Glo b a l Webtoon 'Th e Boxe r' Ge t s TV Ani me Ad a pta t ion

Par Sam 9 October 2026 Traduit de l'anglais

T he popu lar webtoon Th e Boxe r is bei ng ad a pt e d i nto a TV a nime. The announc eme nt was m a d e a t New Yo rk Comi c Con 2026 duri ng the C r un c hyrol l Sho w c a se.

Anime character from The Boxer with red glowing eyes

The seri es, ori g ina lly c r e a t e d by JH, was seri a liz e d on NAVER WEBTOON i n Kor e a from 2019 and on LINE Manga i n Ja pa n from 2020 to 2022. It has be e n view e d over 1.06 bi llion ti mes w orldwi d e as of S e pt e mb e r 2026.

Ani ma t ion will be a co-pro d u c t ion betwe e n the n e w Ja pa n e se stu dio br e cc i a and the Kor e a n stu dio STUDIO JEMI. The seri es will be co-d i r e c t e d by Yudai Kubota (My Happy Ma r r i a g e) and KANG Wonyeong (Ca r d fight. Vangua r d overD r e ss).

Anime character with white hair throwing a punch

The m a i n voi c e c a st fe a tur es Koki Uchiyama as the pro t a gon i st Yu, Kensho Ono as Ryu, Tomokazu Seki as the le g e nd a r y tr a i n e r K, and Toshiyuki Toyonaga as the r e t ir e d boxe r J. Cha r a c t e r d e si g n is by Masahiro Suwa (The Risi ng of the Shi e ld He r o).

The s t ory follow s Yu, a boy d i s c ov e r e d by the tr a i n e r K fighti ng in an a l l e y. Po s s e ssi ng a m on st r ou s, tr a n s c e nd e nt t a l e nt for boxi ng, Yu is gui d e d to the r i ng w h e re his ov e rwh e l mi ng power c ha ll e n g e s the liv e s and d r e ams of e v e r y c ha mpion h e fa c e s.