Details are thin on the ground right now, but a Crunchyroll announcement this week confirmed that a 13-episode run has been ordered from Telecom Animation Film. One Punch Man director Chikara Sakurai has been brought on to direct, while series creator Yu Suzuki has been brought on board as executive producer. I wouldn’t expect Shenmue to be quite as action-packed as the above examples, though. In his Shenmue 3 review, Matthew cherished the slow, often boring placidness of the series’ endearingly plodding story. “For all its creaky ideas and garlic guzzling, I was enraptured for chunks of Shenmue III. Its laid back rhythm lulls you into a state that few games do, one of such extreme zen/boredom that even the smallest change in pace can feel monumental.” More deets on the Shenmue anime will be released “at a later date”. Until then, we can only speculate on the kind of high-stakes antics Ryu will get up to in his intense quest for revenge. Turtle racing? Forklift truck proficiency training? Asking around town for sailors? Exciting stuff.
