'The God of High School' Anime Series Debuts in Summer 2020

Main cast and staff members for the anime adaptation of Yong-je Park's The God of High School manhwa were announced by Crunchyroll on Thursday. The anime will debut exclusively on Crunchyroll in Summer 2020.

Synopsis
It all began as a fighting tournament to seek out for the best fighter among all high school students in Korea. Mori Jin, a Taekwondo specialist and a high school student, soon learns that there is something much greater beneath the stage of the tournament. (Source: LINE Webtoon)

Cast
Mo-ri Jin: Tatsumaru Tachibana (Kabukichou Sherlock)
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.

Dae-wi Han: Kentarou Kumagai (Grancrest Senki)
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.

Mi-ra Yu: Ayaka Ohashi (Masamune-kun no Revenge)
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.

Seong-Hu Park (Garo: Vanishing Line) is directing the anime at MAPPA, featuring character designs by Manabu Akita (Kakegurui). Sola Entertainment is in charge of the management production.

Park launched the action comedy manhwa in Naver Webtoon (now Line Webtoon) in April 2011. Naver began publishing the chapters in English in June 2014.

Teaser PV


Source: Crunchyroll