In an announcement I personally by no means might have predicted, the 2001 PlayStation 2 Capcom online game Onimusha: Warlords (and subsequent sequels) is getting an anime adaption for Netflix. The reveal is shocking for quite a few causes. The franchise isn’t one that’s significantly well-known or at present well-liked. Additionally, the anime appears to have little to do with the unique recreation. Protagonist Samanosuke Akechi doesn’t make an look within the trailer. However, like Samanosuke, who was modeled after Japanese actor Kaneshiro Takeshi,<em> </em>the anime’s protagonist, Miyamoto Musashi, is modeled after the late Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune. Coincidentally, Onimusha 2’s protagonist, Jubei Yagyu, was modeled after Japanese actor Yūsaku Matsuda, who had additionally handed away properly earlier than the sport launched. It is an odd throughline for the sequence however is a key component.
The opposite shock for the difference is it’s being co-directed by Takashi Miike. Miike is understood for movies like Ichi The Killer and Audition, however he additionally has one other large Capcom franchise underneath his directorial belt with Ace Lawyer, a movie adaption of the Phoenix Wright video games.
I performed Onimusha for the primary time in earnest when it launched on Change and loved revisiting it and eventually beating it. You will discover extra of my ideas on that matter right here.
The anime premieres November 2 on Netflix.
Supply: Recreation Informer
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