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Blade Runner Black Out 2022 is a 2017 anime short film directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and animated by Cygames Pictures. The short is one of three short films, (with 2036: Nexus Dawn and 2048: Nowhere to Run) that serve as prequels to the live-action film Blade Runner 2049. It debuted on 27 September 2017 on Crunchyroll.[1][2]
| Blade Runner Black Out 2022 | |
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| Directed by | Shinichirō Watanabe |
| Written by | Shinichirō Watanabe |
| Produced by | Joseph Chou Al-Francis Cuenca Shun Kashima Nobuhiro Takenaka |
| Starring | Jovan Jackson Luci Christian Edward James Olmos |
| Cinematography | Shinichirō Etō |
| Edited by | Kiyoshi Hirose |
| Music by | Flying Lotus |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 15 minutes |
| Countries | Japan United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editThree years after the events of Blade Runner,[3] the Tyrell Corporation has developed the new Nexus-8 line of replicants. The models possess open-ended lifespans, like those of humans. Unrest ensues. A replicant named Trixie, is assaulted by human thugs. She is rescued by Iggy, a replicant ex-soldier from the planet Calanthe, who deserted after he learned that the enemy were also replicants. He recruits Trixie into an underground freedom replicant movement which sets out to sabotage Tyrell's database and internet tracking, so that replicants cannot be so easily hunted.
Trixie then befriends Ren, a sympathetic human technician in charge of launching nuclear missiles. He agrees to redirect a test missile to detonate over Los Angeles. This will black out the city and, with an electromagnetic pulse, wipe out all electronic data. Trixie and Iggy set out to physically destroy the Tyrell Corporation's servers. Trixie dies in the attempt but the mission succeeds. Servers powering the internet are destroyed and power to Los Angeles is disabled, permanently. Iggy escapes. He removes his right eye, which can identify him as a replicant.
A global collapse follows. All replicant production scientific activity ends. Tyrell goes bankrupt. The Wallace Corporation acquires Tyrell and restarts production of a new model a decade later.
Cast
edit- Jovan Jackson as Iggy Cygnus
- Luci Christian as Trixie
- Bryson Baugus as Ren
- Edward James Olmos as Gaff
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Barder, Ollie (27 September 2017). "'Blade Runner Black Out 2022' Is Finally Released And It Is A Fantastic Piece Of Anime". Forbes.
- ^ Complex, Valerie (29 September 2017). "Blade Runner Blackout 2022 Review". GameSpot.
- ^ D'Anastasio, Cecilia (27 September 2017). "Cowboy Bebop Director's New Blade Runner Anime Is Killer". Kotaku.