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Lazarus (2025)
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 24 min.
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In 2052, a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist develops a drug called Hapna — a cure-all that has the unexpected side-effect of causing death three years later. In response to this threat, a special force of agents—nicknamed "Lazarus"— is assembled to take on the malevolent Skinner.
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tense, suspenseful, fast paced, bleak, political thriller, adult animation, anime, action thriller, dystopian
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conspiracy, dystopia, death sentence, moral ambiguity, pharmaceutical company, ethical dilemma, neuroscience, genocide, urban, government agency, underground movement, special ops, cyberpunk, revenge, pandemic, assassination, hopelessness, violent, criminal underworld, task force, fugitive, fight, agent, scientist, jazz ...
Time:
near future, future, 21st century
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