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Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

20177.10h 16m

Overview

This animated short revolves around the events causing an electrical systems failure on the west coast of the US. According to Blade Runner 2049’s official timeline, this failure leads to cities shutting down, financial and trade markets being thrown into chaos, and food supplies dwindling. There’s no proof as to what caused the blackouts, but Replicants — the bio-engineered robots featured in the original Blade Runner, are blamed.

Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe
Written by Shinichiro Watanabe
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Top Cast

Jovan Jackson

Jovan Jackson

Iggy Cygnus (voice)

Luci Christian

Luci Christian

Trixie (voice)

Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos

Gaff (voice)

David Anthony Matranga

David Anthony Matranga

Additional Voices (voice)

Joel McCrary

Joel McCrary

Additional Voices (voice)

Bryson Baugus

Bryson Baugus

Ren (voice)

J

Jay Hickman

Additional Voices (voice)

Kenichirou Matsuda

Kenichirou Matsuda

Iggy Cygnus (voice)

Ichiko Aoba

Ichiko Aoba

Trixie (voice)

Makoto Furukawa

Makoto Furukawa

Ren (voice)

Themes & Keywords

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About Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 is a action, animation, science fiction film released in 2017 exploring themes of android, dystopia, blackout, slavery, prologue, cyberpunk. Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, it stars Jovan Jackson, Luci Christian, Edward James Olmos. This animated short revolves around the events causing an electrical systems failure on the west coast of the US. According to Blade Runner 2049’s official timeline, this failure leads to cities shutting down, financial and trade markets being thrown into chaos, and food supplies dwindling. There’s no proof as to what caused the blackouts, but Replicants — the bio-engineered robots featured in the original Blade Runner, are blamed.

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