The Boxer Anime: Release Date, Trailer, Cast and Staff

The Boxer is getting a TV anime. Crunchyroll announced the adaptation of JH's boxing webtoon on October 8, 2026, at its New York Comic Con panel. A teaser trailer, the main staff and four cast members were revealed with it.

There is no release date yet. Here's the trailer, who is making the anime, who is in the cast, and where to read the original manhwa.

The Boxer anime at a glance

• Status: in production
• Release date: not announced
• Format: TV anime
• Streaming: Crunchyroll
• Animation: breccia and STUDIO JEMI
• Produced by: HAYATE
• Based on: the webtoon by JH

When does The Boxer anime come out?#

The Boxer anime doesn't have a release date. Neither the teaser nor Crunchyroll's announcement gives a year or a season. Crunchyroll says only that it will stream the series when it premieres.

The episode count and the Japanese broadcast details are also unannounced. For titles that already have dates, see our upcoming anime coverage.

The Boxer anime trailer#

The teaser PV runs 2 minutes and 32 seconds. It was published on the YouTube channel of HAYATE, the company producing the anime.

You can also watch it on YouTube.

The Boxer anime cast#

Four voice actors have been announced so far:

• Yu: Koki Uchiyama (Gen Narumi in Kaiju No. 8)
• Ryu: Kensho Ono (Yuru in Daemons of the Shadow Realm)
• K: Tomokazu Seki (Panda in Jujutsu Kaisen)
• J: Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Mitsuki in Wind Breaker)

The Boxer anime staff and studio#

Studios from Japan and South Korea are working on The Boxer. The Japanese studio breccia and the Korean studio STUDIO JEMI are animating it together. According to Anime News Network, breccia is a new studio founded by Muneki Ogasawara, a founding member of Kinema Citrus.

• Original work: JH (LINE Manga)
• Directors: Takehiro Kubota and Kang Wonyeong
• Series composition and scripts: Toshiya Ono
• Character design: Masahiro Suwa
• Creative producer: BLUE RIGHTS
• Animation production: breccia and STUDIO JEMI
• Produced by: HAYATE

Takehiro Kubota directed My Happy Marriage. Toshiya Ono handled series composition for 86 and The Promised Neverland. Masahiro Suwa designed the characters for The Rising of the Shield Hero.

HAYATE is the anime production venture of Aniplex and Crunchyroll. It is also producing SSS-Class Revival Hunter, another webtoon adaptation.

What is The Boxer about?#

K is a legendary boxing trainer who has raised many world champions. He is looking for one last student when he finds Yu, a boy who is being beaten in a back alley. Yu shows no anger and no will to fight back.

K sees a talent in him that goes beyond genius. Under K's guidance, Yu steps into the ring and climbs toward the top of the world with overwhelming strength.

The story also follows the fighters who face him. Some are champions who take pride in their technique. Others got past the wall of talent through hard work. Each of them has a dream and a reason to keep fighting.

Where to read The Boxer manhwa#

The Boxer is a webtoon by JH, the pen name of Ji-Hoon Jeong. It launched on Naver Webtoon in South Korea in 2019 and ended in 2022. The series has passed 1.06 billion views worldwide.

The complete series is available in English on WEBTOON. Ize Press, an imprint of Yen Press, publishes the print edition in English. In Japan, the series ran on LINE Manga from 2020 to 2022.

For official updates, follow Crunchyroll News and the HAYATE YouTube channel. You can also track the anime on Animanga Planet.