Shenmue

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.