Ghost of Tsushima: Legends Anime Announces 2 Cast, Additional Staff Members, 2028 Delay – News

Crunchyroll revealed during its panel at New York Comic Con 2026 on Thursday the cast members, additional staff, and 2028 delay for the Ghost of Tsushima: Legends (Ghost of Tsushima: Kuroudo Kitan) anime series. The anime will star Mayumi Sako and Shinya Fukumatsu.

Additional staff members include music composer Keiji Inai (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, This Monster Wants to Eat Me, The Beginning After The End), sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, KONOSUBA – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!!), and sound effects artist Yasumasa Koyama (Ajin, Brave Bang Bravern!, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works). Calligrapher Gyousyou Suzuki, who also worked in the lettering and calligraphy supervision of the Barakamon anime, also worked on the calligraphy of the anime’s title “Kuroudo Kitan.“

The anime was first announced to debut exclusively on Crunchyroll in 2027.

Takanobu Mizuno (Star Wars: Visions “The Duel” short) is directing the anime at Kamikaze Douga (Star Wars: Visions “The Duel” short, Batman Ninja, Sand Land, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure opening sequences). Satoshi Maejima and Gen Urobuchi are writing the script (Urobuchi was previously also announced for story composition), and Takashi Okazaki is the character designer. HAYATE Inc. is overseeing production. Aniplex is collaborating on the anime, and Sony Music is the “music and soundtrack partner.”

Sucker Punch Productions and SIE released Ghost of Tsushima on PlayStation 4 in July 2020, on PlayStation 5 in August 2021, and on PC in May 2024. The game is a fictionalization of the historical 1274 Mongol invasion of the island of Tsushima, and follows samurai Jin Sakai, the sole survivor of his clan, as he fights a guerilla war against the invading Mongols. The game has a sequel titled Ghost of Yōtei that launched in October 2025, with the story set more than 300 years later in 1603 in Hokkaido.

Ghost of Tsushima: Legends is a multiplayer addition to the original game that debuted in October 2020, and became available separate from the original game in September 2021. Unlike the historical setting of the original game, the multiplayer game focuses on Japanese folklore and mythology.

Source: Press release