Netflix has dropped the first teaser for Terminator: The Anime Series from Japanese animation studio Production G.
The eight-episode series will be part of the Terminator universe but will center around new characters. This is the first iteration of the franchise to be animated.
Here’s the synopsis for the new series: A future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines. 1997: the AI known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity. Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee who works to launch a new AI system designed to compete with Skynet’s impending attack on humanity. As Malcolm navigates the moral complexities of his creation, he is hunted by an unrelenting assassin from the future which forever alters the fate of his three children.
No premiere date has been set.
Mattson Tomlin is the showrunner/EP/writer. Executive producers are Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger.
Director is Masahi Kudo.
