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Webtoons have been booming in popularity recently.Solo Levelingisn’t the first webtoon to find success with an anime adaptation, but it’s definitely one of the biggest and most successful one. The humongous popularity of this webtoon, along with many others on the side, such as Tower of God, among others, will benefit webtoon as a whole, and now, there is confirmation of webtoon anime coming for over 20 series.
Recent Success Has Paved The Way For More Webtoons to Get Animated
20+ Webtoon Anime Coming
Solo Leveling has, to put it simply, been a huge success. This series was adapted into an anime, but itsoriginal media is a Korean webtoon. Never has a webtoon series achieved the level of success Solo Leveling has. That, when coupled with other major successful shows, such as Tower of God, Senpai is an Otonoko, and True Beauty, among others, was always going to benefit webtoon as a whole.
It has now been confirmed that the development of 20 more anime adaptations is being targeted. Many Japanese studios have seen the potential Webtoons have, and are wanting in on it.
As we head into 2025, we are particularly excited about our growing presence in the anime industry. As a leading platform for digital comics, we believe WEBTOON IP is uniquely positioned for anime adaptations, thanks to its vibrant full-color storytelling and digitally-native format. In 2024, we saw great success with anime adaptations, including “Viral Hit,” “Tower of God Season 2,” “True Beauty,” and “Senpai Is an Otokonoko,” and plan to build on this momentum with a target of 20 new anime projects in various stages of development in Japan this year.
The manga industry in Japan has been having a big shortage of great series to adapt into anime, and many major series have recently ended, making space for new series to come in. For example,Jujutsu KaisenandMy Hero Academiarecently ended in late 2024, and the anime seasons they can now adapt for them are very limited.
Solo Leveling and the other major hits have shown thatWebtoons can, in fact, be more popular than manga series. Solo Leveling is perhaps one of the biggest series out right now, even though it doesn’t even have that many episodes out.
Which Webtoons Could Get an Anime Adaptation?
There are many great Webtoons out there, and for now, fans have no idea which ones will get an anime adaptation next. That said, however, any webtoon that is to get an anime adaption needs to have enough content out, so perhaps Webtoons that have had constant publications for two years or more stand a better chance.
Fans definitely have a few in mind when it comes to the ones that should be animated, and some examples include Purple Hyacinth, and the Greatest Estate Developer, among others.
