#Shenmue The Animation Reveals More Main Cast Details

The Twitter account for Shenmue The Animation has revealed more main cast details for the upcoming anime adaptation of SEGA’s open world action-adventure game.

The newly revealed cast members are Haruka Terui as Shenhua, Haruka Fushimi as Nozomi Harasaki, and Ryuuichi Kijima as Guizhang Chen. Last month, it was announced that Masaya Matsukaze will play protagonist Ryo Hazuki and Takahiro Sakurai will play the villain Lan Di.

The staff of Shenmue The Animation includes Chikara Sakurai (One Punch Man Season 2, Majimoji Rurumo: Kanketsu-hen) as director, Kensuke Ishikawa (Tower of God chief animation director) as character designer, Kento Shimoyama (Deep Insanity THE LOST CHILD) as series composer, Natsue Muramoto (Tsukumogami Kashimasu) as art director, Studio Road’s Makiko Kojima (King’s Raid: Successors of the Will) as color designer, and Kana Shibue (Sasaki and Miyano) as music composer. Telecom Animation Film is the animation production company.

Udaka is credited for original character designs, while Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki is credited with the original concept. Singer-songwriter Kashitarou Itou will sing the opening theme “UNDEAD-NOID” for the anime series, while Narudora will sing the ending song “Sympathy.” 

Crunchyroll and Adult Swim, who previously collaborated in producing Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Fena: Pirate Princess, describe the series as: 

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!

The first Shenmue game was first released on Dreamcast in 1999. The second game followed in 2001 with an Xbox port in 2002, while the third game was released in 2019 with simultaneous PS4 and Epic Games Store releases. Remasters of the first two games were released for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2018.

Source: @shenmue_anime