Another season of the hit Rooster Teeth anime series is officially happening, but when is gen:LOCK season 2’s release date and what will its plot focus on? Created by Gray Haddock, gen:LOCK is a sci-fi mecha anime series that aired its acclaimed first season in 2019. It’s set in a not-too-distant dystopian future in which a global culture war has erupted between two political factions – the totalitarian Union, which seeks to establish a collectivist monoculture, and the Polity, a coalition that promotes civil liberty and freedom of expression.
The anime follows a group of Polity recruits who are taking part in an experimental technology program (the titular gen:LOCK) which allows their consciences to be uploaded to giant mecha known as Holons so they can effectively fight the Union. The gen:LOCK recruits are voiced by a star-studded cast that includes Michael B. Jordan as experienced pilot Julian Chase, Maisie Williams as Scottish hacker Cammie MacCloud and Kōichi Yamadera as former Japanese military sergeant Kazu Iida. The gen:LOCK cast also features David Tennant as program creator Dr. Rufus Weller and Dakota Fanning as Miranda Worth, Chase’s former girlfriend and a member of Polity military arm the Vanguard.
gen:LOCK was renewed for a second season in late 2019, but when is it happening? Here’s everything we know about gen:LOCK season 2’s release date and plot.
A firm release date for gen:LOCK season 2 has yet to be confirmed by Rooster Teeth but it’s thought that the second season of the mecha anime will arrive sometime in late 2021 at the very earliest. However, it has been confirmed the second season of gen:LOCK will premiere with an exclusive 90-day run on Rooster Teeth’s corporate sibling HBO Max. Following that 90-day period, gen:LOCK season 2 will be available via the Rooster Teeth website for FIRST members.
According to a Variety exclusive, the writer's room for gen:LOCK season 2 will feature a diverse and inclusive team made up of Daniel Dominguez, Maasai Singleton, Evan Narcisse, Kristle Peluso and Gavin Hignight. The move is part of #changehollywood – an initiative launched by Michael B. Jordan and his production company Outlier Society (who co-produce gen:LOCK) that aims to increase behind-the-scenes representation of Black, Latino and LGBTQ communities in TV and film.
The same exclusive provided an official synopsis of gen:LOCK season 2 that promises plenty more brutal battles between the Polity and the Union, alongside the introduction of new characters and intriguing new plot twists. Check out the official gen:LOCK season 2 synopsis below:
“On a dying Earth in the midst of a now unstoppable climate collapse, two utterly distinct visions for the future of the human race have come to dominate: The Polity and the Union. The future of humanity, if it is to have one, rests in some form of mechanization or digitization. On opposing sides of this fundamental debate, the Polity and the Union remained locked in a brutal and unforgiving war…
A war the Polity is losing, despite the heroic efforts of their greatest soldiers, the Gen:Lock team – Chase, Cammie, Yaz, Kazu and Val, who continue to upload their minds to their Holon units and fight for their vision of a better future on the front lines.
As we meet the figurehead of the Union — Brother Tate — and the citizens for whom he spills Polity blood, the nature of the conflict between the two sides will be seen in a whole new light. A light that, for Chase, will test his loyalty to the Polity… as he digs deeper into the nature of the war and realizes nothing he thought is what it seems…”
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June 20, 2021 at 12:10AM
