The chief director of the ONIMUSHA anime, based on CAPCOM's famous Sengoku period game, is the well-known filmmaker Takashi Miike. The series is being created by the Sublimation animation studio, with Shinya Sugai as the director. The character of Miyamoto Musashi will be inspired by the late actor Toshiro Mifune and will be depicted as an older warrior who sets out on a quest to defeat the Genma using the renowned Oni Gauntlet during the early Edo era.