The sagging Terminator franchise celebrates its 40th anniversary this year after first being powered up by acclaimed director James Cameron back in 1984. And while it’s never easy entering middle-age dragging a pair of creaky sequels titled Terminator: Genisys and Terminator: Dark Fate behind you, we’re about to enter a bold new era of Skynet smackdown with Netflix’s electrifying Terminator Zero anime series that launches on August 29, 2024.
It’s hard to fathom the fact that there has never been a Terminator animation project of any form or flavor, but such is the puzzling case. Bolstered by the dynamic writing of The Batman’s co-screenwriter Mattson Tomlin (Project Power, Mother/Android), directorial duties courtesy of seasoned anime ace Masashi Kudo (Bleach), a killer synthesizer score by Kevin Henthorn and Michelle Birsky, and the animation wizardry of Production IG (Ghost in the Shell), this eight-episode series brings the high-profile sci-fi property back to its old-school horror roots.
