May 15 – Today, Netflix released the First Look images for Terminator Zero, premiering globally on August 29, 2024.

The anime hails from Japanese animation studio Production IG (Ghost in the Shell). The eight-episode series will be part of the Terminator universe but will center around new characters. It will be the first-ever iteration of the franchise to be animated.

SYNOPSIS

2022: 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.

Episodes: 8

Release Date: August 29, 2024

Showrunner/Executive Producer/Writer: Mattson Tomlin (Project Power, The Batman II)

Executive Producers: Skydance (David Ellison, Dana Goldberg & Don Granger)

Director: Masashi Kudo

Animation Studio: Production IG