Sekiro Anime Producers Apologize for Movie Actually Being Edited TV Series
The producers behind SEKIRO: NO DEFEAT have issued an unusual apology after revealing that the anime currently playing in Japanese theaters was actually an edited version of an eight-episode TV series – something audiences weren’t told before buying tickets.
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