Netflix Developing Onimusha Anime - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 25 September 2022 / 1,641 Views
Netflix has announced an anime based Capcom's hack-and-slash action-adventure video game series, Onimusha.
The show is created by Takashi Miike and Shinya Sugai from Sublimation. Musashi Miyamoto will be modeled after Toshiro Mifune.
"The beginning of the Edo period, Musashi is no longer a young man," reads the Netflix description on the anime. "He departs with the legendary Oni Gauntlet to defeat the Genma. 3D CGI characters and hand-drawn backgrounds create phenomenal visuals. Onimusha is given a new life using modern-day animation technology."
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
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We're starting to get some good game adaptations these days, particularly via anime. Hope this continues that trend. The stills look promising, but we'll have to see it in motion.
Onimusha made a comeback!? Hopefully also in games!
Geez after all these years (and regardless of the success of samurai games the past few years) Capcom is still being stupidly cautious about the samurai gaming market and decides to release an anime instead. I hope this anime is a warm up to an Onimusha game that is already currently in the works.
I'd laugh so hard if Capcom decides to release a new Onimusha game when the samurai gaming market fizzles cause they took too long; but then Capcom will blame it that fans didn't want a samurai game to begin with xD
"we wanted it, but a decade ago" =p
I'm surprised by this as I figured Capcom had completely given up on Onimusha after the remaster of the first game underperformed in sales. I hope this does well and Capcom gives the series another chance, at the very least an Onimusha 2 remaster would be nice.
I liked the game so may like the animation as well, shenmue was quite cool.
