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While the more important headline is in general that the Crunchyroll titles are being removed from Adult Swim and HBO Max, it would appear notably that Shenmue was supposed to get a second season, and well..
For context: Shenmue has gone through a series of rough development, cancellation of game(s), a mess of a Kickstarter with Deep Silver and Epic Games Store fiasco, backers not getting DLC, the anime re-casting Ryo for reasons not made clear (to the disappointment of the voice actor himself), and now a second season that reportedly was going to happen isn't anymore.
For the record, this seems less due to Warner Bros. Discovery and more due to the situation with Crunchyroll and Sony at the moment. Since Sony/FUNimation bought out Crunchyroll and absorbed FUNimation into Crunchyroll, Sony has not been offering or extending deals/partnerships with outside parties (for the most part) and the situation also goes beyond just that (with not paying their staff well, fighting against allowing unionized dubs of their shows, etc.). Adult Swim reportedly from comments DeMarco has made over the course of the years, has not been able to license any deals from them since this occurred.
That said, Shenmue just feels like an everlasting cursed IP.
For context: Shenmue has gone through a series of rough development, cancellation of game(s), a mess of a Kickstarter with Deep Silver and Epic Games Store fiasco, backers not getting DLC, the anime re-casting Ryo for reasons not made clear (to the disappointment of the voice actor himself), and now a second season that reportedly was going to happen isn't anymore.
For the record, this seems less due to Warner Bros. Discovery and more due to the situation with Crunchyroll and Sony at the moment. Since Sony/FUNimation bought out Crunchyroll and absorbed FUNimation into Crunchyroll, Sony has not been offering or extending deals/partnerships with outside parties (for the most part) and the situation also goes beyond just that (with not paying their staff well, fighting against allowing unionized dubs of their shows, etc.). Adult Swim reportedly from comments DeMarco has made over the course of the years, has not been able to license any deals from them since this occurred.
That said, Shenmue just feels like an everlasting cursed IP.