Netflix today booted up the official teaser trailer for its totally rad futuristic anime action-comedy Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix. Coming this fall, the original series flings alternative characters from the worlds of French video game company Ubisoft into reference-packed, neon-tinged homage to the early 1990s.
Synopsis: The year is 1992. The country formerly known as the U.S.A. is now called Eden, a technocracy ruled by propaganda and corruption. Super-soldier Dolph Laserhawk has just been betrayed by the love of his life and locked up in Eden’s top security prison Supermaxx. He must now lead a team of rebel outcasts on risky undercover missions in order to survive.
All images of Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix courtesy of Netflix © 2023
The series is created and executive produced by Adi Shankar (Castlevania, Devil May Cry), who voices Red from the Niji Six in the show, inspired by Rainbow Six Siege. French comics artist and animator Balak, a.k.a. Yves Bigerel, lends his voice as the sweet but deadly Assassin, Bullfrog, inspired by Assassin’s Creed. Dolph Laserhawk is voiced by Nathaniel Curtis (Witcher: Blood Origin, It’s A Sin), Mark Ebulue (Watch Dogs 2) voices Marcus Holloway and Boris Hiestand (Assassin’s Creed Valhalla) voices Alex.
Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix is produced by Helene Juguet, Hugo Revon and Gerard Guillemot for Ubisoft Film & Television. Paris-based Bobbypills (Crisis Jung, Peepoodo) is the animation studio, with Mehdi Leffad serving as director of the show and Balak (Lastman) as the studio’s creative director.
