Netflix’s ‘Terminator Zero’ Anime Is Going To Give Us More AI Nightmares

Terminator Zero is next on Netflix’s roster of anime adaptations. The new installment in the franchise is set in a post-apocalyptic timeline too close to our very own.

Executive produced by Mattson Tomlin, Terminator Zero leans into sci-fi and horror. The show will also feature its own set of original characters, but it’s not going to be entirely unlike the previous Terminator movies. It’s just a fresh take on the series, which is why we won’t have John Connor barging into this timeline. In fact, we won’t see any of the Connors in this anime adaptation at all. The series is set in Tokyo in 1997, when Skynet’s AI network gains sentience. This leads to an eventual, decades-long war between man and machine.

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Terminator Zero hails from Production I.G, the anime studio responsible for Psycho-Pass and Ghost in the Shell. I have nothing but anticipation for Terminator Zero, since Production I.G worked on two of the best sci-fi thrillers in anime.

No information has been released regarding the series’ Japanese and English voice cast. Nevertheless, we can expect this series to be in good hands.

Terminator Zero hits Netflix on August 29.

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Vanessa Esguerra (She/They) has been a Contributing Writer for The Mary Sue since 2023. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy, she (happily) rejected law school in 2021 and has been a full-time content writer since. Vanessa is currently taking her Master's degree in Japanese Studies in hopes of deepening her understanding of the country's media culture in relation to pop culture, women, and queer people like herself. She speaks three languages but still manages to get lost in the subways of Tokyo with her clunky Japanese. Fueled by iced coffee brewed from local cafés in Metro Manila, she also regularly covers anime and video games while queuing for her next match in League of Legends.

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