A new anime adaptation was lined up for April 2024 with the February 2024 announcement of Taejun Pak and Kim Junghyun’s webtoon Viral Hit getting the nod. It’ll be known under its Japanese name of Kenka Dokugaku.
The Japanese home video release is being handled by GAGA and they’ve set a complete box set approach for the property. It’s scheduled for an October 4th, 2024 release where the twelve-episode run will be priced at 16,800 yen. The set will come with a booklet while on-disc extras include the clean opening and closing as well as the Japanese promotional videos.
The show has Masakazu Hishida directing it from the scripts overseen by Toshiya Ono. Satomi Miyazaki is handling the character designs with Okuruto Noboru on board for the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Satoshi Niwa as Kōta Shimura
- Fairouz Ai as Aki Yashio
- Kaito Ishikawa as Reo Shinjō
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Tōru “Kanegon” Kaneko
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Hamaken
- Tomokazu Sugita as TOU-KEI
- Yoshino Aoyama as Rumi Meguro
- Yui Ishikawa as Kaho Asamiya
- Yūichi Nakamura as Tatsuya Ōgi
The season features the opening theme song “Wild Boy” by MA55IVE THE RAMPAGE and the ending theme song “Viral Hack” by Crab Kani Club.
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Plot Concept: 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?
