The legendary Sega game “Shenmue” has been animated for 22 years!

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Sega’s action-adventure game “Shenmue” has been animated with the title “Shenmue the Animation.” It turned out that it is scheduled to be deployed in 2022. Animation production is handled by telecom animation films of “Lupin III PART5” and “Tower of God-” under the direction of Chika Sakurai of “One Punch Man (SEASON2)” and “Magimoji Rurumo.”

“Shenmue” is an action-adventure game released in 1999 on Sega’s home video game console Dreamcast. The nostalgic Yokosuka scent of the Showa era is faithfully reproduced in 3D, and the high degree of freedom to act in that world was epoch-making at that time. To create a world full of reality, people and backgrounds are made of total polygons, and “motion capture” that captures human movements as they are is adopted. In addition to reproducing realistic and natural “movement,” the introduction of “time control” and “magic weather” systems made it possible to change the time and weather in work in real-time.

The animation “Shenmue the Animation,” which has been decided to be produced this time, is scheduled to be released in 2022. The critical visual depicts a young man, Ryo Hazuki, and her nemesis, Rantei, crossing their fists. Became.
This visual was first unveiled at “New York Comic Con 2021,” held in New York, USA. Along with the latest trailer, an online dialogue starring Yu Suzuki, director Yu Suzuki, producer Yu Jyozono, and Joseph Chou was also released. Many fans at the venue were excited.

Expectations are rising for the new world view of “Shenmue” unfolds in animation, such as attractive characters, mysterious magnificent stories, and decisive action scenes.

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