The series will release a total of eight episodes.
Crunchyroll revealed in a new press release that the upcoming anime “Sekiro: No Defeat” based on the popular video game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, will air on the platform in January 2027.
Moreover, the anime will have eight total episodes, with new episodes coming out weekly. The anime will also feature additional content beyond what was seen in the theatrical release of the title in Japan.
Sekiro: No Defeat
Premiere window: January 2027
Animation studio: Qzil.la
Streaming platform: Crunchyroll
What do we know about the Sekiro: No Defeat anime so far?
The series will begin streaming on Crunchyroll in January 2027. It will have a total of eight episodes released on a weekly schedule. Crunchyroll will stream the anime worldwide (excluding Japan, China, Korea, Russia and Belarus).
The Sekiro: No Defeat movie is currently running in Japanese theatres for three weeks. But the anime series will have extended materials.
The cast of the anime includes:
- Daisuke Namikawa as Wolf
- Miyuki Satō as Kuro/The Divine Heir
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Genichiro Ashina
- Jin Urayama as Busshi
- Shizuka Ito as Ema
- Akimitsu Takase as Hanbe
- Takaya Hashi as Fukuro
- Tetsuo Kaneo as Isshin Ashina
Kenichi Kutsuna directs the anime at studio Qzil.la, with Shunsuke Fukui as the Deputy Director. Takuya Satou pens the scripts with Takahiro Kishida designing the characters. Shuta Hasunuma is composing the music for the series. Other staff members include:
- Chief Animation Director: Kaito Moki
- Action Animation Director: Takashi Mukoda
- Art Director: Yuji Kaneko
- Color Designer: Azusa Sasaki
- Cinematographer: Keisuke Nozawa
- Editor: Yoshinori Murakami
- Sound Director: Yasushi Nagura
- Produced By: ARCH
What is Sekiro: No Defeat about?
As per Crunchyroll, Sekiro: No Defeat is:
Based on Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, the anime brings the game’s tale of loyalty, blood and sacrifice to a fantastical reimagining of Sengoku-era Japan. The expanded series promises a deeper look at Wolf and Kuro’s journey, giving both longtime players and anime audiences more to discover.
Steam describes the Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice game as:
In Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice you are the 'one-armed wolf', a disgraced and disfigured warrior rescued from the brink of death. Bound to protect a young lord who is the descendant of an ancient bloodline, you become the target of many vicious enemies, including the dangerous Ashina clan. When the young lord is captured, nothing will stop you on a perilous quest to regain your honor, not even death itself.
Explore late 1500s Sengoku Japan, a brutal period of constant life and death conflict, as you come face to face with larger than life foes in a dark and twisted world. Unleash an arsenal of deadly prosthetic tools and powerful ninja abilities while you blend stealth, vertical traversal, and visceral head to head combat in a bloody confrontation.
Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.