Crunchyroll released a new trailer for the anime adaptation of The God of High School. Based on the popular Webtoon created by Yongje Park, the show is the second series from the Crunchyroll and Webtoon partnership. The anime series is set to premiere this Summer 2020.
With animation production by MAPPA, Sunghoo Park will direct the series, and Akita Manabu as the character designer. Park’s credits include directing GARO-VANISHING LINE and key animation for Yuri!! On ICE and Terror in Resonance. Manabu previously worked on key animation for Terror in Resonance, Kids on the Slope, and Kakegurui.
The main casts were also announced including:
Tatsumaru Tachibana as Jin Mori
Ayaka Ohashi (Saaya Yamabuki from BanG Dream!) as Yoo Mira
Kentaro Kumagaia (Shinnosuke Kamei from The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED) as Han Daewi
Crunchyroll describes the characters as:
Jin Mori: A sixteen-year-old whose taekwondo, which he learned from his grandfather, makes him undefeatable. Nothing is more important to him than being the best fighter of all, and his current record out of 299 fights is 297 wins and 2 draws. He decides to participate in the God of High School tournament, an interdisciplinary martial arts competition, after suffering the first loss of his life against Judge R, one of the tournament’s judges.
Yoo Mira: The 25th Master of the Moon Light Sword Style. She pretends to be a fragile high schooler, but she has the strength to easily overpower an entire group of delinquents in a fight. She prefers guys who are macho, because she’s been told that she needs to marry a man strong enough to help her resurrect her family’s sword style. For that reason, she’s participating in GOH to find a potential husband.
Han Daewi: One of the “Mad Cows,” a duo that once controlled the entire Gangnam area. He’s been working part-time jobs to pay the medical bills for his partner in the duo, who fell ill with an incurable disease, but the part-time work available to high schoolers is barely enough to cover the daily medical bills and won’t cover a cure. He joins GOH after being told that he can save his friend if he wins.
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