Shenmue the Animation Premieres February 5 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 January 2022 / 1,670 Views
Adult Swim and Crunchyroll announced Shenmue the Animation will premiere on February 5.
The first Shenmue game released for the Sega Dreamcast on December 29, 1999. Shenmue the Animation is a 13 episode series that will follow "Ryo on his journey to become the ultimate martial artist and avenge his father’s death."
View the official trailer below:
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Most adaptations of games don't really pull it off but this looks incredible!
-HAVE YOU SEEN ANY SAILORS? NINJA APPROVED-
Agreed that it looks incredible! As a Shenmue fan all the way back to the OG Dreamcast game, I'm looking forward to this. Hoping to have the option of both a sub and a dub!
Be curious how it turns out. Hopefully better than the 3rd game.
I can't wait to see this. Glad that Sega is allowing the franchise to grow.
Wasn't aware it was in the works. I'm interested in it.
Same. I actually saw a commercial for it and heard "shenmue the animation". WTF? Lol.
I can see how Shenmue could lend itself much better to adaptation than most other video game franchises. I mean, Shenmue basically had its own cohesive cinematic storyline within the two games and there is really no need to figure out how to represent the main character on screen like with Mario/Zelda since the protagonist was given a well-developed character and personality. It's more just a question of how much the writers want to flesh out game's storyline and how much they want to re-imagine: much easier things to figure out then, for example, casting somebody to play the roll of Mario and trying to insert a deep character and personality where there was none present previously. I think that the anime format will really work here as well, I am excited to see how this turns out.
