The Crunchyroll Showcase at New York Comic Con 2026 saw the announcement of a new anime co-production partnership between Aniplex and Crunchyroll’s HAYATE venture, WEBTOON Entertainment’s LINE Digital Frontier Corporation, and Crunchyroll. The three companies will collaborate to develop and produce roughly 15 select anime series, including The Boxer, The Remarried Empress, and Teenage Mercenary. These three series will be streaming on Crunchyroll, with The Remarried Empress and Teenage Mercenary confirmed for 2027.
The anime adaptation of JH’s The Boxer webtoon is being animated by Muneki Ogasawara’s new animation studio breccia and Korea-based Studio Jemi. Takehiro Kubota and Won Yeong Kang are directing the anime series.
Additional staff members include:
- Character Designer: Masahiro Suwa
- Series Scripts: Toshiya Ono
- Creative Producer: BLUE RIGHTS
- Producer: HAYATE Inc.
- Co-Producers: LINE Manga, Crunchyroll, XTORM, BLUE RIGHTS
The anime’s cast includes:
- Koki Uchiyama as Yu
- Kensho Ono as Ryu
- Tomokazu Seki as K
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga as J
TROYCA will be animating the new anime adaptation of Alphatart’s The Remarried Empress webtoon series.
The staff of the anime includes:
- Director: Tetsuya Yanagisawa
- Series Composition/Script: Akiko Inoue
- Character Design: Jun Nakai
- Music: Yuuki Fukazawa
- Production: HAYATE
J.C. STAFF is animated the anime adaptation of YC and Rakyeon’s Teenage Mercenary webtoon.
Additional staff members include:
- Director/Series Composition: Manabu Ono
- Character Design: Koji Haneda
- Music: Hiroyuki Sawano
HAYATE will lead the development and production in collaboration with Crunchyroll and LINE Digital Frontier, and Crunchyroll will exclusively stream the resulting anime in select territories.
