Shenmue the Animation
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| Shenmue the Animation | ||||||||||
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| Studio: Telecom Animation Film[1] | ||||||||||
| Number of seasons: 1 | ||||||||||
| Number of episodes: 13[1] | ||||||||||
| Original airdate: 2022-02-06[2] — 2022-05-01 | ||||||||||
| Original channel(s): Cartoon Network (Adult Swim), Crunchyroll (US) | ||||||||||
| Country of origin: Japan | ||||||||||
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Shenmue the Animation is an anime series based on the Shenmue franchise. It was first announced at the 2020 Crunchyroll expo.[1] Yu Suzuki is an Executive Producer on the project.
The show did well enough that a second season had some form of work already being started for it, but was canceled due to the Warner Bros. Entertainment merger with Discovery, Inc., due to Discovery axing many shows that Warner Bros. had for tax write offs after having been sold to them by AT&T.[4]
Contents
Synopsis
| “ | 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 “mirror” 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 organizations…. Traveling from Yokosuka to Hong Kong, Ryo’s long journey begins! | „ |
— Official Website[5] | ||
Promotional material
Yu Suzuki Interview
English Trailer 1
Japanese Trailer 1
English Trailer 2
Japanese Trailer 2
English Trailer 3
List of episodes
| Episode | Video | Name | Date | Airtime | Description |
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| 1x01 | Thunderclap | 2022-02-06 | Heir of the Hazuki Dojo, Ryo Hazuki, witnesses a mysterious man called Lan Di attacking the Dojo; Ryo attempts to fight against Lan Di, but he is easily defeated. | ||
| 1x02 | Daybreak | 2022-02-13 | The Hazuki family's maid, Ine, hands a letter to Ryo, who is restless from his father's death, and it contains characters he cannot read. | ||
| 1x03 | Yin-Yang | 2022-02-20 | Ryo finally finds a person who can read Yuanda Zhu's letter, which says find Master Chen for help to learn about the man who murdered his father. | ||
| 1x04 | Shackles | 2022-02-27 | To chase Lan Di, Ryo decides to go to Hong Kong but realizes he does not have enough money to go; Ryo enters Mad Angels' territory, seeking information on Lan Di. | ||
| 1x05 | Equal | 2022-03-06 | Ryo is forced to fight Guizhang Chen from the Chen family to save Nozomi, who has been taken hostage by the Mad Angels. | ||
| 1x06 | Dignified | 2022-03-13 | To unveil the truth behind his father's death, Ryo heads to Hong Kong to look for a person named Lishao Tao. | ||
| 1x07 | Future | 2022-03-20 | Ryo coincidentally finally finds martial arts master Lishao, who easily defeats him and tells him to go home. | ||
| 1x08 | Aspiration | 2022-03-27 | Xiuying ignores Ryo's wish to meet Yuanda Zhu and keeps making him do chores for Man Mo Temple; to understand Xiuying's notion, Ryo must learn wude, the principles of martial arts, so he looks for a person who has acquired wude. | ||
| 1x09 | Distinct | 2022-04-03 | Ryo finds a book written by Yuanda Zhu in Xiuying's library; in the book, he finds a memo of the chawan sign, which could lead to danger with one mistake; despite the danger, Ryo uses it to find Yuanda Zhu; he is attacked by members of Yellow Heads. | ||
| 1x10 | Comeback | 2022-04-10 | To find Yuanda Zhu, Ryo follows Ren, the leader of Heavens, to seek clues, and they follow a trail that turns out to be a trap set by the Yellow Heads. | ||
| 1x11 | Entangled | 2022-04-17 | Ryo and Ren finally find Yuanda Zhu, however, they are soon attacked by the Yellow Heads and Yuanda gets kidnapped. | ||
| 1x12 | Guidepost | 2022-04-24 | Ryo and Ren manage to sneak into the Yellow Heads' headquarters to rescue Yuanda Zhu, but they are expected and it's a trap. | ||
| 1x13 | Shenmue | 2022-05-01 | Ryo finally reaches Lan Di, the man who murdered his father, and, blinded by revenge, Ryo viciously attacks Lan Di, who easily dodges Ryo's attacks and leaves; Yellow Heads' Dou Niu realizes his plan has failed and attacks Ryo. |
Cast
English
- Ryo Hazuki: Austin Tindle
- Lan Di: Scott Gibbs
- Shenhua: Natalie Rial
- Nozomi Harasaki: Cat Thomas
- Guizhang Chen: Jeremy Gee
- Chai: Greg Ayres
- Wong: Bryson Baugus
- Joy: Luci Christian
- Xiuying Hong: Christine Auten
- Ren: Cody House
- Dou Niu: Joe Daniels
Japanese
- Ryo Hazuki: Masaya Matsukaz
- Lan Di: Takahiro Sakurai
- Shenhua: Haruka Terui
- Nozomi Harasaki: Haruka Fushimi
- Guizhang Chen: Ryuichi Kijima
Staff
- Original Concept: Yu Suzuki（YS NET）
- Original Story: SEGA
- Director: Chikara Sakurai
- Series Composition: Kento Shimoyama
- Original Characters: Udaka
- Character Design: Kensuke Isikawa
- Art Director: Natsue Muramoto
- Color Design: Makiko Kojima (studio road)
- Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
- Music: Kana Shibue
- Music Production: WAVE MASTER INC.
- Animation Production: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
- Presented By: Shenmue Project
- Opening theme: ”UNDEAD-NOID” Kashitaro Ito
- Ending theme: ”Sympathy” Narudora
Artwork
Poster
Toonami Poster
External links
- Official Website (Japanese)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/09/04-1/shenmue-anime-announced-as-crunchyroll-and-adult-swim-production (Wayback Machine: 2020-09-05 01:12)
- ↑ File:Shenmue The Animation Toonami Promo.mp4
- ↑ File:Shenmue the Animation Japanese Trailer 2.mp4
- ↑ @Clarknova1 on Twitter (archive.today)
- ↑ https://shenmue-anime.jp/story (archive.today)
- ↑ https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/01/19/shenmue-the-animation-to-premiere-on-february-5 (Wayback Machine: 2022-01-20 01:14)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://shenmue-anime.jp/caststaff (archive.today)
