[@Fireok73]

@@cliffcox7643 well, yea. How did you think this works? Job brings you money to live. Or you wanna become homeless?

[@ResalePrimeDirectives]

As someone jaded lately with a lot of anime, this is a wonderfully gorgeous treat.

[@redblue4127]

Pimp Master Broda Good for you.

[@HexZero]

watanabe always delivers

[@FOXRUNNER-jo4gc]

The music was so good. This could have been a show on [ADULT SWIM] like if you agree. It has potential!!!

[@adembelazregue]

you watch anime HA what a nerd just kidding it reminded me of one punch man a little bit

[@bluechip17]

Nice effort but the Animatrix still rules.

[@tosoledo]

This made me realize that ghost in the shell is strongly inspired by blade runner.

[@user-lp7tx1fe6t]

@Texas Rancher the cyberpunk setting we know today with corporations,neon light and megacities also comes from Ridley Scott himself and some other artists. The original Philip Dick novel was set in a wasteland not a cyberpunk city, tho he still was a great inspiration for it.

[@kukuricapica]

@@user-lp7tx1fe6t I agree with you and I would add that the world of Cyberpunk was created in Neuromancer. The way that William Gibson describes all the details about setting of the future is mindblowing.

[@bobdylan1968]

@Texas Rancher you're forgetting akria.

[@patardlelephant9309]

@@user-lp7tx1fe6t And also of the amazing works of Moebius, wich ridley scott use as inspiration for bladerunner design

[@vnaykmar7]

its the otherway around bro

[@Raydensheraj]

So short but the storyline, animation & pace are outstanding...

[@moderngeezus5007]

I miss Anime’s with this type of vibe and feel. Most anime nowadays are just kids shows with violence.

[@GunJam_]

also hentai. they don't make'em like dey used to

[@failure3653]

There are some modern anime featured that style of anime... ▪︎Psycho Pass (very close to GITS and Ergo Proxy) ▪︎Id: Invaded ▪︎Babylon ▪︎Tokyo Ghoul (Parasyte is too childish, i can't explain how this anime was so classic and punk bruh...) ▪︎Zankyou no Terror (Not close to any of those legend anime, but the style is the same.. Why not? The director and storywritter was Shinichiro Watanabe, hahaha u know this video...) ▪︎Aldnoah Zero

[@user-mf8oy4xd8i]

@@failure3653 read the manga for Tokyo Ghoul they rushed S3 & S4 and S2 is an anime original season

[@failure3653]

@@user-mf8oy4xd8i yes i know. That's why. Both anime and manga has unique directing and story telling that i can't explain. I've rewatched the anime 3x and it feels like i watch 3 different anime, bruh i also found many hidden messege you guys wouldn't believe. It feels like im the only one who watch this show in the whole universe

[@failure3653]

@@user-mf8oy4xd8i bruh you don't need to tell me haha

[@tiggertail]

I love the references to the original Blade Runner. I can see that Pris was the inspiration for this female character - clothing wise and especially the acrobatics. When she gets shot and falls through the glass I see Zhora being killed. Very good and clever references. Thank you!

[@Pneumanon]

Tigger Tail- I see the references too, I think it's fine for an animated short but I hope they don't do too much of it in the film. We've all seen Blade Runner, we know it's a Blade Runner film, we don't need to be reminded of Blade Runner every third minute...

[@tiggertail]

ChannelTonto I couldn't agree more with you.

[@lucasdesouza2804]

And the white pigeon from Roy Batty's death scene

[@MicInc87]

Tbh to me all those references are pointless and even kinda cheesy. I mean we all know we are watching BR anime... so why keep reminding us about it every 10 sec? and now i see ChannelTonto said it all :D

[@Neville60001]

So why are you here seeing and commenting on it?

[@hansikursch484]

This looks a hundred times better than that 3D abomination.

[@meistlazer]

try a thousand times better and you'll be closer

[@briancollins1296]

Probably not gonna happen, but boy do I hope Watanabe and Flying Lotus work together more in the future.

[@iFYMxDRKNSFALLS]

www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/11/29/crunchyroll-and-adult-swim-team-up-for-all-new-blade-runner-black-lotus-anime-series you from the future?

[@elamodelmerol]

Adult Swim bby

[@Vagabond671]

@@iFYMxDRKNSFALLS Oh hells yeah!

[@Shikam187]

Brian Collins your wish came true

[@hukama6911]

@@iFYMxDRKNSFALLS crunchyroll exclusive?... ehh

[@eneshyseini4837]

Start to finish, this and all the other short prequels of Blade Runner 2049 are perfection. Not only do they give more information and exposition but they're just amazing on their own and for me personally ended up elevating the experience i had with br2049

[@JordonVirtue]

THEY ACTUALLY GOT EDWARD JAMES OLMOS TO COME BACK. HELL YEAH.

[@neorogue]

it would be nice a cameo in the movie

[@rifqinash]

Giuseppe Ferrara But i feel, Gaff should be a lieutenant instead Joshi, a new character.

[@juangrandefranco1297]

I mean no disrespect to Mr. Olmos but, of course they did. What else was he doing?

[@rickg8015]

Jordon Virtue He stood and delivered....

[@DiegoGarcia-uh1jt]

Actually, he does.

[@Brook11223]

The anime style sequences are amazing.

[@confusedwhale]

It's not style. It is anime.

[@carolkewley7410]

Beautiful anime. Did they also do some work on the Animatrix movies?

[@braxalus]

Nabeshin(the director) did Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo.

[@vollsticks]

You see that everywhere, /pol/, it's more a reflection of your own psyche than some "conspiracy". Yes, the media DOES manipulate us--but the West is just more diverse now, get over it.

[@SuzakuX]

Shinichiro Watanabe directed both "Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story" for The Animatrix. He's best known for Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and Space Dandy.

[@henrycase3788]

Well... We are now officially living in the same month and year as Black Out 2022.

[@Kawayoporu]

+Henry Case You too comment in 2022, I envy you and I have thought the short film took place in 2023 of this year, I missed to watch it last December 2022 now!

[@Erin-bc8ic]

Can't believe I'm just seeing this now. This is amazing. Would love to see more.

[@x4na002]

I just found out too today about the movie and the anime

[@kylosolo8815]

I just found smh

[@BigCherries]

Here because I rewatched the original on Netflix. Now I feel like I have to rewatch 2049.

[@kylosolo8815]

@@BigCherries im watching it now

[@josephlowry4320]

They should do an feature length Blade Runner Anime movie.

[@Danny-km5dr]

Blade Runner + Anime.... Hell to the fuck yeah

[@nestorjaviersolera]

Faewux save anime.

[@AimForMyHead81]

NestorJSolera this is an anime

[@elusive6119]

This is Armitage III!

[@olmec09]

Faewux damn we have the same profile pic lmao and you like anime

[@Danny-km5dr]

nopalpapi it was meant to be

[@othrmother7323]

BLADERUNNER ✔️ FLYING LOTUS ✔️ SHINICHIRO WATANABE✔️ EQUALS TO: OVER 9000!!!!!!

[@ryoga_]

The atmospheric explosion of the nuclear bomb is taken from another Watanabe anime titled "Zankyō no Terror / Terror in Resonance".

[@Gigizhvania]

Desert scene reminds me of a short animation called "confusion through sand"

[@ryoga_]

Yes it was. The nuclear blast produces the electromagnetic pulse.

[@luisderivas6005]

Yes, it was a nuclear bomb. High altitude, but not in space. It is clear from the expanding fireball. Google "Operation Dominic - Starfish Prime". Starfish Prime was a high altitude test of a 1.4 Megaton thermonuclear device which caused an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), which was far larger than expected, so much larger that it drove much of the instrumentation off scale, causing great difficulty in getting accurate measurements. The Starfish Prime electromagnetic pulse also made those effects known to the public by causing electrical damage in Hawaii, about 1,445 kilometres (898 mi) away from the detonation point, knocking out about 300 streetlights, setting off numerous burglar alarms and damaging a telephone company microwave link.

[@AllThingsFilm1]

No, it wasn't. The explosion resembles most nuclear tests that were filmed here in the U.S. You need to do a little research. Your youth is showing.

[@needamuffin]

It's thought that a larger bomb, on the order of Tsar Bomba with a yield of 50 Megatons, is capable of wiping out the whole of the US power grid if detonated at the right spot above the center of the country. Real life EMPs are no joke. They're a *side effect* of the single most destructive devices mankind has ever created, and yet the potential for chaos is far greater with using this side effect than using it for its original, purely destructive purpose.

[@rojirojirojirojiroji]

Watching this now in 2020 makes me feel like a blackout could definitely be a possibility in two years.

[@kevon241]

Predictive programming

[@rnaD86]

Yeah but no offworld colonies, no flying cars, no replicants... where did we go wrong?

[@guateversu6133]

@@rnaD86 I don't thing it's a bad thing that we lack off world colonies. BR2049 is not utopic.

[@hugodrax1674]

Blade Runner is M/\sonic and occult. The first Blade Runner wasn't about the future, it was an occult M/\sonic allegory as many Hollywood fantasy movies are. The entire start of the original Blade Runner was occult symbolism, the eye symbolism that runs through the movie. The two uncapped pyramids represented the eyes of Horus looking at you, the left eye symbolises Destruction, Chaos, Evil. The Right Eye represents Creation, Authority, Good. Who lived in the right eye Pyramid, which was of course on the left of the screen? Eldon Tyrell (Elder God), the "Maker". During the sequence we see a left eye for a couple of seconds to instruct the clued in how to interpret it The movie was about the death of the Christian God in the Fifth Age. It starts with the "replicants", who symbolise fallen angels, falling to earth unseen in a Shuttle. Unlike in the book the "replicants" are supermen. In fact we are told by Freem/\son Ridley they are "Supermen who can't fly", a good description for fallen angel characters. They then move to kill their Creator in the City of the Angels. But Tyrell didn't just create Supermen, he created two others that for reasons unexplained in the movie, as it would mess up the allegory, didn't have super powers. These two, Deckard and Rachel, represented Adam and Eve, also created by "The Maker" but devoid of superpowers. In the end we see the fallen angel B.atty (The Light that burns so very brightly/Lucifer/Prometheus) freeing Deckard and Rachel who represented Man. This is the philosophy of the M/\son's mystery school religion, which you can learn about in this video "MajestyTwelve - William Cooper: Hour of the Time Broadcasts 1998- Bill of Rights Null and Void'' Ridley Scott's movie, Legend, had a similar message. A Boy and Girl, Adam and Eve characters, live in a forest Paradise (Eden), until they're freed from Eden by learning about evil from a Tree. Unlike Horus who loses a left eye and lives, Ridley puts God down for good with two gouged out eyes. God had to be resurrected for the sequel 2049. The God character gets a new face and name, Wallace, whose name means Foreign New Man, perhaps for that reason. He is blind as his eyes were previously gouged out. They also included the plot device of the "Black Out". As God's Right Eye (Eye of Horus/ Sun) was blinded, so the lights go out, and the two uncapped pyramids no longer have beams of blue light for the right eye and green/blue for the injured left. Unlike the previous movie, they're super overt, God's home is referred to as Heaven and his creations, Angels. The sequel, opening up with a right eye for creation, the creation of replicants, had a different message. Even though a genetic engineer could easily copy the reproductive process from man, Wallace can't for plot convenience. As God is now a transhuman machine and has lost his creative powers with his right eye gone. The world has become infertile like its God, supported by machines like himself, and he seeks the "Mystery" of child birth. We will have to see the next Blade Runner movie to understand the purpose of the strange occult message they're pushing there but no doubt it will have something to do with the Elite's Gender Neutral agenda. The fact all the replicant "women" appear to be transgender is a good sign of that. The movie portrays these as man's future, man's replacement, and certainly that's the Elite's transhuman plan in the fifth age. God is probably going to die again, but this time chances are he'll be replaced by a new God/ a new order. Whatever message will be imparted will be done through Rachel and Deckards child, the child of Adam and Eve, which will represent whatever the Elite plan for us in their sick new order. Freem/\sons are obsessed by numerology, especially repeating numbers like the M/\sonic 33. 22 is the number, one of the master builder numbers, associated with their fifth age new order. So plenty of big dramas next year will be staged for their new order. It's interesting this is the year they decide the black out occurred in.

[@richardbirch2544]

@@hugodrax1674 Haha, great story Mark

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

An anime masterpiece made by a Nexus 9 model.

[@judesfoodreviews2068]

Oh man, I'm so hyped for Blade Runner 2049!

[@Big_Abomination]

Yes, it works. Get hyped people. Take out your money.

[@APHE03301]

saw it last night....... its fucking fantastic. a lot better than what i thought it was going to be

[@judesfoodreviews2068]

James Heaton Yeah, I was pretty impressed by it

[@jfcc9086com]

Saw it today in Montreal. Denis Villeneuve pulled the impossible. I saw BR 75 times in 34 years in all formats. You cant touch it. Had great doubts. Yes you can. Very proud for home boy Denis. It has the colors of Ennemy, Polytechnique cold, Sicario`s action, Maelstrom`s feminity, Prisoners atmosphere and Incendies flavored ending and Arrival`s might. Yet. 100% BR. Be hyped! Bravo mon Denis!!!! Worth every Canadian quarter.

[@judesfoodreviews2068]

awesome! I really enjoy the work of Denis Villeneuve as well, Good to talk to another Canadian as well. Bonne Journée!

[@scroogemcduche8712]

Watching this for free seems like a crime. I would genuinely pay to watch an entire anime series of blade runner.

[@johnathonharker266]

Something I like so much about Blade Runner 2049 is how it develops and expands upon the source material. It has connections to the original, but goes beyond simply retelling the story. It's a near perfect sequel by my reckoning.

[@danielgray65]

BR49 is my favorite movie of all-time. I hope we get some material on the replicant war that Deckard's daughter was supposed to be leading up. She is such an interesting character, Miss Memory Maker, would be a shame to never use her again.

[@meonyt3796]

I recommend checking the key animators in the credits, you might know some of their work. The best thing about this short to me is the wide range in animation styles. I really wonder if Watanabe or some producer pushed this or if they just let the animators do as they please. Anyways it worked out perfectly and Oohira slays.

[@Jeffko78]

Anyone get an "Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part 1" vibe from the first few minutes?

[@joew9690]

Yup i think the same guys did this.

[@blyrax]

@@joew9690 It wasn't the same guys, Chief. But the guys who did this were also on The Animatrix; they did "kid's story" and "a detective story."

[@vetterburns1048]

@@blyrax Yup! Amazing anime. I still can't get over that Lauren Daigle track 13:20 . Good stuff!

[@shonenbag6478]

STILL the most underrated film in recent memory. This short was also gorgeous in every way.

[@Aikurisu]

I can't be the only one hoping Villeneuve does this again for Dune... I remember when these shorts came out, it only made me more hyped to watch 2049.

[@tykomckellar7719]

who's here because of the fact that bladerunner is getting an anime?

[@danthehomosapien2722]

Me me big boy

[@dominicsoto2162]

Doge Gamer yo!

[@cartoondimensions]

Hope its as good as this

[@holyballs8443]

Sameee fam

[@aestheticserg1747]

Me and fucking excited mate

[@DaermonTheRanger]

The anime: 9/10 The movie: 10/10 Awesome! :)

[@Ikkepop]

9:35 , that fight scene gave me goosbumps, oh lawd

[@tear728]

Same... the music and everything is too good

[@samanders2676]

Shinichiro Watanabe never let you down. Top notch anime like rest of his works.

[@stevendunn2501]

You CAN'T give something so ridiculously awesome by Shinichiro Watanabe and then just...just...NOT give me more!?

[@tinobenson6903]

3:01 One of the coolest shots I've ever seen in animation

[@alexanderjonl2188]

Wow!!! Go Watanabe!!!

[@yokgor4675]

Have to come back here to wash my eyes and ears after the Black Lotus trailer.

[@Salted_Potato]

I watched 2049 and i loved that movie, although i didn't understand when they mentioned the blackout. This anime short made it much clearer.

[@waylander140]

Combining two of my favorite things: Blade Runner and Watanabe anime. Brilliant this was!

[@evilferris]

Never stop doing this!

[@damianstarks3338]

evilferris yes please make more !

[@nova2wl]

god that sequence at 6:30 is so great. love those close ups of their eyes with the music

[@MusgoHBA]

This is amazing. Incredible animation and storytelling. The blend between the anime style and the original Blade Runner cinematography is beautiful.

[@natedavid97]

I feel like, I want to watch an entire series of it 😅

[@mattblom3990]

Warner Bros...Are you listening?

[@lorenzoramos_2455]

Let's pray for it :)

[@eru2059]

I feel the same...!!!!

[@e.l.r.e.b.e.l.d.e.g.8426]

...along side a big chunk of Mr. Robot ;) the EMP is what I need/want/it's happening.

[@vivisanchez6720]

Nate Shanks lol same here!!

[@rafi5486]

Black Out 2022 Blade Runner 2049 *CYBERPUNK 2077*

[@alexandredevoglio5572]

With HONNOR for 2 Master: PHILIP K DICK & WILLIAM GIBSON

[@faust3772]

Shut the fuck up

[@MikeIce4SG]

Featuring Keanu and Harrison

[@wes5457]

@Harrison Snaadt 1917

[@McCloud23892]

bikesha Lmaooo

[@phillipallen3468]

This is wonderful. Still, when has Shinichiro Watanabe ever created something less than spectacular? Another masterpiece.

[@primarchicarus7099]

The creator of this short film is the creative producer of an upcoming Blade Runner animated series to be produced by Adult Swim!

[@L30NHART]

Its like its a shout out to Ghost in the shell, which is actually a shout out to Blade Runner... It has come full circle. I LOVE IT! I need to marathon GitS and Blade Runner this friday.

[@siphonophores]

I love how the aesthetic, character design and everything feels and looks like it's of Akira, Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in a shell. Great animes that got their inspirations from Blade Runner.

[@A1000-b9s]

Director of cowboy bebop

[@Krackerjax]

Because its the same director as Cowboy Bebop ya silly fella.

[@siphonophores]

@@Krackerjax this comment was made like 3 years ago. Thanks for the already known information

[@joedirt5327]

Definitely needs an animated series or animated movie

[@Nexus9_KD6-4.8]

Agreed on the animated series part, not so much animated movie. If they are going to do a movie I want a proper live action one like the totally awesome BR2049. However after enjoying Netflix's Castlevania series, and then subsequently watching this short, I see awesome potential for a Blade Runner animated series.

[@dhan07404]

Watanabe really said "I think its time we blow this scene "

[@pratyushcanpadee6610]

underrated comment

[@Adrian53058]

I have no words to describe how glad/happy I am that I discovered this short.

[@mikebasil4832]

It’s an honourable affirmation of how uniquely special the Blade Runner universe still is for science fiction.

[@jacobshillingburg1372]

Flying Lotus + Blade Runner = Instant Masterpiece

[@aaronbernath3554]

What's flying lotus?

[@Innomen]

I'm tired of clicking like on all the comments here. Just know that I love you all and agree.

[@Madaragun]

I tried searching "Blade Runner Black Locus" trailer but I came across this instead. Best mistake I ever made 😂

[@hollow_dbd]

Holy shit, same!

[@Grim_X98]

Let me remind you: This is not 'anime style' it *is* anime, and it's amazing.

[@ormand3000]

Mathew Farrell it's a cartoon.

[@Grim_X98]

Dolphins101 Yes it is, but it's made in Japan, so... is "anime" ._.

[@needamuffin]

Needless distinction. I suppose you're also the type that refuses to call any sparkling wine not made in the Champagne region of France "champagne", yes? If it looks, sounds, and feels the same, who cares where it comes from? Do you also refuse to call RWBY an anime because it is made in Texas?

[@Grim_X98]

needamuffin No, man, take it easy. This started because of the guy that said it was a "cartoon" but no bro, it's more than that, it has the enough elements to be called "anime" and it was even made in Japan, the mother of anime so... is anime, not a simple cartoon. You get my point?

[@ormand3000]

Mathew Farrell it's a God damn cartoon.

[@Handsholdhim]

This is beautiful. Bravo Mr. Watanabe, bravo.

[@TheKoijotito]

"Guys, guys, we can do this, we only have 3 years but if we put our heads together, we can have megacities and flying cars, but all of us around the globe need to work to-.." "EARTH IS FLAT!!!"

[@dpgreene]

Hold on you want the hell world future depicted onscreen?

[@Christopher8Jugar]

@@dpgreene ikr, people don't understand what dystopian is

[@plmokm33]

@@dpgreene we just want flying cars guy

[@A.T.Sickzer]

Give me nature

[@InfiniteDarkMass]

@@plmokm33 flying cars - good, megacities - not so much...

[@govetter]

'We' are still in 2022. 🤯

[@vetterburns1048]

10 days to go!

[@govetter]

@@vetterburns1048 Whaatz with Chrome's @#### thang? Not a thang here on Edge, but Chrome HAS become Self-Aware!

[@govetter]

Almost... hehehe Ask Gaff. He always knows.

[@govetter]

@@vetterburns1048 My ancestors were slaves. (And then it got better.)

[@govetter]

Missed it, by 'THAT' much. lol

[@adrichibi]

This is one franchise that works perfectly in both live action and animation.

[@AAngelo2001]

Man oh man....the hype is real

[@dnamc4life]

Man watching these short stories makes me love the new movie much more. So much depth. And man a bladerunner anime after the blackout would be so awesome

[@Swoash]

I was hyped to hear that they were making an anime series and I just saw the trailer and man am I disappointed. I was expecting it to look like this but man.

[@MegumiHayashida]

Consider the context, it is totally normal that this short remind you of Animatrix: The 2nd renaissance. That being said the visual quality is undeniably remarkable, not to mention how fluid is the animation. The fact that the lead chara isn't some over-cliché undercover cop was quite a nice touch too.

[@stevenferrier8942]

BrandNewSongz .. Yeah there is a massive nod to the Animatrix film ... Where Trixie is falling through the air in slo-mo as she spots dove ... Brilliant

[@SuzakuX]

The dove is from the original Blade Runner. Roy Batty releases a dove which flies away in slow motion when he dies at the end of the film.

[@stevenferrier8942]

Killed two birds with one stone then I guess ... Scuse the pun 🐦🐤

[@pdusabe64]

the animation wasn't that fluid but still good nonetheless.

[@MegumiHayashida]

+Pat man 9:40 - 9:52 if this whole scene isn't fluid to you then I assume you forgot how extremely difficult the process of animating such movements can be. Although it might have been executed through rotoscopy we rarely see such flawlessness in the anime industry lately (imo).

[@CuttingEdges]

This is what anime should have become. Not ending up pandering to the waifu culture.

[@reyescorona8764]

CuttingEdges truer words were never spoken

[@JC-om7nr]

Very true

[@CuttingEdges]

Anon I'm talking about anime in production now, or that has recently come out in the last few years. 95% of it is garbage.

[@WorldwideJamal]

Too much thinking involved

[@lumif3564]

That's Watanabe for you. Everything he touches becomes amazing.

[@yanshero42]

I love how eerily similar her death was to a certain female character's death on Cowboy Bebop with the bird flying away/ breaking free motif

[@BlackNoiseCat]

skimven4242564 it’s also in blade runner when Roy dies

[@dusathemaid]

Somebody has to find that damn pidgeon. It's killing everyone!

[@karami8844]

He death reminds me of Julia’s death. Peaceful and free at the end.

[@BillGriffins]

Finally A director who cares about the fans.

[@dereksendrak]

Blade Runner 2049 was absolutely AMAZING!!!! I don't understand why it didn't kill it at the movies

[@juanfernandez1696]

Derek Sendrak because modern audience's are stoopid Michael bay fans with stunted attention spans.

[@unanimousarts]

Because it’s not “Star Wars”. After seeing 2049, I’m super hyped for Denis’ take on the Dune franchise! I hope for it to better than Star Wars or at least a more mature, grittier version of Star Wars.

[@Feeltheforce-rh8ce]

I saw it at the movies and I was all alone in the theater, I was confused by the story but DAMN the sound design, score, look, and visual effects were all outstanding!!! I just think the movie could've had a bit more excitement to it cuz I like some added flavor to my films but in the end I honestly was a bit disappointed in the film but that's just my opinion. I wasn't too big on the original Blade Runner but I liked that one more just cuz I understood it better I was confused with 2049.

[@drawingstuff6660]

Derek Sendrak because greatness is never appreaciated by the masses

[@rexxbailey2764]

CAUSE IT WAS NOT ANIME :-/

[@hindsightpov4218]

Though made to look gloomy, this animation looks so beautiful.

[@JonP1245]

blade runner is so underrated but yet so amazing and unique it literally separates it self from big budget franchises that dont even listen to what real fans want.and just wants impress critics.but blade runner is something else.

[@IfbbProRolandcHazard]

6:25-6:41, I got hypnotized with her stare and that mellow music...It put me into a different place..

[@natedavid97]

I can already see an Oscar winner for Best Short Film (Animated)

[@stevangonzalez5908]

Nate Shanks Sadly anime gets overlooked at the Oscars :(

[@withnail-and-i]

Nah, there's a sequel to World of Tomorrow

[@chihuahuafries2573]

Nate Shanks can we see a full movie? That was fuckin beautiful

[@oblivionvoid253]

LowlyKnight1 stop!

[@colt4531]

Wow, i think you might be over praising this

[@vos7619]

Here to see an actually good Blade Runner anime. Beyond disappointed at *'Adult Swims° Blade Runner: Black Lotus'*

[@sarahsmigel4921]

Can't stop replaying trixie's fight scene * /// *

[@TheAmyGlw]

I'm speechless. This quality of animation is sick.

[@govetter]

I love the 13:22 credits theme. Laurel Daigle - Human!

[@A1000-b9s]

This is when you give Creative people the time they need