Plot: In Japan, Malcom Lee has been developing another AI system that is intended to compete with SkyNet. As Judgement Day approaches in 1997, Lee finds himself and his three children pursued by an unknown robot assassin.
Season 1 of Terminator Zero was Good.
Pros: This series has a lot of tension & suspense. Along with the story feeling different compared to what had been heard before. The animation was very good as expected from anime. This is very gory & I was really surprised by the twist to the main storyline and it does leave too many unanswered questions.
Cons: Most of the key characters felt like knock-offs of previous characters. I ended up having no sympathy for Malcolm Lee at the end when he got kill & there wasn’t any Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sarah Connor involved in this series.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Based on Terminator
by James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd
Showrunner: Mattson Tomlin
Written by Mattson Tomlin
Directed by Masashi Kudō
Voices of Timothy Olyphant, André Holland, Sonoya Mizuno, Rosario Dawson & Ann Dowd.
Executive producers: Mattson Tomlin, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger
Production companies: Production I.G, Skydance Television, Netflix Animation
Network: Netflix
Casts & Characters:
- The Terminator (voiced by Timothy Olyphant): a cybernetic assassin sent back in time to eliminate Malcolm Lee.
- Malcolm Lee (voiced by André Holland): a scientist developing an AI that competes with Skynet.
- Eiko (voiced by Sonoya Mizuno): a resistance soldier sent from the year 2022 to protect Malcolm and his kids from the Terminator and to prevent Kokoro from being launched.
- Kokoro (voiced by Rosario Dawson): an AI developed by Malcolm Lee, who is Japan’s answer to Skynet.
- The Prophet (voiced by Ann Dowd): the Resistance’s spiritual and philosophical leader.
I highly recommend watching this season on Netflix.
Rating: 8 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe