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FromSoft's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is becoming an anime

Adaptations of video games continue to be big business, with FromSoft the latest to parlay a title into an anime TV series.

During Opening Night Live at Gamescom 2025, we learned that the punishing Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice by FromSoftware will be turning into an anime show. The vibe in the No Defeat trailer does feel distinct from its source material, with a hand-drawn aesthetic that's a little more vibrant than the muted and immersive world of Shadows Die Twice. But the violence is unchanged, with a couple pretty grisly attacks that point to the anime maintaining the "kill ingeniously" tagline from the game.

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