Shenmue

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Shenmue
Developer Yu Suzuki
Publisher Sega, Deep Silver
Platforms As noted below
Released 1999-present
Added to
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As noted below

Shenmue is a Japanese multimedia series by Yu Suzuki consisting of video games, a film, a television series, music, books, and comics.

Character biography

Ryo Hazuki was trained by his father, Iwao Hazuki, in the Hazuki-ryū jūjutsu style of martial arts. When Ryo was seventeen, a man named Lan Di who was the leader of a Chinese black market organization known as the Chi You Men came into the Hazuki Dojo seeking vengeance. He claimed Iwao killed his father, so Lan Di killed him out of revenge.

Ryo in turn sought vengeance for the death of his own father and searched Japan and China so that he could get revenge on Lan Di.

Video games in the Shenmue series

Title Developer System Release Notes
What's Shenmue? Sega AM2 Dreamcast 1999 A demo for the original Shenmue with a story involving the former Senior Managing Director of Sega, Hidekazu Yukawa.
Shenmue Sega AM2 Dreamcast 1999 Takes place in 1986, in Yokosuka, Japan.
Shenmue II Sega AM2 Dreamcast, Xbox 2001 Takes Place in 1987, in Hong Kong, Kowloon, and in Guilin in China.
Shenmue City Ys Net Mobile (BREW) 2010 Released only in Japan in 2010, discontinued in 2011.
Shenmue I&II Sega AM2 PS4, Xbox One, Windows 2018 Remaster of Shenmue and Shenmue II: Takes place in 1986 in Yokosuka, Japan, then in 1987 in Hong Kong, Kowloon, and in Guilin in China.
Shenmue III Ys Net PS4, Windows 2019 Takes place in 1987, in Bailu Village, Niowu, and at a Fortified Castle in China.

Films

Title Studio Release Notes
Shenmue: The Movie Sega 2001 A film composed of scenes from the original Shenmue.

Television series

Title Studio Release Notes
Shenmue the Animation Telecom Animation Film 2022 An anime based on Shenmue and Shenmue II.