FromSoftware’s samurai-action Soulslike Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is being adapted into a new anime series, Sekiro: No Defeat, with a release planned for this year. A new trailer for the Crunchyroll exclusive offers a longer, more emotional look at the series, which is being produced by Arch, Qzil.la, and Studio Betta.
Sekiro: No Defeat‘s second trailer, released at SXSW, offers a lot of vibes, both in terms of its lush, hand-drawn art style and in the death-rebirth conceit that was at the heart of the outstanding video game the series is based on. We get a greatest hits reel of boss fights that appear to be recreated in anime form: The Owl, Gyoubu Oniwa, Genichiro Ashina, the Corrupted Monk, and even the Folding Screen Monkeys, apparently. Sekiro: No Defeat looks like it won’t skimp on the blood and violence in its retelling of FromSoft’s most straightforward game story yet.
