Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR Graphic Novel Becoming Netflix Anime

Keanu Reeves has spent the final close to decade shifting from completely different elements of the leisure business. Both The Matrix Resurrections and Cyberpunk 2077 proved that he may hack it in video games, he’s had a very good streak of motion and comedy movies with John Wick and Always Be My Maybe, and he co-wrote the BOOM graphic novel BRZRKR in 2020 with Matt Kindt and artist Ron Garney. And now, it’s because of BRZRKR that Reeves is hopping into the realm of anime.

On Friday throughout the San Diego Comic-Con panel for the graphic novel that includes Reeves, Kindt, and Vitti, BOOM’s president of improvement Steven Christy revealed that the graphic novel was receiving a two-season anime spinoff on Netflix, who’s rapidly changing into the place to make any anime adaptation you want. Handling the variation might be Production IG, who earlier works embrace Haikyuu!!, Ghost within the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and Eden of the East. Beyond Reeves offering the voice of the primary character, B, no different data was given.

BRZRKR tells the story of B’s life as an immortal demigod who’s spent over 80,000 years changing into the proper killer and now operates as an agent for the federal government, all whereas looking for a solution to undo his immortality. The AV Club reviewed the first issue again in 2020 and referred to as it “a hyerviolent treat,” and “a product that fully channels Reeves’ strengths as an action star…BRZRKR knows its central appeal and delivers, with a very high level of craftsmanship.”

Beyond the anime, followers of BRZRKR may also look ahead to a novel set in the identical universe, together with a live-action movie within the close to future, every time Reeves finds time to cease being the different unkillable warrior who simply needs out of his life. Reeves broke the information in regards to the novel on the similar panel, although he couldn’t disclose the creator he’s collaborating on it with. He was in Berlin and met the creator, who occurred to be a fan of the graphic novel, and so they received speaking. “They enjoyed it and they had a lot of questions and they were open and curious,” stated Reeves. “This will be a collaboration.”

Look for the third and remaining story arc of BRZRKR to hit in September, although it is probably not the top of B and this blood-soaked universe he inhabits.

[through IGN]

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