Joel McCrary

In 2022, an EMP detonation has caused a global blackout that has massive, destructive implications all over the world. Directed by Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo's Shinichiro Watanabe, Blade Runner Black Out 2022 is a new and highly-anticipated animated short which serves as a prologue for the upcoming feature film Blade Runner 2049.

It's the end of yet another night at Hastings Supermarket. But the normal monotony of settling out the cash drawers is broken when a group of masked and armed militants invades the store.