History Anime / BladeRunnerBlackLotus

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Elle managed to kill all of those responsible for the Doll Hunt, but Niander Wallace Junior just used her to usurp his father and take over the family corporation so he can [[AGodAmI play God.]] Joseph ends up critically wounded in his final battle with Marlowe, and performs a HeroicSacrifice to destroy Junior's research, while Elle manages to [[EyeScream blind him]], but Davis meanwhile ended up wheelchair-bound after Water Lily ran her through with a sword, and ultimately Junior will [[Film/BladeRunner2049 continue his plans regardless of these setbacks]]. The only positive beat is that Elle ends up alive and kicking at the end, and gets to ride off into the sunset to find her own path in life now.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Elle managed to kill all of those responsible for the Doll Hunt, but Niander Wallace Junior just used her to usurp his father and take over the family corporation so he can [[AGodAmI play God.]] Joseph ends up critically wounded in his final battle with Marlowe, and performs a HeroicSacrifice to destroy Junior's research, while Elle manages to [[EyeScream blind him]], but Davis meanwhile ended up wheelchair-bound after Water Lily ran her through with a sword, and ultimately Junior will [[Film/BladeRunner2049 continue his plans regardless of these setbacks]]. The only positive beat is that Elle ends up alive and kicking at the end, and gets to ride off into the sunset to find her own path in life now. At least, [[BolivianArmyEnding if the second hoverbike riding near her in the ending wasn't hostile.]]]]

* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: [[spoiler:Elle is a non-lethal Replicant, the same as the rest of her batch, but seeing them slaughtered before her eyes and then being put at near-execution gunpoint has her hit a RageBreakingPoint and kill her attacker in self-defense. NiceJobFixingItVillain.]]

** Joseph suffers one of them, driving him to be TheAlcoholic. [[spoiler: Due to his possession of a Voight Kampff test, ESPER, and the gun--he's a former Blade Runner.]] Furthermore, we discover that he [[spoiler: killed the Replicant he loved.]]

* BadassNormal: Marlowe. Even as a Blade Runner he's more than capable of retiring most Replicants easily and managed to fight Elle to a standstill the first time they fought. He may have ended up retiring her in the second encounter if it wasn't for [[spoiler:Joseph covering her with a SniperRifle]]. [[spoiler:The end of "All The Best Memories" strongly suggests Joseph called him in as TheCavalry to help Elle against Water Lilly.]]

* TheAlcoholic: Joseph is a fairly functional one that, nevertheless, prefers to spend most of his days heavily liquored up. [[spoiler:This is due to his guilt for killing a Replicant that he fell in love with.]]

* InTheBack: [[spoiler:Water Lily stabs Officer Davis through her midsection with a katana before Davis has a chance to reveal Niander Wallace Jr as the mastermind of the Black Lotus project to her superiors. Davis is able to drag herself away while Water Lily is preoccupied before she can finish her off]].

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: [[spoiler:Niander Wallace Jr.]] assigns Water Lily to assassinate Elle. She uses a katana blade capable to cleanly slicing a memory manipulation chamber in half.

* MadeOfIron: Noticing a gas pipe leaking in the kitchen while hunting the police chief and his wife, Elle decides to use her sword to light it up and cause a huge explosion. Marlowe is mere feet away, while Alani is in the hallway just outside. The explosion causes Elle to fall out of the penthouse window, eventually getting caught on a clothesline. None of the three suffer any burns or even damaged clothing, and both Elle and Marlowe are able to walk away with nothing more damaging than some sore muscles and soot on their faces.

* BadassNormal: Marlowe. Even as a Blade Runner he's more than capable of retiring most Replicants easily and managed to fight Elle to a standstill the first time they fought. He may have ended up retiring her in the second encounter if it wasn't for [[spoiler:Joseph covering her with a SniperRifle. The end of "All The Best Memories" strongly suggests Joseph called him in as TheCavalry to help Elle against Water Lilly.]]

* BadassNormal: Marlowe. Even as a Blade Runner he's more than capable of retiring most Replicants easily and managed to fight Elle to a standstill the first time they fought. He may have ended up retiring her in the second encounter if it wasn't for Joseph covering her with a SniperRifle. [[spoiler:The end of "All The Best Memories" strongly suggests Joseph called him in as TheCavalry to help Elle against Water Lilly.]]

* {{Interquel}}: The series takes place between the original ''Film/BladeRunner'' and ''Film/BladeRunner2049''.

A joint collaboration between Website/{{Crunchyroll}} and Creator/AdultSwim[=/=]Creator/{{Toonami}}, ''Blade Runner: Black Lotus'' takes place between the original ''Film/BladeRunner'' and ''Film/BladeRunner2049''. The series is directed by Shinji Aramaki (''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'', ''Anime/GhostInTheShellSAC2045'') and Kenji Kamiyama (''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'') and writen by Kamiyama. Shinichiro Watanabe (''Anime/CowboyBebop'') serves as the creative producer (he previously directed the ''Blade Runner'' short ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts Black Out 2022]]''. It began airing on Toonami on November 14, 2021.

A joint collaboration between Website/{{Crunchyroll}} and Creator/AdultSwim[=/=]Creator/{{Toonami}}, ''Blade Runner: Black Lotus'' takes place between the original ''Film/BladeRunner'' and ''Film/BladeRunner2049''. The series is directed by Shinji Aramaki (''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'', ''Anime/GhostInTheShellSAC2045'') and Kenji Kamiyama (''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'') and writen by Kamiyama. Shinichiro Watanabe (''Anime/CowboyBebop'') serves as the creative producer. It began airing on Toonami on November 14, 2021.

* WhatMeasureIsANonhuman: A central theme of the franchise that is replicated here. Society does not consider Replicants to be human and any who are found are killed. That doesn't stop the rich and powerful from illegally making them, though.

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Josephine Grant seems to have convinced Elle to spare her when she's killed in the crossfire of her fight with Marlowe.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Joseph suffers one of them, driving him to be TheAlcoholic. [[spoiler: Due to his possession of a Voight Kampff test, ESPER, and the gun--he's a former Blade Runner.]]

** "Clair De Lune", Episode 10, ends with the revelation of [[spoiler:Niander Wallace Jr. being the tattoo artist who gave Elle the Black Lotus, and that he hired Joseph to kill her]].

* TheAlcoholic: Joseph is a fairly functional one that, nevertheless, prefers to spend most of his days heavily liquored up. [[spoiler:This is due to his guilt as the most successful Blade Runner in history.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Joseph suffers one of them, driving him to be TheAlcoholic. [[spoiler: Due to his possession of a Voight Kampff test, ESPER, and the gun--it appears to be the fact he's a former Blade Runner.]]