The American streaming giant Crunchyroll declared on Wednesday that Shenmue the Animation, the anime series based on Yu Suzuki’s Shenmue game series, will debut on February 6 at 12:30 a.m. EST on both Crunchyroll and Adult Swim.
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Toonami will air the show in North America with the English-dubbed version, and Crunchyroll will air the show’s English-captioned version worldwide outside of Japan and China.
The company just released the official trailer for the upcoming anime:
The Japanese and English cast includes:
- Masaya Matsukazeย (Japanese) andย Austin Tindleย (English) as Ryo Hazuk
- Takahiro Sakuraiย (Japanese) andย Scott Gibbsย (English) as Lan Di
- Natalie Rialย (English) as Shenhu
- Cat Thomasย (English) as Nozomi Harasaki
- Jeremy Geeย (English) as Guizhang Chen
- Greg Ayresย (English) as Chai
- Bryson Baugusย (English) as Wong
- Luci Christianย (English) as Joy
- Christine Autenย (English) as Xiuying Hong / Lishao Tao
- Cody Houseย (English) as Ren
- Joe Danielsย (English) as Dou Niu
The anime’s staff includes:
- Chikara Sakurai as the Director
- Animation Studio: Telecom Animation Film
- Sola Entertainmentย is in charge of production management
- Suzukiย is the executive producer for the anime
- Kensuke Ishikawaย as the chief animation director
- Kento Shimoyama as the script writer
- Udakaย as the character designer
- Kashitarล Itลย as the opening theme artist of the song “Undead-Noid.”
Crunchyroll portrays the series:
“1986, Yokosuka. Ryo Hazuki has trained to master the Hazuki Style Jujitsu under his strict father in the Hazuki Dojo from his childhood. However, one day a mysterious man named Lan Di murders his father and takes the โmirrorโ his father was protecting. Ryo is determined to find the truth behind his father’s murder, but soon finds himself getting stuck in a war between the underground organizationsโฆ. Traveling from Yokosuka to Hong Kong, Ryo’s long journey begins!”
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