In a venture bringing collectively a number of Sony companies, Crunchyroll introduced a brand new anime collection tailored from Sucker Punch Productions’ well-liked “Ghost of Tsushima” online game and its “Legends” cooperative multiplayer expertise.

The collection is slated to premiere solely on Crunchyroll in 2027. The announcement was made as a part of Sony’s 2025 CES press convention in Las Vegas.

The “Ghost of Tsushima” anime can be produced in collaboration with Aniplex, the Sony-owned studio behind anime collection resembling “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba,” “Solo Leveling” and “Sword Artwork On-line.” The variation can be helmed by director Takanobu Mizuno, with Gen Urobuchi (“Nitro Plus”) for story composition and animation by Kamikaze Douga. The crew will deliver the standard samurai aesthetics of “Ghost of Tsushima: Legends” to life “with cinematic storytelling and hanging visuals,” in response to Crunchyroll. Sony Music will function the strategic music and soundtrack companion for the collection. Further particulars, together with the inventive crew and solid, are but to be introduced.

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 sport has bought greater than 13 million copies globally throughout console and PC. Its “Legends” cooperative multiplayer expertise is impressed by Japanese folktales and mythology. Final fall, Sucker Punch introduced a sequel to “Ghost of Tsushima,” titled “Ghost of Yōtei,” which is slated to debut in 2025 and follows a brand new protagonist, Atsu, with a complete new storyline.

Rahul Purini, president of Crunchyroll, stated in a press release, “This venture is a testomony to the inventive synergy throughout the Sony household, uniting the experience of PlayStation Studios and PlayStation Productions; the inventive crew of Sucker Punch Productions and Aniplex; Sony Music’s iconic world artist roster; and Crunchyroll’s fan-first world advertising and marketing and distribution footprint. The ‘Ghost of Tsushima’ anime will supply followers an thrilling new approach to expertise the sport in an anime type that can be daring and groundbreaking.”

Asad Qizilbash, head of PlayStation Productions, commented: “Having already confirmed the immense high quality and flexibility of our gaming properties throughout a number of profitable movie and tv initiatives, we couldn’t be extra excited to announce our first ever anime adaptation. ‘Ghost of Tsushima’s wealthy, immersive world and its fantastical Legends mode primarily based on Japanese mythology present the proper canvas for this venture, and Aniplex is the proper companion to translate Sucker Punch Productions’ hit online game into a surprising new anime collection.”

PlayStation Productions was shaped in 2019 to adapt PlayStation franchises for TV and movie in collaboration with Sony Photos Leisure. Thus far, PlayStation Productions has been a part of the event of a number of initiatives, together with feature-length movies primarily based on “Uncharted” and “Gran Turismo” and TV collection primarily based on “Twisted Steel” and “The Final of Us.”

Additionally Monday, Crunchyroll introduced a brand new app for digital manga as a part of a brand new premium subscription possibility. The brand new app, Crunchyroll Manga, will launch later this yr as a standalone app on iOS and Android, debuting within the U.S. and Canada. Designed to enhance Crunchyroll memberships, the app can be supplied as a premium add-on, with net browser integration additionally deliberate for the longer term.

With Crunchyroll Manga, followers will be capable of learn new and traditional titles from a number of high publishers multi functional place, the corporate stated. Manga on Crunchyroll Manga will debut in English with the aim of accelerating language choices because the app expands equally to Crunchyroll’s streaming service.

“Crunchyroll Manga can be a premiere on-line manga app that carries catalogs from famend publishers, providing followers unparalleled entry to the visionary works that encourage the anime we love,” Purini stated. “As we strengthen partnerships on this thrilling new enterprise, we goal so as to add much more worth to the Crunchyroll membership, complementing our huge anime library, Crunchyroll Sport Vault, and in depth choice of merchandise within the Crunchyroll Retailer.”

Final summer season, Sony introduced that Crunchyroll topped 15 million month-to-month subscribers. Crunchyroll is a three way partnership between U.S.-based Sony Photos Leisure and Japan’s Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Leisure (Japan), each subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group.