Cast

Yu: Kouki Uchiyama (Blue Lock)

J: Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Bungou Stray Dogs)

K: Tomokazu Seki (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Ryu Baeksan: Kensho Ono (Vinland Saga)

Staff

Director: Takehiro Kubota (Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon), Won-yeong Kang (Cardfight!! Vanguard: overDress main animation)

Character Design: Masahiro Suwa (Made in Abyss)

Series Composition/Script: Toshiya Oono (Yakusoku no Neverland)

Creative Producer: Blue Rights

Producer: Hayate

Co-Producer: Naver Webtoons, Crunchyroll, Xtorm

Studio: breccia, Studio Jemi

Jeong serialized the sports drama webtoon on the Naver Webtoon platform from December 2019 to May 2022. Daewon C.I. published the 13th and final volume in September 2025.

Line Webtoon published the series digitally in English from May 2020. Yen Press licenced the series in July 2022 and published the 13th volume on May 19.

Synopsis

Having suffered ruthless bullying for the better part of his life, 17-year-old Yu has become emotionally numb and dissociated from reality, no longer able to act like a normal human being. Although he possesses the exceptional talent to dodge punches, Yu prefers to let his perpetrators beat him down as he finds no meaning in his survival.

Things begin to look up when Yu meets an old boxing trainer nicknamed “K.” Having raised five champions, K’s years of experience and an impressive gut feeling allow him to recognize Yu’s near-superhuman fighting charisma immediately. K rushes to take Yu under his wing, despite the latter’s apparent lack of interest.

However, after being reminded of a bright memory from the past, Yu has a change of heart and accepts K’s offer, hoping to experience the same light once again. Thus, Yu enters a world full of formidable adversaries—righteous and monstrous alike—and for the first time ever, he has no choice but to fight back. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Special Promotional Trailer

Source: Comic Natalie

The Boxer on MAL

Crunchyroll revealed during its panel at New York Comic Con 2026 on Thursday the cast members, additional staff, and 2028 delay for the Ghost of Tsushima: Legends (Ghost of Tsushima: Kuroudo Kitan) anime series. The anime will star Mayumi Sako and Shinya Fukumatsu.

Additional staff members include music composer Keiji Inai (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, This Monster Wants to Eat Me, The Beginning After The End), sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, KONOSUBA – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!!), and sound effects artist Yasumasa Koyama (Ajin, Brave Bang Bravern!, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works). Calligrapher Gyousyou Suzuki, who also worked in the lettering and calligraphy supervision of the Barakamon anime, also worked on the calligraphy of the anime’s title “Kuroudo Kitan.“

The anime was first announced to debut exclusively on Crunchyroll in 2027.

Takanobu Mizuno (Star Wars: Visions “The Duel” short) is directing the anime at Kamikaze Douga (Star Wars: Visions “The Duel” short, Batman Ninja, Sand Land, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure opening sequences). Satoshi Maejima and Gen Urobuchi are writing the script (Urobuchi was previously also announced for story composition), and Takashi Okazaki is the character designer. HAYATE Inc. is overseeing production. Aniplex is collaborating on the anime, and Sony Music is the “music and soundtrack partner.”

Sucker Punch Productions and SIE released Ghost of Tsushima on PlayStation 4 in July 2020, on PlayStation 5 in August 2021, and on PC in May 2024. The game is a fictionalization of the historical 1274 Mongol invasion of the island of Tsushima, and follows samurai Jin Sakai, the sole survivor of his clan, as he fights a guerilla war against the invading Mongols. The game has a sequel titled Ghost of Yōtei that launched in October 2025, with the story set more than 300 years later in 1603 in Hokkaido.

Ghost of Tsushima: Legends is a multiplayer addition to the original game that debuted in October 2020, and became available separate from the original game in September 2021. Unlike the historical setting of the original game, the multiplayer game focuses on Japanese folklore and mythology.

Source: Press release