Netflix has premiered the teaser trailer for the adult animated series “Blue Eye Samurai” which takes place in Edo-period Japan.
The show is dubbed a “provocative and visually stunning” cinematic series that “immerses the viewer in a world of vivid adult animation with a live-action edge”.
The story follows Mizu (voiced by Maya Erskine), a mixed-race master of the sword who lives a life in disguise in order to seek the deliverance of revenge.
Mizu is targeting four men in Japan at the time of her birth and sets off to kill them – one of whom might be her father.
Also lending their voices to the series are George Takei (Seki), Masi Oka (Ringo), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (The Swordmaker), Brenda Song (Akemi), Darren Barnet (Taigen), Randall Park (Heiji Shindo), Kenneth Branagh (Abijah Fowler), Stephanie Hsu (Ise), Ming-Na Wen (Madame Kaji), Harry Shum Jr. (Takayoshi) and Mark Dacascos (Chiaki).
The series was created by husband-and-wife team of Amber Noizumi and Michael Green who also serve as executive producers and writers. Animation hails from Blue Spirit.
