Shenmue the Animation

Synopsis

Ryo arrives in Hong Kong, where he is instantly greeted with a lady riding a motorbike that nearly hits him and advises him as a foreigner to be wary of pickpockets. Walking across Hong Kong, Ryo is met by a boy name Wong who asks to be saved from three seemingly thugs. This turns out to be a diversion so that Ryo's bag could be stolen by the boy, and the group escapes with it. Ryo reports the bag snatching to the local police, with no avail. Ryo tries to find a place to stay, but none that he finds are vacant. Ryo begins asking around for information on the person that Master Chen suggested he find, Lishao Tao. During his search, he finds an old man practicing Tai Chi in the park and after deducing that Ryo is a martial artist, the two briefly spar. After getting directions from the man, Ryo manages to stumble across Man Mo Temple, where he hopes to find the whereabouts of Tao. Ryo approaches a woman praying, who claims she doesn't know Lishao Tao. Ryo approaches a monk working at the temple and shows him the letter of introduction. The monk refuses to allow him an audience with Tao as he is not ready and should come back another time. Returning to the park, the old man learns from Ryo that he's seeking Tao and decides to show him the Iron Palm move. He offers to give Ryo a hint on where Tao is if he manages to cover the ground with leaves after using the same move on the park tree. Ryo only manages to get a single leaf to fall on his first try. This makes Ryo resolved to continue trying. The same night, he's met by Joy who helps him against a couple of brutes. Ryo learns from Joy about Wong and his backstory of trying to survive in the streets as an orphan. Thanks to Joy, Ryo finds a hotel to stay in. The next day, Ryo convinces Joy to tell him the whereabouts of Wong. Ryo confronts Wong, who leads Ryo to the three thugs who stole from him. Ryo handily deals with the group and Wong returns the bag. Soon, Ryo manages to complete the task given to him by the old man who mentions that he has a knack for Wude and recites one of the four principles. Ryo visits the temple again and recites the first principle of Wude to the temple monk. Ryo tells the monk that he's looking for someone named Yuanda Zhu in hopes of uncovering why his father was killed. The woman from the temple is revealed to be Lishao Tao who claims that the path that Ryo walks will be a perilous one. Meanwhile, Wong and the gang report to an elusive man about Ryo, who takes interest in him.

(Source: Wikipedia)