Out of the gate, a couple of things are clear: Altered Carbon: Resleeved desperately wants to play in the worlds of Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell, and the Yakuza video game series. It eventually opts in to being a part of Altered Carbon's world as well, thanks to a few well-placed lore drops and connections. Because of that, if you aren't caught up on at least the first season of the live-action Netflix series, you might want to remedy that before diving into the anime, because spoilers abound. Our intro to this one-off anime …

Netflix's live-action adaptation of Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon novels has enjoyed two seasons so far, but an upcoming anime adaptation will push the futuristic storytelling even more. Altered Carbon: Resleeved will be a one-off feature set in the same universe and is set to explore new elements of the story mythology. So while I expected to see lots of of Ghost in the Shell nods (and not just because co-writer Dai Satô is on board the project), what I did not expect was for this story to focus on what seems to be a …