The Sekiro anime looks gorgeous, gory in new trailer from Crunchyroll

FromSoftware’s samurai-action Soulslike Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is being tailored into a brand new anime collection, Sekiro: No Defeat, with a launch deliberate for this yr. A brand new trailer for the Crunchyroll unique affords an extended, extra emotional take a look at the collection, which is being produced by Arch, Qzil.la, and Studio Betta.

Sekiro: No Defeat‘s second trailer, launched at SXSW, affords loads of vibes, each by way of its lush, hand-drawn artwork type and within the death-rebirth conceit that was on the coronary heart of the outstanding video game the series is based on. We get a best hits reel of boss fights that seem like recreated in anime kind: The Owl, Gyoubu Oniwa, Genichiro Ashina, the Corrupted Monk, and even the Folding Display Monkeys, apparently. Sekiro: No Defeat appears prefer it will not skimp on the blood and violence in its retelling of FromSoft’s most easy recreation story but.

This is the official description for Sekiro: No Defeat, courtesy of Crunchyroll:

Japan is fractured into many impartial nations entangled in ceaseless conflict. On the heart lies Ashina, a land of sacred earth and historical thriller. 20 years after Sword Saint Isshin Ashina reclaimed the area in a brutal coup, a brand new menace emerges from inside: The Inside Ministry. Determined to guard his homeland, Isshin’s grandson Genichiro turns to forbidden powers. The one hope lies in a kidnapped boy — the Divine Inheritor — and his silent protector: a loyal shinobi identified solely as Sekiro.

That is the story of a lord and his retainer — and their quest to revive steadiness to a nation on the sting.

Kenichi Kutsuna, director of Sekiro: No Defeat, has stated of his new anime, “By embracing the hand-drawn essence of 2D animation, we will obtain a transcendent magnificence in motion that goes past cool to one thing deeply poignant.”

Sekiro: No Defeat is slated to stream on Crunchyroll someday in 2026. In a put up on Instagram, Crunchyroll says it is “coming quickly.”