Crunchyroll introduced on Wednesday that Shenmue the Animation, the anime sequence adaptation of Yu Suzuki‘s Shenmue recreation sequence, will premiere on February 6 at 12:30 a.m. EST on each Crunchyroll and Grownup Swim. Toonami will air the present in North America with an English dub, and Crunchyroll will stream the English-subtitled model worldwide outdoors of Japan and China. Crunchyroll is streaming a trailer for the present.

Crunchyroll additionally revealed the present’s Japanese and English voice solid (a few of the Japanese voice solid usually are not but introduced):

• Masaya Matsukaze (Japanese) and Austin Tindle (English) as Ryo Hazuk
• Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese) and Scott Gibbs (English) as Lan Di
• Natalie Rial (English) as Shenhu
• Cat Thomas (English) as Nozomi Harasaki
• Jeremy Gee (English) as Guizhang Chen
• Greg Ayres (English) as Chai
• Bryson Baugus (English) as Wong
• Luci Christian (English) as Pleasure
• Christine Auten (English) as Xiuying Hong / Lishao Tao
• Cody Home (English) as Ren
• Joe Daniels (English) as Dou Niu

Crunchyroll describes the anime’s story:

1986, Yokosuka. Ryo Hazuki has skilled to grasp the Hazuki Type Jujitsu beneath his strict father within the Hazuki Dojo from his childhood. Nonetheless, at some point a mysterious man named Lan Di murders his father and takes the “mirror” his father was defending. Ryo is set to seek out the reality behind his father’s homicide, however quickly finds himself getting caught in a battle between the underground organizations…. Touring from Yokosuka to Hong Kong, Ryo’s lengthy journey begins!

Chikara Sakurai (One Punch Man season 2, Magimoji Rurumo, Misplaced Track) is directing the anime at Telecom Animation Movie. Sola Leisure is credited for manufacturing administration. Shenmue recreation sequence director Yu Suzuki is the manager producer for the mission. Kensuke Ishikawa (Tower of God, Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid) is the chief animation director, Kento Shimoyama (Gintama, Valkyria Chronicles, The Satan is a Half-Timer!) is writing the scripts, and Udaka is in control of the unique character design. Kashitarō Itō will carry out the opening theme track “Undead-Noid.”

SEGA launched the primary Shenmue recreation on its Dreamcast console in Japan in 1999, and in North America in 2000. The corporate launched Shenmue II on the Dreamcast in Japan in 2000, and in North America in 2001. Shenmue II additionally acquired an Xbox model in 2002. The sequence was initially deliberate as a trilogy.

Sega launched the Shenmue I & II recreation assortment in North America and Europe for PS4, Xbox One, and PC in August 2018.

Shenmue III launched for PlayStation 4 and PC in November 2019 after a number of delays. The sport was initially funded via a Kickstarter marketing campaign in 2015, which set a brand new report for the very best funded online game Kickstarter marketing campaign on the time. The marketing campaign closed after elevating US$6,333,295 from 69,320 backers.

Supply: Press launch