HAYATE, LINE Digital Frontier, Crunchyroll Partner to Adapt WEBTOONs into Anime

HAYATE, LINE Digital Frontier, and Crunchyroll announced a partnership to adapt popular WEBTOONs into anime, revealed at New York Comic Con. The partnership aims to adapt up to 15 titles.

Three specific projects were announced at the event. Requesting Permission to Remarry (再婚承認を要求します) revealed character art, a teaser PV, and main staff and cast. Teenage Mercenary (入学傭兵) debuted a new teaser visual and PV. The Boxer (ザ・ボクサー) was also announced as an anime adaptation with a teaser PV.

HAYATE, a joint venture between Aniplex and Crunchyroll founded in 2025, will lead development and production. The source material originates from LINE Manga, a platform operated by LINE Digital Frontier, which is part of WEBTOON Entertainment.

"We feel great potential in animating globally supported digital-native stories with world-class quality," said HAYATE CEO Ryo Watanabe. He stated the company will work to faithfully capture the original works while utilizing the creative power of animation.

"Japanese anime is now a culture loved and influential worldwide," said LINE Digital Frontier President Kei Mori. "Through this collaboration, we are very pleased to deliver our WEBTOON works in the new form of animation to fans around the world."

The teaser PVs for the three announced projects are available on YouTube.

Source: PR Times via LINE Digital Frontier株式会社