It has been announced that "SEKIRO: NO DEFEAT," an animated film based on the action-adventure game "SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE" (FromSoftware), which depicts the battles of ninjas in the late Sengoku period, will be screened for a limited three-week run starting September 4th. The main visual, accompanied by the tagline "Together. To live, and to die," has also been released.
"SEKIRO: NO DEFEAT" is a fully hand-drawn 2D animation directed by Kenichi Kutsuna and produced by Qzil.la. Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Blu" will be the theme song.
◇Staff (titles omitted)
Director: Kenichi Kutsuna▽Screenplay: Takuya Sato▽Character Design: Takahiro Kishida▽Assistant Director: Shunsuke Fukui▽Chief Animation Director: Kaito Mogi▽Action Animation Director: Takashi Mukouda▽Art Director: Yuji Kaneko▽Color Design: Azusa Sasaki▽Director of Photography: Keisuke Nozawa▽Editing: Yoshinori Murakami▽Sound Director: Yasushi Nagura▽Music: Shuta Hasunuma▽Produced by: ARCH▽Animation Production: Qzil.la
◇Cast (titles omitted)
Wolf: Daisuke Namikawa; Kuro: Miyuki Sato; Ashina Genichiro: Kenjiro Tsuda; Sculptor: Jin Urayama; Emma: Shizuka Ito; Hanbei: Migaki Takase; Owl: Takaya Hashi; Ashina Isshin: Tetsuo Kanae
