Korean Manhwa with Japanese Anime Adaptations
Anime
Attempting to collate all adaptations of manwha (i.e. comics written by Korean authors and published in Korea) into anime (i.e. cartoons by in Japan).
I've noticed exisiting stacks tend to either be incomplete or include Chinese and/or Korean adaptations. The goal of this stack is to be a unique compilation.
Notable exclusions:
* Lookism (cartoon created in South Korea)
* True Beauty (cartoon created in South Korean)
* ReLife (comic written by Japanese author—despite being in webtoon format most often utilised by Korean authors)
There are lots of aeni being made from manwha, many, but not all, of which are listed on MAL. This would make for another interesting stack.
I am not including sequels or specials—only the first entry in a series.
If you think I've made any errors or that I am missing something, please feel free to DM.
I've noticed exisiting stacks tend to either be incomplete or include Chinese and/or Korean adaptations. The goal of this stack is to be a unique compilation.
Notable exclusions:
* Lookism (cartoon created in South Korea)
* True Beauty (cartoon created in South Korean)
* ReLife (comic written by Japanese author—despite being in webtoon format most often utilised by Korean authors)
There are lots of aeni being made from manwha, many, but not all, of which are listed on MAL. This would make for another interesting stack.
I am not including sequels or specials—only the first entry in a series.
If you think I've made any errors or that I am missing something, please feel free to DM.
TV, 2024,
12 eps
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Originally published as a web novel in 2016 by a Korean author and later adapted with the assistance of a Korean artist into a manwha in 2018.
Debatably the most popular and certainly the best received manwha adaptation at the time of writing, this anime may have catalysed the announcement of more manwha adaptations. The exact extent of its influence is difficult to ascertain as several other manwha adaptations were released in the same year and year prior.
Debatably the most popular and certainly the best received manwha adaptation at the time of writing, this anime may have catalysed the announcement of more manwha adaptations. The exact extent of its influence is difficult to ascertain as several other manwha adaptations were released in the same year and year prior.
TV, 2023,
12 eps
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Originally published as a web novel in 2016 by a Korean author and later adapted with the assistance of a Korean artist into a manwha in 2018.
Movie, 2020,
1 ep
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Original adaptation for the Survival manwha, excluding a short preview animation. There is a sequel film released in 2021 and a seperate television series released in 2024.
TV, 2020,
13 eps
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Author:6
One of the three manwha adaptations produced by Crunchyroll as Crunchyroll originals, alongside Tower of God and Noblesse. The first instances of Korean manwha making a splash in the anime scene.
This is where manwha adaptations started to be considered more seriously as contenders for anime adaptations. There was great optimism in the Western anime community for the prospect of future manwha adaptations, though this was quickly tempered by the mixed reception of all three of the Crunchyroll originals and lack of any further manwha adaptations in the following two years (excluding the minimally noted Survival movies by Toei and Gallop).
This is where manwha adaptations started to be considered more seriously as contenders for anime adaptations. There was great optimism in the Western anime community for the prospect of future manwha adaptations, though this was quickly tempered by the mixed reception of all three of the Crunchyroll originals and lack of any further manwha adaptations in the following two years (excluding the minimally noted Survival movies by Toei and Gallop).
TV, 2020,
13 eps
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Author:7
One of the three manwha adaptations produced by Crunchyroll as Crunchyroll originals, alongside The God of Highschool and Noblesse. The first instances of Korean manwha making a splash in the anime scene.
This is where manwha adaptations started to be considered more seriously as contenders for anime adaptations. There was great optimism in the Western anime community for the prospect of future manwha adaptations, though this was quickly tempered by the mixed reception of all three of the Crunchyroll originals and lack of any further manwha adaptations in the following two years (excluding the minimally noted Survival movies by Toei and Gallop).
This is where manwha adaptations started to be considered more seriously as contenders for anime adaptations. There was great optimism in the Western anime community for the prospect of future manwha adaptations, though this was quickly tempered by the mixed reception of all three of the Crunchyroll originals and lack of any further manwha adaptations in the following two years (excluding the minimally noted Survival movies by Toei and Gallop).
ONA, 2016,
1 ep
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Author:7
The more notable sequel television series was released in 2020 as part of the Crunchyroll Originals line of anime.
This is the first anime adaptation of a manhwa that was not previously published in a Japanese magazine.
This is the first anime adaptation of a manhwa that was not previously published in a Japanese magazine.
TV, 2013,
12 eps
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The comic is a 4-koma manwha published originally in 2013 as an independent webcomic. It was subsequently published also in 2013 by a Japanese magazine. It has also been published in Naver Webtoon.
TV, 2011,
12 eps
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The comic was written by the same Korean authors as Black God and published in a different Japanese magazine.
Like Black Dog, I do not consider it to fit the criteria of manhwa as laid out in the description of the stack but include it for the sake of completion
Like Black Dog, I do not consider it to fit the criteria of manhwa as laid out in the description of the stack but include it for the sake of completion
TV, 2009,
23 eps
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The comic was written by Korean authors and published in a Japanese magazine.
I do not consider it to fit the criteria of manhwa as laid out in the description of the stack but include it for the sake of completion
I do not consider it to fit the criteria of manhwa as laid out in the description of the stack but include it for the sake of completion
Movie, 2004,
1 ep
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The comic was written by Korean authors and simultaneously published in both Korean and Japanese magazines. This is the first direct adaptation of a manwha to anime.
TV, 2004,
26 eps
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Originally a manwha published from 1998 to 2001. The manwha was the basis for the MMORPG Ragnarok Online which was in turn the basis for the anime. Although, indirectly connected through the video game, this is the first anime adaptation of a manwha.
