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Lazarus
Getting out of prison was easy. Now he has to save the world.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Mamoru Miyano
Axel (voice)
13 eps
Makoto Furukawa
Doug (voice)
13 eps
Maaya Uchida
Christine (voice)
13 eps
Yuma Uchida
Leland (voice)
13 eps
Manaka Iwami
Eleina (voice)
13 eps
Megumi Hayashibara
Hersch (voice)
13 eps
Tomoko Miyadera
President (voice)
2 eps
Miyuri Shimabukuro
Drone Voice (voice)
1 eps
Shunichi Maki
Guard 1 (voice)
1 eps
Takayuki Miyamoto
Teacher (voice)
1 eps
Masafumi Kobatake
Professor (voice)
1 eps
Shou Okumura
Believer (voice)
1 eps
Ryunosuke Watanuki
Newscaster (voice)
2 eps
Yoji Ueda
Kobayashi (voice)
1 eps
Kenji Sugimura
Loan Shark 1 (voice)
1 eps
Uki Satake
Celebrity Singer (voice)
1 eps
Chiaki Yurin
News Reporter (voice)
1 eps
Kouichi Souma
Gardener (voice)
1 eps
Maksim Kozhin
Russian Gangster (voice)
1 eps
Gabriel Regojo
Mexican Gangster (voice)
1 eps
Akio Otsuka
Abel (voice)
8 eps
Yutaka Nakano
Claude (voice)
1 eps
Toshiko Sawada
Billinda (voice)
1 eps
Jun Kasama
Basketball Boy (voice)
1 eps
Rie Hikisaka
Little Girl (voice)
1 eps
Takaaki Torashima
Street Gangster (voice)
1 eps
Michitake Kikuchi
Street Gangster (voice)
1 eps
Katsuya Yoshida
Street Gangster (voice)
1 eps
Yuuki Sanpei
Street Gangster (voice)
1 eps
Hikaru Yoshihara
Street Gangster (voice)
1 eps
Yukako Kiuchi
Street Gangster (voice)
1 eps
Misaki Ikeda
Street Gangster (voice)
1 eps
Akihiro Shinohara
Street Gangster (voice)
1 eps
Tomokazu Sugita
Sam (voice)
1 eps
Shoya Chiba
Visionary (voice)
3 eps
Yuki Anando
Newscaster (voice)
6 eps
Katsunori Okai
Entourage (voice)
1 eps
Shinya Takahashi
Talkshow Host (voice)
3 eps
Takahiro Sumi
Entourage (voice)
1 eps
Ikuho Matsunaga
Entourage (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Lazarus actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Lazarus reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07
Almost Blue
Coordinates from an AI lead to islands that Skinner bought just before they sunk under rising sea levels. The team visit them hoping to learn more.
- Directed by Heihachiro Haitani, Lim Ka-hee
S01E06
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
A secluded commune where Eleina once lived is identified as a potential hiding spot for Skinner. She and Leland infiltrate it to find out for sure.
- Directed by Eiji Abiko
S01E04
Don't Stop the Dance
The team investigates a club owned by a stockbroker who got rich off Hapna. One of his associates is the hacker Dr. 909, who may be helping Skinner.
- Directed by Kazuo Miyake
S01E03
Long Way from Home
Searching Skinner's house and interviewing his old colleague reveals a new lead. Axel and Leland go to Istanbul but have trouble with local thugs.
- Directed by Yohei Tsuchiya
S01E05
Pretty Vacant
The team tries to lure Skinner out of hiding with a fake cure staged by the president of Delta Medicinal, but a hacker named Popcorn Wizard butts in.
- Directed by Kazuo Miyake
S01E02
Life in the Fast Lane
Genius hacker Eleina finds a potential lead to Skinner. The Lazarus team splits into two groups to investigate it, but both end up getting shot at.
- Directed by Tsuyoshi Tobita
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E11
Runnin' with the Devil
- Directed by Taichi Okamoto, Yohei Tsuchiya
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Joseph ChouProducer
- Jason DeMarcoExecutive Producer
- Cody DeMatteisProducer
Direction
- Eiji AbikoDirector
- Kazuo MiyakeDirector
- Heihachiro HaitaniDirector
- Taichi OkamotoDirector
- Sayaka MorikawaDirector
- Tsuyoshi TobitaDirector
Cinematography
- Takuma SakamotoDirector of Photography
Music
- Kamasi WashingtonOriginal Music Composer
- Sam ShepherdOriginal Music Composer
- BonoboOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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