The Crunchyroll Showcase at New York Comic Con 2026 announced a television anime adaptation of Ji-Hoon Jeong‘s The Boxer webtoon on Thursday, revealing the main cast, staff, and a special promotional trailer.

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

The Crunchyroll Showcase at New York Comic-con 2026 announced a television anime adaptation of Alphatart and Sumpul‘s The Remarried Princess webtoon on Thursday and revealed the main cast, staff, a fourth character visual (pictured), and special promotional video. The anime series will premiere in 2027.

Cast

Navier: Youko Hikasa (High School DxD)

Heinrey: Ryouhei Kimura (Grand Blue)

Sovieshu: Tomoaki Maeno (Akatsuki no Yona)

Rashta: Reina Ueda (Chainsaw Man)

Staff

Director: Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Boushoku no Berserk)

Series Composition, Script: Akiko Inoue (Jishou Akuyaku Reijou na Konyakusha no Kansatsu Kiroku.)

Character Design: Jun Nakai (NieR:Automata Ver1.1a)

Music: Yuuki Fukazawa

Studio: TROYCA

Producer: Hayate

Alphatart originally published the fantasy romance web novel on the Naver Web Novel platform from November 2018 to March 2020. Happy Books to You published the eighth and final volume in December 2022.

HereLee adapted the novel into a webtoon illustrated by Sumpul. The webtoon began serialization on the Naver Webtoon platform in October 2019 and concluded with 251 chapters on January 1. Young Com released the 11th volume on August 31.

Line Webtoon began publishing the webtoon digitally in English in September 2020. Yen Press licensed the webtoon for English print under its Ize Press imprint in July 2022. The tenth volume went on sale on June 16, with the 11th volume scheduled for an October 20 release. The series boasts over 630 million cumulative views in Japan and over 2.97 billion cumulative views globally.

A live-action television series adaptation of the webtoon was announced in April 2025. The series is produced by Studio N and is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ on November 4.

Synopsis

Empress of the Eastern Nation Navier Ellie Trovi stands at the pinnacle of noblewomen with dignity and grace. Although she and her husband, Emperor Sovieshu, are not as intimate as other couples, their trust in each other has been built over years of friendship. But then, wanting something more, he brings in a concubine—a former slave named Rashta—and that is when everything begins to fall apart.

Months later, the fateful day arrives; Sovieshu declares his intentions to divorce Navier and give her throne to Rashta. However, against all expectations, Navier is not backed against a wall, and she declares her intention to marry another man—Heinrey—whose noble appearance shocks all in the room.

Just who is Heinrey, and how did Navier come to this new marriage arrangement? The Eastern Nation stands at a precipice, being torn apart by conspiracies, lies, and—above all—love. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Special PV

Official site: https://saikon-anime.com/

Official X: @Saikon_Anime

Source: PR Times

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

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