Ghost of Tsushima, the critically acclaimed PlayStation title that sees gamers tackle the position of a samurai defending his homeland, is getting an anime adaptation. Introduced at 2025’s Shopper Electronics Present, the upcoming collection seeks to “supply followers an thrilling new approach to expertise the sport” alongside “daring and groundbreaking animation.” As such, Sony Music and PlayStation Studios are collaborating with anime distributor Crunchyroll and Demon Slayer studio Aniplex to convey the present to life.
In line with the collection’ press launch, the upcoming present won’t concentrate on Ghost of Tsushima most important character Jin Sakai. As an alternative, it can adapt the sport’s Legends mode, a later addition to Ghost of Tsushima that launched four-person co-op. In Legends mode, 4 characters–a samurai, a ronin, an murderer, and a hunter–band collectively to struggle off creatures born from Japanese myths and legends, making for an expertise that leans farther into the surreal and supernatural than the bottom recreation.
As of proper now, many particulars concerning the upcoming series–such as its official name–are being saved underneath wraps. Nevertheless, the studios did supply a tentative launch window of 2027 and an announcement that the present might be a Crunchyroll unique.
The Ghost of Tsushima animated collection is one more one in every of PlayStation Studio’s many online game diversifications which can be presently within the works. Funnily sufficient, one of the vital notable of those is John Wick creator Chad Stahelski’s Ghost of Tsushima film, which is presumably nonetheless within the works. Nevertheless, and as head of PlayStation Productions Asad Qizilbash famous, this collection marks the studio’s first anime adaptation.
“Having already confirmed the immense high quality and flexibility of our gaming properties throughout a number of profitable movie and tv tasks, we couldn’t be extra excited to announce our first ever anime adaptation,” Qizilbash acknowledged. “Ghost of Tsushima’s wealthy, immersive world and its fantastical Legends mode based mostly on Japanese mythology present the proper canvas for this undertaking, and Aniplex is the proper associate to translate Sucker Punch Productions’ hit online game into a surprising new anime collection.”