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The '''''Shenmue''''' series is a Japanese multimedia series consisting of video games, a film (created from the first game's cutscenes, but released theatrically in Japan and on DVD worldwide), music, and comics.  
'''''Shenmue''''' is a Japanese multimedia series by [[Yu Suzuki]] consisting of [[video game]]s, a film, a television series, music, and books comics.  


==Film==
==Character biography==
In addition, ''Shenmue: The Movie'' is a feature-length film that is comprised of cutscenes and gameplay footage of ''[[Shenmue (video game)|Shenmue]]''. It was released in theaters in Japan on January 19, 2001. Because ''Shenmue'' wasn't released on [[Xbox]], a DVD containing an English translation of ''Shenmue: The Movie'' was included with the Xbox version of ''[[Shenmue II]]''.
[[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.


==Comics==
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.
Short manga comic strips were also created expanding on the story of the games. These were included as unlockable extras in the Xbox version of Shenmue and in the ''Shenmue I+II'' compilation.
 
==Cancelled games==
There was also a discontinued massively multiplayer online (MMO) game titled ''[[Shenmue City]]'' and a cancelled, never released, MMO titled ''[[Shenmue Online]]''.
 
==Films in the Shenmue series==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Studio
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Shenmue (video game)|Shenmue: The Movie]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2001
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A film composed of scenes from the original ''[[Shenmue (video game)|Shenmue]]''.
|}
 
==Television shows in the Shenmue series==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Studio
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Shenmue the Animation]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Telecom Animation Film]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | DVD: April 25, 2023
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | An anime based on ''[[Shenmue (video game)|Shenmue]]'' and ''[[Shenmue II]]''.
|}


==Video games in the Shenmue series==
==Video games in the Shenmue series==
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | PS4: July 17, 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | PS4: July 17, 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in Bailu Village, Niowu, and at a Fortified Castle in China.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in Bailu Village, Niowu, and at a Fortified Castle in China.
|}
==Films in the Shenmue series==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Studio
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Shenmue (video game)|Shenmue: The Movie]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2001
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A film composed of scenes from the original ''[[Shenmue (video game)|Shenmue]]''.
|}
==Television shows in the Shenmue series==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Studio
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Shenmue the Animation]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Telecom Animation Film]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2022
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | DVD: April 25, 2023
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | An anime based on ''[[Shenmue (video game)|Shenmue]]'' and ''[[Shenmue II]]''.
|}
|}


Revision as of 17:03, 24 August 2023

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

Shenmue is a Japanese multimedia series by Yu Suzuki consisting of video games, a film, a television series, music, and books 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 Added to museum Notes
What's Shenmue? Sega AM2 Dreamcast 1999 November 10, 2018 A demo for the original Shenmue with a story involving the former Senior Managing Director of Sega, Hidekazu Yukawa.
Shenmue Sega AM2 Dreamcast
PS4
Xbox One
Windows 		1999
2018
2018
2018 		Win: August 21, 2018
DC NA: November 8, 2018 		Takes place in Yokosuka, Japan.
d3t's 2018 high definition remake, Shenmue I & II, is on Windows, PS4, and Xbox One.
Shenmue II Sega AM2 Dreamcast
Xbox
PS4
Xbox One
Windows 		2002
2003
2018
2018
2018 		Win: August 21, 2018
DC EU: November 8, 2018 		Takes Place in Hong Kong, Kowloon, and in Guilin in China.
d3t's 2018 high definition remake, Shenmue I & II, is on Windows, PS4, and Xbox One.
Shenmue City Ys Net Mobile 2010 Not yet Released only in Japan in 2010, discontinued in 2011.
Shenmue III Ys Net PlayStation 4, Windows 2019 PS4: July 17, 2015 Takes place in Bailu Village, Niowu, and at a Fortified Castle in China.

Films in the Shenmue series

Title Studio Release Added to museum Notes
Shenmue: The Movie Sega 2001 Not yet A film composed of scenes from the original Shenmue.

Television shows in the Shenmue series

Title Studio Release Added to museum Notes
Shenmue the Animation Telecom Animation Film 2022 DVD: April 25, 2023 An anime based on Shenmue and Shenmue II.
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