Shenmue The Animation - What We Know So Far

"Shenmue the Animation" will adapt the story from the original video game series and follows Ryo Hazuki on his quest to avenge his father's death. Ryo will encounter new friends and enemies as he travels all over Asia — from his hometown in Japan to mainland China. Just like in the video games, Ryo will have to talk to townspeople and battle street thugs in order to gain clues to his father's murder.

According to IGN, the series creator, Yu Suzuki, previously stated that "Shenmue 3" only takes the series to about 40% of the story's completion, so the anime is set to expand on the games. On Thursday's panel, Sola Entertainment producer Joseph Chou commented on the anime's expansion on the game. "Even the stories that weren't shown in the game before, [Suzuki] actually had hundreds of thousands of pages of backstories written, so we were able to reveal that in the anime itself," he said (via Polygon).

With this anime adaptation, fans won't have to wait for another video game sequel in order to see more of Ryo and his journey. But, unfortunately, they will have to patiently wait until the anime's 2022 release.