The Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 event announced an anime adaptation of FromSoftware's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice video game, titled Sekiro: No Defeat, on Tuesday. It also revealed the production staff, main cast, visual (pictured), and a promotional video. The anime is scheduled to premiere in 2026 on Crunchyroll worldwide, excluding Japan, China, Korea, Russia, and Belarus.

Cast
Wolf: Daisuke Namikawa (Lupin III (2015))
Kuro: Miyuki Satou (Terminator 0)
Genichirou Ashina: Kenjirou Tsuda (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Staff
Director: Kenichi Kutsuna (Koneko no Chi: Ponponra Daibouken assistant director)
Assistant Director: Shunsuke Fukui (Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! episode director)
Script: Takuya Satou (Urasekai Picnic)
Character Designer: Takahiro Kishida (Haikyuu!!)
Chief Animation Director: Kaito Moki (Gleipnir animation director)
Action Animation Director: Takashi Mukouda (Ballroom e Youkoso)
Art Director: Yuuji Kaneko (Tengoku Daimakyou)
Color Design: Azusa Sasaki (Lycoris Recoil)
Director of Photography: Keisuke Nozawa (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song)
Editing: Yoshinori Murakami (Psycho-Pass)
Sound Director: Yasushi Nagura (Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou)
Music: Shuta Hasunuma (7Fates: Chakho)
Produced: ARCH
Studio: Qzil.la

Published and developed by FromSoftware, with publishing by Activision outside of Japan, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows in March 2019, followed by a Stadia release in October 2020. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice sold a cumulative 10 million copies worldwide.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice won Game of the Year at The Game Awards in 2019.

Synopsis
The time is Sengoku.

Japan is fractured into many independent nations entangled in ceaseless war. At the center lies Ashina, a land of sacred earth and ancient mystery. Two decades after Sword Saint Isshin Ashina reclaimed the region in a brutal coup, a new threat emerges from within: The Interior Ministry. Desperate to protect his homeland, Isshin's grandson Gen'ichirou turns to forbidden powers. The only hope lies in a kidnapped boy — the Divine Heir — and his silent protector: a loyal shinobi known only as Sekiro.

This is the story of a lord and his retainer — and their quest to restore balance to a nation on the edge. (Source: Crunchyroll)

Trailer


Source: Famitsu

Sekiro: No Defeat on MAL