Video game company Sega opened an official website for the anime adaptation of the Shenmue game series on Thursday, revealing the main cast, additional cast, opening theme, first key visual (pictured), and first promotional video. The anime is scheduled to premiere on Crunchyroll outside of Japan and Adult Swim in North America on February 6 at 12:30 p.m. EST, while it is planned to premiere in Japan in 2022.

Masaya Matsukaze (Hunter x Hunter (2011)) and Takahiro Sakurai (Shuumatsu no Walküre) are starring as Ryou Hazuki and Lan Di.

Staff
Director: Chikara Sakurai (One Punch Man 2nd Season)
Series Composition: Kento Shimoyama (Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjou, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen)
Original Character Design: Udaka
Character Design: Kensuke Ishikawa (Tsukiuta. the Animation chief animation director)
Art Director: Natsue Muramoto (Lupin the IIIrd: Chikemuri no Ishikawa Goemon)
Color Design: Makiko Kojima (Studio Road) (King's Raid: Ishi wo Tsugumono-tachi)
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina (Ousama Ranking)
Music: Kana Shibue (Devils Line)
Music Production: Wave Master
Studio: Telecom Animation Film

Singer-songwriter Kashitarou Itou (Deca-Dence ending theme) is performing the opening theme "UNDEAD-NOID," which is previewed in the promotional video below.

Sega released the first Shenmue game in Japan in December 1999 on the Dreamcast console, in November 2000 in North America, and in December that year in Europe. The second game in the franchise was released in 2001 in Japan and Europe on the same console, followed by a reissue on Xbox in the US in 2002 and Europe in 2003.

A compilation of the first two games, Shenmue I & II, was released in 2018 on Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Sega published the third game, Shenmue III, worldwide last November on Playstation 4 and PC after a crowdfunding campaign, which began in June 2015.

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Official site: https://shenmue-anime.jp/
Official Twitter: @shenmue_anime

Source: PR Times

Shenmue the Animation on MAL