This April’s anime adaptation of the Viral Hit webtoon has received a character trailer that reveals the cast of the show.
They include:
• Satoshi Niwa as Kota Shimura/Hobin Yu
• Nobuhiko Okamoto as Kanegon/Jihyeuk Woo
• Fairouz Ai as Aki Yashio/Gaeul
• Yui Ishikawa as Kaho Asamiya/Bomi Choi
• Shunsuke Takeuchi as Hamaken/Pakgo
• Kaito Ishikawa as Reo Shinjo/Seong Taehun
• Yoshino Aoyama as Rumi Meguro/Rumi Yeo
• Yuuichi Nakamura as Tatsuya Ogi/Munseong Kim
• Tomokazu Sugita as Toukei/Samdak
The Viral Hit webtoon, written by Lookism creator Taejun Pak and drawn by Kim Junghyun, started in 2019. Webtoon publishes its episodes (chapters) in English and describes it as:
Scrawny high school student Hobin Yu is probably the last guy you’d expect to star in a NewTube channel that revolves around fighting. But after following some advice from a mysterious NewTube channel, Hobin is soon knocking out guys stronger than him and raking in more money than he could have ever dreamed of. Can Hobin keep this up, or will he eventually meet his match?
Crunchyroll will stream the anime (titled Kenka Dokugaku in Japanese) during the Spring 2024 season) in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.
Staff
• Director: Masakazu Hishida (My Instant Death Ability is Overpowered, Fairy Ranmaru)
• Series composer: Toshiya Ono (Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga)
• Character designer: Satomi Miyazaki (Tomodachi Game)
• Music composer: Yutaka Yamada (Vinland Saga)
• Animation production: Okuruto Noboru
Source: @kenkadokugaku_A
