Ghost of Tsushima developer Sucker Punch Studios is in collaboration with Aniplex, the production company that produced popular animes such as Demon Slayer and Rurouni Kenshin to create an anime based on the game Ghost of Tsushima: Legends.
Announced on their X page, @SuckerPunchProd shared that the new anime will be available on the anime streaming site Crunchyroll this coming 2027.
Based on Japanese mythology, Ghost of Tsushima: Legends has four different protagonists who will have to face the evil Oni during the Mongol invasion of Tsushima. The anime will likely base its story on the Legends, and will not be directly tied to Jin Sakai's story from the original game.
Ghost of Tsushima: Legends has nine story chapters, which may also affect how long the anime will be.
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Fans are looking forward to seeing the Ghost of Tsushima anime soon, but many of them feel that 2027 seems to be a long wait.
Ghost of Tsushima and Sucker Punch Productions seems to be following in the footsteps of many game titles that had different TV and movie adaptations that recently started booming over the past few years. Some examples are Netflix's Onimusha, HBO's The Last of Us, and Amazon Prime's Fallout.
While the shows of The Last of Us and Fallout are live adaptations, Netflix's Onimusha was released as an anime. It tried to stick to its source material but changed different aspects of the game for the show which resulted in disappointment for many Onimusha fans. This is something that Sucker Punch Productions should try to avoid if they want to target new and existing fans of the game.
Ghost of Tsushima received generally positive reviews when it launched but had problems when the game was ported over to PC. Many players from non-PSN-supported regions weren't able to buy the game up until today. Hopefully, the anime will bring a new experience to those who were never able to try the game.
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