In a enterprise bringing collectively quite a few Sony firms, Crunchyroll launched a model new anime assortment tailor-made from Sucker Punch Productions’ well-liked “Ghost of Tsushima” on-line sport and its “Legends” cooperative multiplayer experience.
The gathering is slated to premiere solely on Crunchyroll in 2027. The announcement was made as part of Sony’s 2025 CES press conference in Las Vegas.
The “Ghost of Tsushima” anime may be produced in collaboration with Aniplex, the Sony-owned studio behind anime assortment resembling “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba,” “Solo Leveling” and “Sword Paintings On-line.” The variation may be helmed by director Takanobu Mizuno, with Gen Urobuchi (“Nitro Plus”) for story composition and animation by Kamikaze Douga. The crew will ship the usual samurai aesthetics of “Ghost of Tsushima: Legends” to life “with cinematic storytelling and hanging visuals,” in response to Crunchyroll. Sony Music will perform the strategic music and soundtrack companion for the gathering. Additional particulars, along with the creative crew and stable, are however to be launched.
The “Ghost of Tsushima” recreation, developed by Sony Interactive Leisure-owned Sucker Punch Productions, is an open-world action-adventure title set in feudal Japan. Since its debut in 2020, the game has purchased better than 13 million copies globally all through console and PC. Its “Legends” cooperative multiplayer experience is impressed by Japanese folktales and mythology. Last fall, Sucker Punch launched a sequel to “Ghost of Tsushima,” titled “Ghost of Yōtei,” which is slated to debut in 2025 and follows a model new protagonist, Atsu, with an entire new storyline.
Rahul Purini, president of Crunchyroll, said in a press launch, “This enterprise is a testament to the creative synergy all through the Sony family, uniting the expertise of PlayStation Studios and PlayStation Productions; the creative crew of Sucker Punch Productions and Aniplex; Sony Music’s iconic world artist roster; and Crunchyroll’s fan-first world promoting and advertising and distribution footprint. The ‘Ghost of Tsushima’ anime will provide followers an thrilling new strategy to experience the game in an anime kind that may be daring and groundbreaking.”
Asad Qizilbash, head of PlayStation Productions, commented: “Having already confirmed the immense top quality and suppleness of our gaming properties all through quite a few worthwhile film and television initiatives, we couldn’t be additional excited to announce our first ever anime adaptation. ‘Ghost of Tsushima’s rich, immersive world and its fantastical Legends mode based on Japanese mythology current the correct canvas for this enterprise, and Aniplex is the correct companion to translate Sucker Punch Productions’ hit on-line sport right into a shocking new anime assortment.”
PlayStation Productions was formed in 2019 to adapt PlayStation franchises for TV and film in collaboration with Sony Photographs Leisure. Up to now, PlayStation Productions has been part of the occasion of quite a few initiatives, along with feature-length motion pictures based on “Uncharted” and “Gran Turismo” and TV assortment based on “Twisted Metal” and “The Last of Us.”
Moreover Monday, Crunchyroll launched a model new app for digital manga as part of a model new premium subscription chance. The model new app, Crunchyroll Manga, will launch later this yr as a standalone app on iOS and Android, debuting throughout the U.S. and Canada. Designed to reinforce Crunchyroll memberships, the app may be provided as a premium add-on, with internet browser integration moreover deliberate for the long term.
With Crunchyroll Manga, followers can be able to study new and conventional titles from quite a few excessive publishers multi useful place, the company said. Manga on Crunchyroll Manga will debut in English with the purpose of accelerating language decisions as a result of the app expands equally to Crunchyroll’s streaming service.
“Crunchyroll Manga generally is a premiere on-line manga app that carries catalogs from renowned publishers, offering followers unparalleled entry to the visionary works that encourage the anime we love,” Purini said. “As we strengthen partnerships on this thrilling new enterprise, we aim in order so as to add way more value to the Crunchyroll membership, complementing our big anime library, Crunchyroll Sport Vault, and in depth alternative of merchandise throughout the Crunchyroll Retailer.”
Last summer season season, Sony launched that Crunchyroll topped 15 million month-to-month subscribers. Crunchyroll is a 3 method partnership between U.S.-based Sony Photographs Leisure and Japan’s Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Leisure (Japan), every subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group.
