BLADE RUNNER: TOKYO NEXUS arrives from breakout writer Kiana Shore and returning creator Mellow Brown, with art by Rodolfo Taibo.

The press release follows:

Media Release -- Titan Comics is pleased to announce a fresh take on the iconic Blade Runner universe with BLADE RUNNER: TOKYO NEXUS. Set in the sprawling neon metropolis of Tokyo, the three-part, 12-issue saga will be scripted by break-out writer Kianna Shore, with art by Rodolfo Taibo (S.H.I.E.L.D, Cable).

BLADE RUNNER: TOKYO NEXUS follows the sole survivors of an ill-fated Off-World military squad—Stix, a Replicant combat model, and Mead, a battle-hardened Marine—and their dogged search for an unknown traitor who left them to die on the battlefield. After escaping back to Tokyo, the unlikely pair's quest for revenge leads to their formation of a clandestine private detective service.

Stix and Mead stray into an even more treacherous battlefield, a three-way "patent war" between the ruthless operatives from the Tyrell Corporation and a rival tech company known as Chesire, with its own version of synthetic humans, and powerful Yakuza clans wanting in on the action.

BLADE RUNNER: TOKYO NEXUS is a must-read for fans of both the Blade Runner films and the critically acclaimed Blade Runner titles from Titan Comics. A fast-paced story brimming with drama, intrigue and a unique vision of cyberpunk, creators Shorea and Taibo offer a fresh and compelling perspective on one of the most iconic and groundbreaking sci-fi franchises of all time.

On BLADE RUNNER: TOKYO NEXUS, writer Kianna Shore comments: "Creating a new comic series for Blade Runner is beyond my wildest dreams! Inspired by media such as Your Name, Arcane, and Crier's War, I'm thrilled to share my little piece of the Blade Runner universe, bringing Blade Runner all the way to Tokyo, Japan."

Series editor, David Leach adds, "Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus is a whole new chapter in the Blade Runner saga, and is going to be a worthy addition to the universe, with new characters, new drama and a whole new environment for storytelling. And it's going to be a stunning-looking book!"

Blade Runner Tokyo Nexus #1 features a range of incredible covers, from artists including Christian Ward and Paul Pope. Issue #1 goes on sale July 31, 2024. Fans can pick up a copy from their local comic shop and Forbidden Planet for UK & Europe.









BLADE RUNNER: TOKYO NEXUS #1

Writer: Kianna Shore
Artist: Mariano Taibo
Format: Comic
Publisher: Titan Comics
FC, SC, $3.99
On sale July 31, 2024

THE ELECTRIFYING NEW BLADE RUNNER SERIES!

Tokyo 2015: Two Kalanthia survivors fight for their lives in a world where Blade Runners are the least of their problems.

Following a failed mission Off-World, the only two survivors of a combat squad, ex-marine Mead and Replicant combat model Stix, have returned to Tokyo to search for the traitor who left them to die.

Now operating as an unofficial private detective agency, Stix and Mead find themselves caught up in a deadly Patent War between the Yakuza, the Tyrell Corporation and Cheshire, a rival corporation developing their own bootleg Replicant technology as they search for a missing woman.

COVER A: CHRISTIAN WARD
COVER B: ANDY BELANGER
COVER C: MARIANO TAIBO
COVER D: FERNANDO DAGNINO
COVER E: PAUL POPE
COVER F: COLOR BLANK SKETCH

ABOUT ALCON ENTERTAINMENT

Alcon has financed and produced or co-financed and co-produced 34 films to date including the critically acclaimed Blade Runner 2049 starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, which won two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects and received an additional three nominations; The Book of Eli starring Denzel Washington and Gary, among others, and the Academy Award Best Picture nominee The Blind Side which earned Sandra Bullock an Oscar for Best Actress. Alcon's upcoming projects include an animated film adaptation of the beloved cartoon strip Garfield from director Mark Dindal (The Emperor's New Groove) with Chris Pratt voicing Garfield and Samuel L. Jackson.

In 2015, Alcon created the subdivision Alcon Television Group whose projects include the hit science fiction series The Expanse, a critically acclaimed space thriller which boasts a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes; and the animated children's series Pete the Cat, a co-production with Amazon Studios based on the best-selling children's book series.

Alcon Television Group's other past projects include the Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated four-part documentary The Defiant Ones, originally developed for HBO, which chronicled the divergent roots and unlikely partnership of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine that launched exclusively on NBCUniversal's Peacock; Amazon's animated holiday special Pete The Cat: A Groovy New Year starring Elvis Costello and Jacob Tremblay; and the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney which remains one of HBO's most successful shows in the 50+ demographic. Alcon Television Group recently announced they are in pre-production on a live-action series titled Blade Runner 2099 for Amazon Prime.

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