The eight-episode show was produced for Netflix by animation studio Production I.G and Skydance Television under the direction of Masashi Kud?. The show is set to run for eight episodes, releasing on August 29, 2024, on Netflix. Timothy Olyphant was cast to voice The Terminator for the series.
In Japan, Malcolm Lee has been developing another AI system that is intended to compete with Skynet. As Judgment Day approaches in 1997, Lee finds himself and his three children pursued by an unknown robot assassin.