After almost 5 years, Shinichiro Watanabe is back with his banger series, Lazarus. It has all the components of a promising showstopper, be it animation, storyline, or music. The overall vibe is set to take viewers on a nostalgic trip back to the 90s and 2000s.

Not only that, but the action scenes and the concept itself are reminiscent of the early cyberpunk anime. The dystopian themes especially are well-laid out and thought of through the art design and landscape. It seems too good to be true, but things might not fare well for the makers, and here’s why.

Axel Gilbert in a still from the Lazarus anime | Credit: Mappa

In the first episode itself, the series underlined a fatal flaw that hit a sour note. This is detrimental to the viewership, yes, but it also strips the series of its essence in several ways. To make it worse, people...