Hideo Kojima’s ‘Death Stranding’ Anime Might Be Exactly What I Wanted ‘Lazarus’ to Be

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Hideo Kojima’s ‘Death Stranding’ Anime Might Be Exactly What I Wanted ‘Lazarus’ to Be

It’s not just me; the entire anime community was pumped up when we first heard that the man, the myth, the legend, Shinichiro Watanabe, was returning with his new project, Lazarus. The hype was inescapable. Fans were reunited in hopes of getting a modernized version of Watanabe’s magical touch. But did he deliver?

Unfortunately, we didn’t get any of that. And you know what I just realized? After the recent news of Death Stranding getting an anime adaptation, I think I expected the exact same vibes from Lazarus in terms of storyline. Watanabe could have been the guy with all the chances to pull it off, but for some reason, it just didn’t hit all the marks.

Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding can achieve the feat that Watanabe couldn’t

When I hear the name Shinichiro Watanabe, the first word that comes to my mind is ‘vibes’. The man is so famous that people know him as the vibe merchant of the anime world. All his previous works have been nothing short of a spectacle that you surely don’t want to miss.

However, when it comes to the gaming industry, the same can be said of Hideo Kojima. What Watanabe does on TV screens, Kojima does on our PC or console screens. The absolute cinematic experience, along with his unique style, that he puts into his games, has always captivated me.

And now that one of my favorite games of all time,

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, I might just be the happiest person in the world. Similar to Lazarus, the cataclysmic world that Death Stranding presents is simply awe-inspiring. Here, you’d find yourself navigating a post-apocalyptic world that gives off all the vibes I expected from a Watanabe project.

Lazarus wasted its potential by crafting some of the blandest characters in anime!

Lazarus was like a dream project that any anime director would kill to be part of. While Watanabe’s previous projects like Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo did have phenomenal animation, in modern times, it’s MAPPA that people give all their praise to. But with Lazarus, Watanabe got the opportunity to team up with MAPPA, making me even more excited.

It wasn’t just fans casually calling it the John Wick of Anime; in some sense, it actually was. Cause even the action director of the original John Wick films, Chad Stahelski, was directly involved as Lazarus’s action choreographer.

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Despite having all that potential, which already seemed impossible, the project is giving me little to nothing of what I expected. It’s gotten to the point that it wouldn’t be too far off to call it the snooze fest of anime. The characters are so bland that they often feel like NPCs.

There’s not much emotional connection that I could find myself invested in, even after watching all the episodes released so far. As a fan of the Death Stranding game or Hideo Kojima’s works in general, I’m hoping things won’t turn out to be another Lazarus this time. Only Kojima’s direct involvement may guarantee that.

Lazarus is currently available to watch on Prime Video.

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