"The world of Shenmue is fascinating and unique, and we are so excited to partner with Yu Suzuki to bring his epic creation to anime- and make a kick-ass martial arts epic!" said Jason DeMarco, SVP/Creative Director On-Air for Adult Swim in a statement.
Shenmue is coming to Crunchyroll and Adult Swim as an anime series[...]
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This is in addition to the original 2015 Kickstarter campaign's $6,333,295 USD which made the game the most funded project on the crowdfunding platform at that point.
Despite the success, series creator Yu Suzuki was not content with the raised funds and looked for other ways to fund the project His reasoning for needing additional backing was to make[...]
According to an interview with Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki, the current incarnation of Shenmue III will have an ending that leads to the possibility of another sequel That is, if things go well with this one and Sega orders another Below is a snippet from an interview Suzuki had with French gaming website GamersFlag, in which[...]
I've always held that the $6 million it garnered through crowd funding probably isn't enough to make a game with the vision I'm sure people want though, and that a lot of extra money will likely have to be found to do so.
It seems that creator Yu Suzuki is feeling that pinch at the moment[...]
Shenmue 3 was always going to to go very well. It's a beloved franchise that fans have been begging would return for years. Oh, and a prime spot at Sony's