09-07-2020, 03:09 PM
Shenmue Is Getting Turned Into Anime Series, Inclusion Of Forklifts Unclear
<p>Hand-to-hand combat and plenty of forklift action are coming to Crunchyroll. The cult-favorite Shenmue game series is getting turned into an anime series with original creator Yu Suzuki serving as executive producer.</p><p><a href="https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/09/04-1/shenmue-anime-announced-as-crunchyroll-and-adult-swim-production">Announced</a> during the Virtual Crunchyroll Expo on September 5, the Shenmue anime series is a collaboration with Adult Swim and will be directed by One-Punch Man's Chikara Sakurai. The 13-episode series doesn't have a release date yet, but Shenmue fans are used to waiting a long time.</p><p>After the original two games released on Dreamcast, it took another 18 years to get <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/shenmue-iii/">Shenmue 3</a>. That likely only happened because of a Kickstarter campaign that still stands as the biggest ever for a video game, attracting more than $6 million in donations. The game took nearly two years longer to develop than was initially planned and <a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/shenmue-3-performed-fine-but-isnt-a-mass-market-game-says-publisher/">didn’t perform particularly well</a> outside of its Kickstarter campaign sales.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/shenmue-is-getting-turned-into-anime-series-inclus/1100-6481851/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/shenmu...01-10abi2f
<p>Hand-to-hand combat and plenty of forklift action are coming to Crunchyroll. The cult-favorite Shenmue game series is getting turned into an anime series with original creator Yu Suzuki serving as executive producer.</p><p><a href="https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/09/04-1/shenmue-anime-announced-as-crunchyroll-and-adult-swim-production">Announced</a> during the Virtual Crunchyroll Expo on September 5, the Shenmue anime series is a collaboration with Adult Swim and will be directed by One-Punch Man's Chikara Sakurai. The 13-episode series doesn't have a release date yet, but Shenmue fans are used to waiting a long time.</p><p>After the original two games released on Dreamcast, it took another 18 years to get <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/shenmue-iii/">Shenmue 3</a>. That likely only happened because of a Kickstarter campaign that still stands as the biggest ever for a video game, attracting more than $6 million in donations. The game took nearly two years longer to develop than was initially planned and <a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/shenmue-3-performed-fine-but-isnt-a-mass-market-game-says-publisher/">didn’t perform particularly well</a> outside of its Kickstarter campaign sales.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/shenmue-is-getting-turned-into-anime-series-inclus/1100-6481851/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/shenmu...01-10abi2f