For those unaware, animation studio Production IG has worked on some of the most iconic anime of all time, from the original Ghost in the Shell to recent releases like the Star Wars Visions anthology. For Terminator – which, by the way, doesn’t have an official name yet and is somehow the first animated version of the series – the eight-part series will be directed by Masashi Kudo, who is best known for his work on the Bleach series. with Mattson Tomlin (Project Power and Mother/Android) as writer and showrunner.
Where it fits into the Terminator timeline, here’s the official premise:
2022: A future war has been raging 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. Between the future and the past stands a soldier sent into the past to change the fate of humanity.
She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee, who is working to launch a new AI system to counter Skynet’s impending attack on humanity. As Malcolm grapples with the moral complexities of his creation, he is hunted from the future by a relentless assassin who changes the fate of his three children forever.