Resident Evil 4 Remake’s anime spin-off gets a second episode

A promotional masterpiece.

As we all prepare for the release of Resident Evil 4 Remake on Friday, Capcom is gearing us up with an array of short, minute-long anime episodes promoting the game. Today, we were privy to a second episode!

The first episode of the show — coined ‘Leon and the Mysterious Village’ — debuted just a few days ago . The episode showed off a very confused Leon’s descent into the village, and later, his ascent into the stars with a bunch of Colmillos as he dies. It was bizarre, but honestly, very wholesome.

Today, Capcom launched a second episode of the show on YouTube , animated by the popular studio, Nippon Animation. Running at just 54 seconds, this episode is titled ‘A promise between the two’, and it summed up my thoughts of the game perfectly.

As Leon and Ashley promise to stick by one another, we witness Ashley being carted off by various enemies while screaming ‘Help!’ Each time, Leon rescues her, slowly finding himself battered and bandaged up.

Sure enough, it’s El Gigante that takes the final blow, and Leon once again ascends upon the stars with a bunch of adorable Colmillos while the screen reads ‘YOU ARE DEAD’.

It’s great to see brief animated episodes that capture how the community feels about the game; episode one captures Leon’s himbo persona perfectly, while this episode captures fan’s fatigue with Ashley repeatedly being kidnapped. They’re wonderful, whimsical takes on RE4’s story, and I sincerely hope we get to see one or two more of these episodes before or during the games launch!

What do you think of Leon and the Mysterious Village? I want to echo this comment on the YouTube video, from Ramounskee, “Whoever made this felt the pain of protecting Ashley on a spiritual level.” Damn right, they did.

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As Resident Evil remakes continue to print money, Capcom confirms plans for more of them

But no conirmation as to which games it plans to remake.

To the surprise of presumably no one, Capcom has in fact confirmed that it’s planning another Resident Evil remake - but it hasn’t said which game’s getting one.

It’s no secret that Capcom’s Resident Evil remakes have been doing exceptionally well - Resident Evil 4 Remake sold three million copies within its first two days . So hearing that Capcom is working on more was pretty much a given. Resident Evil 4 Remake director Yasuhiro Anpo was the one to confirm more remakes are on the way, quite simply replying “Yes,” when asked by IGN if the developer had plans for more. “We’ve released three remakes so far and they have all been received very well. Since it allows a modern audience to play these games, it is something I am happy to do as someone that loves these older games, and we want to continue doing more.

“What game we will remake in the future is something that we would like to announce in the future, so please look forward to it.” There hasn’t been any kind of hints so far as to which games Capcom might remake, though it has been trying to figure out which games you want to see remade . Code Veronica seemingly isn’t off the table , but of course there are games like the original Resident Evil or Resident Evil 0. Plus, there’s the more actiony Resident Evil 5, which is the next one numerically, though that one obviously marked quite a shift for the survival horror series.

Capcom does have an “unannounced major title” due out before March 2024 , though I personally wouldn’t bet on a new Resident Evil game. Dragon’s Dogma 2 is out March 22 , but that one was already announced, so it can’t be that. Perhaps there’s a new Monster Hunter on the horizon? We could always hope for a new Lost Planet or Darkstalkers too.

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