Shenmue the Animation It has already premiered on Crunchyroll and we finally have new details about the anime adaptation of the iconic video games.
From Yokosuka to Hong Kong
The first installment of ‘Shenmue’ It was quite a hit at the time, with a shocking and addictive story and an open world in three dimensions to dream cast. The original story followed Ryō Hazukia young martial artist who had made it his mission to avenge his father’s death.
Since that first release in 1999, the franchise has spawned two more sequels and the possibility of a continuation in the future. While a fourth video game arrives, fans can already celebrate that the saga has its own anime adaptation with Shenmue The Animationwhose first two episodes are already available for streaming within the Crunchyroll catalogue.
Like the game, the anime focuses on Ryo’s journey from Yokosuka to Hong Kong to avenge his father’s death, though his investigations lead him to become involved in a war between several mysterious organizations.
Shenmue The Animation It will feature 13 episodes produced by Crunchyroll and Adult Swim and animated by Telecom Animation Film, who have already made ‘Tower of God’ for the streaming platform.
The direction of the series is in charge of Chikara Sakurai, director of the second season of ‘One Punch Man’. In addition, and so that fans of the saga remain calm, its creator yu suzuki he also serves as an executive producer on the project.
“‘Shenmue’ is a unique video game. Hooking a large audience to play it can be difficult…But now that it’s going to be made into an anime, the barrier to entry is down. I hope people watch the anime series.” animation and is also interested in games”, commented the creator of the saga when the animated series was announced.
As the first episodes have already been seen, part of the cast of the series in its original version has also been confirmed. Masaya Matsukaze leads the cast as Ryo, as well as Haruka Terui like shenhua, Haruka Fushimi as Nozomi Harusaki and Ryuichi Kijima like Guizhang Chen.
In principle it is expected that Shenmue The Animation be a self-contained series and serve to adapt the first two Sega games.