Shinichiro Watanabe’s new anime, Lazarus, can never measure up to his opus, Cowboy Bebop; and the reason why has nothing to ...

Shinichirō Watanabe’s Cowboy Bebop is a classic, but his latest anime Lazarus is just as impressive, and pulls off a few ...

“Lazarus” is named for the underground team assembled to find Skinner, and “Cowboy Bebop” fans may not be able to ignore surface parallels between this and Watanabe’s late ‘90s jam sessio ...

Lazarus stumbles as Watanabe’s sci-fi epic, sparking fan outrage over flat characters and a hollow plot, dubbed the “La Croix ...

But since then, he’s largely stayed away from science-fiction — until his new show for Adult Swim, Lazarus. “After Cowboy Bebop, I wanted to try something different genre-wise, which was how ...

You could call Shinichiro Watanabe's Lazarus a retread of his masterpiece, Cowboy Bebop. That’s not to say the show is bad — based on the five episodes I’ve seen so far, Lazarus is still an ...

While Lazarus is a great stylistic companion to Cowboy Bebop don't go in expecting the same lighthearted adventure. This is a much grungier sci-fi story that feels shockingly relevant in 2025 as ...

Lazarus focuses on a recurring element of Watanabe's previous shows: an interest in futuristic dystopias where human capital ...

That's no shock given Lazarus is the latest project from the legendary Shinichirō Watanabe, best known for directing Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. But despite being filled with ambitious ...

“Cowboy Bebop,” for instance, makes specific references to films like “Alien” and “2001: A Space Odyssey.” For “Lazarus,” Watanabe went further, teaming with a Hollywood ...

Maybe. In the anime series Lazarus, which streams on Adult Swim and Max, creator/writer/director Shinichiro Watanabe has applied pieces of his Cowboy Bebop toolkit – unlikely heroes, hyperized ...