During SXSW 2026, Crunchyroll and Kadokawa released a new trailer for studio Qzil.la’s upcoming anime adaptation of FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice game, titled Sekiro: No Defeat. The Sekiro: No Defeat anime will premiere exclusively on Crunchyroll in 2026.
The staff and the cast of the anime is as follows:
Staff
- Director: Kenichi Kutsuna
- Screenwriter: Takuya Satou
- Character Designer: Takahiro Kishida
- Deputy Director: Shunsuke Fukui
- 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
- Composer: Shuta Hasunuma
- Produced by: ARCH
- Production Company: Qzil.la
Cast
- Wolf: Daisuke Namikawa
- Kuro / The Divine Heir: Miyuki Satou
- Genichiro Ashina: Kenjiro Tsuda
Crunchyroll describes the series as follows:
The time is Sengoku.
Japan is fractured into many independent nations entangled in ceaseless war. At the center lies Ashina, a land of sacred earth and ancient mystery. Two decades after Sword Saint Isshin Ashina reclaimed the region in a brutal coup, a new threat emerges from within: The Interior Ministry. Desperate to protect his homeland, Isshin’s grandson Genichiro turns to forbidden powers. The only hope lies in a kidnapped boy — the Divine Heir — and his silent protector: a loyal shinobi known only as Sekiro.
This is the story of a lord and his retainer — and their quest to restore balance to a nation on the edge.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. The game initially released in 2019 and received the Game of the Year award at The Game Awards 2019.
