I have mentioned this before, in another context, but I'll mention it again. Let's see...
The Animatrix,
Batman: Gothic Knight...and maybe a
Blade Runner anthology original animation DVD, featuring some of Japan's leading animation talents. Hey, it could happen! Think about it:
The Matrix and
Batman are both Warner Bros. properties.
Blade Runner is owned by the
Blade Runner Partnership, but have renewed close connections with Warner Bros thanks to the smash hit DVD.
The threads in this forum all point to one very important truth about extending the
Blade Runner world: a live-action sequel is pretty much impossible, 25 years on. A reboot is doable, with new actors, but why? The original, particularly now that we can see the director's original intent in
BR:TFC, is just too good to reboot.
However: in animation, and particularly in anime, where so much of it bears influence from
Blade Runner anyway, from
Bubblegum Crisis to the present, the world that first appeared on the screen in 1982 can be revived so that facets of it can be examined more closely.
I am hoping that
Batman: Gothic Knight is a sales success so that something like this can possibly be considered.