Another
webtoon giant makes the leap to the screen. Kadokawa announced
Friday that the Tomb Raider King anime (known in Japan
as Tokutsuo) will begin airing next July on Fuji
TV and Kansai TV. An interesting detail is that it is an animated production in
Korea that will have a Japanese dubbing for its television broadcast.
Tomb
Raider King Anime Details
The series
is directed by Seung Wook Woo at STUDIO EEK. The
opening theme, titled "Show Down," will be performed
by Korean girl group QWER, marking their first collaboration
with an anime and including Japanese lyrics.
Japanese
Voice Cast (Seiyuus)
For the
version that will be broadcast in Japan, the names of the characters have been
located and a luxury cast has been hired:
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Ryoga Goriki (Jooheon
Suh in the original)
Famous for being Reiner Braun in Attack on Titan and Fumikage Tokoyami in My Hero Academia. - Saori Hayami as Irene Holton
The voice of Yor Forger in Spy x Family and Shinobu Kocho in Demon Slayer. - Junichi Suwabe as Taisei Ogawara (Tae
Joon Kwon in the original).
Known worldwide as Ryomen Sukuna in Jujutsu Kaisen and Shota Aizawa in My Hero Academia.
About
the story
Mysterious
tombs appeared one day all over the world, each containing relics that grant
supernatural abilities. Jooheon Suh is an explorer and tomb
raider who, after being betrayed by his employer and about to die, suddenly
travels 15 years into the past, before the relics appeared. Driven by revenge,
he will use his knowledge of the future to become the true King of the Raiders.
