Toonami Airs Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 Anime Short on November 26

Adult Swim revealed on Tuesday that it will air the Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 anime short on Friday at 11:00 p.m. The airing is part of a Blade Runner marathon on Friday that will also air the Blade Runner 2049 film and the first three episodes of the Blade Runner: Black Lotus anime series. The marathon starts at 11:00 p.m. and ends at 4:30 a.m.

Crunchyroll and VRV streamed the Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 anime short in September 2017. Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo) directed the short and wrote the script. Cygames Pictures produced the animation. Shukou Murase (Halo Legends, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing) served as character designer and animation director, and Flying Lotus composed the music. The anime takes place in the year 2022, between the original Blade Runner film, which takes place in 2019, and its sequel Blade Runner 2049. The story involves a large power outage on the west coast of the United States.