Kadokawa just revealed the main visual, new character promotional video and two new Japanese cast members for the highly anticipated Korean-animated adaptation of SAN.G’s Tomb Raider King webtoon. The opening theme song “SHOW DOWN” will be performed by K-pop band QWER.
The newly announced cast members include:
- Miyu Irino as Kōtarō Yanagi
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Noboru Kureha
The main cast and staff of the anime include:
Cast
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Ryōga Gōriki (Japanese localized name for Jooheon Suh)
- Saori Hayami as Irene Holton
- Junichi Suwabe as Taisei Ōgawara (Japanese localized name of Tae Joon Kwon)
Staff
- Director: Seung Wook Woo
- Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Hyun Joung Lee
- Chief Animation Director: Hyung Jun Heo
- Color Design: Jee Sun Hwang
- Art Director: Seung Chan Kang
- Background Art:, Ha Gwon Bong, Ju Hyeon Jang, Seung Heui Kim
- Director of Photography: Joo Ri Jung, Kwan Hyeong Lee, Mi Youn Song
- Sound Director: Gun Yoon, Kisuke Koizumi
- Music: Ju Young Kim
- Animation Studio: STUDIO EEK
Ize Press is also publishing the webtoon in print, and will release the 14th volume on April 21. Tapas is responsible for releasing the webtoon in English digitally, and it describes the series as follows:
Mysterious tombs appeared all over the world one day, each containing a relic which grants its owner supernatural abilities. Jooheon Suh is a tomb explorer, excavator, and raider. Betrayed by his employer, he’s about to die at the hands of a powerful new relic when he suddenly finds himself 15 years in the past, before any relics or tombs made their debut. Driven by feelings of revenge, how will Jooheon use his knowledge of the future to become the Tomb Raider King?