Video Game 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice' Gets Anime in 2026


Video Game 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice' Gets Anime in 2026
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. The game sold a cumulative 10 million copies worldwide. • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice won Game of the Year at The Game Awards in 2019. • 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. • Sekiro: No Defeat on MAL

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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. Synopsis The time is Sengoku. This is the story of a lord and his retainer — and their quest to restore balance to a nation on the edge. (

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