| Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix | |
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| Genre | Science fiction |
| Created by | Adi Shankar |
| Inspired by | Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon byUbisoft |
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| Story by | Adi Shankar |
| Directed by | Mehdi Leffad |
| Creative director | Balak |
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| Composer | Oscillian |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Running time | 20–25 minutes |
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| Network | Netflix |
| Release | October 19, 2023 (2023-10-19) |
Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix is an adult animatedscience fiction television series produced byUbisoft Film & Television, Bobbypills, andBootleg Universe.[1] It is inspired by the 2013 video gameFar Cry 3: Blood Dragon, while amalgamating elements and characters from several otherUbisoft franchises. Created byAdi Shankar, the series was released on October 19, 2023, onNetflix and received generally positive reviews from critics.
The series is analternate history, set in a version of theUnited States during 1992. The country has become adystopiantechnocracy under the exclusive control of the corporation Eden. The corporation has createdanthropomorphic animals which serve as its main source ofslave labor. Asupersoldier who defected from the ranks of the company's army has been incarcerated in ablack site prison. He and several other prisoners arecoerced into serving as ablack ops team, thanks to implants which will kill them if they refuse to follow orders. Their primary goal is to undermine the plots of arevolutionary who happens to be the main characterstreasonous ex-boyfriend.
The series is set in 1992, in analternate history in which theUnited States has become Eden, a dystopiantechnocracy controlled by the megacorporation of the same name and populated by humans and artificially createdanthropomorphic animals called "Hybrids", who are treated by humans asslaves, livestock and beasts of burden. Dolph Laserhawk, asupersoldier modified by Eden Tech Military, escapes and becomes a fugitive alongside his boyfriend Alex Taylor. During a final heist, Taylor betrays Laserhawk, who is captured and incarcerated in Eden'sblack site prison, Supermaxx.
Under the direction of Supermaxx's warden, who has implanted an explosive device inside him, Laserhawk is selected to lead a team of other captive rebels, known as the Ghosts, on a series of covert operations to undermine Taylor's plans.[2]
| No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | "Episode 1" | Mehdi Leffad | Story by :Adi Shankar Teleplay by : Alex Larsen | October 19, 2023 (2023-10-19) |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Mehdi Leffad | Story by : Adi Shankar Teleplay by : Samuel Laskey | October 19, 2023 (2023-10-19) |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Mehdi Leffad | Story by : Adi Shankar Teleplay by : Samuel Laskey | October 19, 2023 (2023-10-19) |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Mehdi Leffad | Story by : Adi Shankar Teleplay by : Alex Larsen | October 19, 2023 (2023-10-19) |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | Mehdi Leffad | Story by : Adi Shankar Teleplay by : Craig Coyne | October 19, 2023 (2023-10-19) |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | Mehdi Leffad | Story by : Adi Shankar Teleplay by : Alex Larsen | October 19, 2023 (2023-10-19) |
The show was first unveiled byUbisoft in October 2019, by its former titleCaptain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Vibe, withCastlevania showrunnerAdi Shankar helming the project albeit no distributor was announced.[5] In June 2021, duringNetflix's "Geeked Week" virtual event, Shankar revealed that he is producing the series based on the vibe ofFar Cry 3: Blood Dragon under the titleCaptain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix.[6] The show is being helmed by Shankar with Paris-based animation studio Bobbypills handling the production.[6]Balak serves as creative director with Mehdi Leffad as director.[7] Gérard Guillemot, Hélène Juguet and Hugo Revon, serve as producers fromUbisoft Film & Television.[7]
In addition to theFar Cry franchise, the series features characters and elements from several other Ubisoft intellectual properties, such asAssassin's Creed,Beyond Good and Evil,The Crew,Rainbow Six,Rayman,Splinter Cell andWatch Dogs.[8][2]
Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix was released worldwide in October 2023 onNetflix with six episodes.[9][10][11]
OnRotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 89% based on 9 reviews, and an average rating of 6.70/10. Hayden Mears ofIGN gave the show a 9 out of 10 score with an ‘amazing’ descriptor, stating that it is "as brutal as it is heartfelt,Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix never feels robbed of clever ways to mesh an eclectic group of Ubisoft favorites into a single madcap story."[12]The Verge's Charles Pulliam-Moore states that the show "plays like a joyride through Ubisoft's vast library of classic video game IP".[13]
A hardcover art book, titledCaptain Laserhawk: Blood Dragon Remix – The Art of the Animated Series, published byDark Horse Books was released on October 24, 2023.[14]
Ayaoimanga prequel adaptation by Ben Kahn, and published byTokyopop, titledCaptain Laserhawk: Blood Dragon Remix: Crushing Love, was released on January 23, 2024.[15][16][17] It features the relationship between Dolph Laserhawk and Alex Taylor.[15]
Aweb3 spin-off game,[18] titledCaptain Laserhawk: the G.A.M.E., launched on December 18, 2024. The game is a top-down shooter that requires a connection to acryptocurrency wallet and the purchase of one of the characterNFTs.Rayman acts as the announcer for death matches.[19]
The game received an overwhelmingly negative reception.Time Extension described it as "painfully basic", and lamented using Rayman to promote the game[20] while a journalist atPolygon found that he was the tenth highest ranked player globally after finishing only three matches due to the extremely low player uptake. As of the time of the article's publication, only 94 players had played the game. It launched with many limited-run NFTs; these sold poorly and were still available in large quantities.[19] In July 2025, Ubisoft announced that they were adding AI-governed characters to the game, which will take part in voting in the games' governance system. Didier Genevois, the project's technical director and executive producer stated that “In a universe that satirizes technocracies, surveillance, and synthetic identity, turning governance into playable fiction feels like the most honest move we could make.”[21]
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