Sekiro Anime Announced for 2026

The Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice game is getting a hand-drawn anime adaptation by Kadokawa, Qzil.la, and ARCH. Crunchyroll will be streaming the adaptation, titled Sekiro: No Defeat, in 2026.

The staff for Sekiro: No Defeat includes:

• Director: Kenichi Kutsuna
• Screenwriter: Takuya Satou
• Character Designer: Takahiro Kishida
• Deputy Director: Shunsuke Fukui
• Chief Animation Director: Kaito Moki
• Action Animation Director: Takashi Mukoda
• Art Director: Yuji Kaneko
• Color Designer: Azusa Sasaki
• Cinematographer: Keisuke Nozawa
• Editor: Yoshinori Murakami
• Sound Director: Yasushi Nagura
• Composer: Shuta Hasunuma
• Produced by: ARCH
• Production Company: Qzil.la

Sekiro: No Defeat cast will feature:

• Daisuke Namikawa as Wolf
• Miyuki Satou as Kuro / The Divine Heir
• Kenjiro Tsuda as Genichiro Ashina

The anime will adapt FromSoftware's game which has sold 10 million copies worldwide. The official synopsis is as follows:

In Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice you are the 'one-armed wolf', a disgraced and disfigured warrior rescued from the brink of death. Bound to protect a young lord who is the descendant of an ancient bloodline, you become the target of many vicious enemies, including the dangerous Ashina clan. When the young lord is captured, nothing will stop you on a perilous quest to regain your honor, not even death itself.

Source: Press Release
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