I think I get it guys ! Pieces came together.
Shenmue 4 will be announced... On April 29th, and NOT after episode 13.
Just think about it.
101 Industries's main event is TGS Tokyo, since they are specialized in producing japanese videogames. They announced all their projects in Tokyo up to now.
And :
- Their CEO is in Tokyo
- Esra Krabbe is in Tokyo and recently pinned his forecoming announcement of a secret project in 2022 he worked on for 2 years (so from the time Cedric said Yu was seeking for a production team, then everyone went silent after that). Esra's tweet comes with a shenmuesque drawing from a Shenmue fan & artist.
- 110 said they would announce a new project in the next few weeks, teasing the apple & banana.
Finally, as we knew but didn't link to Shenmue IV since it was animation related :
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Yokosuka city announced a Livestream event with Masaya Matsukaze, Yu Suzuki, Yu Kiyozono, Esra Krabbe (29 April, 2022 at 6pm JST).
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Organizer could have been Sega, or Ysnet, or the Animation company, but no, once again comes this mysterious "Shenmue Project", which I am sure will be announced that night.
Yu Suzuki + Esra Krabbe's teasing + Sergei's teasing = your announcement date !