Netflix has a gold vein with video game animeand he doesn’t look like he’s going to drop it anytime soon.
They have just given us two fantastic adaptations with ‘Tekken: Bloodline’ and ‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’, and so that the thing does not stop and continue to fatten their catalog they have confirmed that soon ‘onimusha’ it will also have its own anime series.
Straight to Feudal Japan
This weekend has left us with a lot of news in the world of anime, and Netflix has come with a few under its arm. Although fans of ‘onimusha’ They have been dry for several years, they will be able to relive the magic of games from the streaming platform with a new animated series.
It’s your first look at ONIMUSHA, an anime based on CAPCOM’s legendary game. Created by Takashi Miike and Shinya Sugai from Sublimation, with Musashi Miyamoto modeled after Toshiro Mifune #TUDUM#TUDUMjapan#ONIMUSHA#鬼武者 pic.twitter.com/oeX6FO2hWS
—Netflix Anime (@NetflixAnime) September 25, 2022
For now, only a few first images of the anime have been shown, which will feature CGI animation and will be produced from sublimationthe studio behind ‘Dragon’s Dogma’ and ‘Words That Bubble Like Soda’.
Shinya Sugai will direct the ‘Onimusha’ anime, and Takashi Miike will be the project manager. As a model for Musashi Miyamoto, the legendary Japanese actor has been used Toshiro Mifunewhich can already be seen in the first images.
“At the beginning of the Edo period, Musashi is no longer a young man. He leaves with the legendary Oni Gauntlet to defeat Genma.” Describes the synopsis of the series. “The 3D CGI characters and hand-drawn backgrounds create phenomenal visuals. Onimusha is given a new life using modern animation technology.”