The anime adapts the popular Korean web novel series by Sanji Jiksong.
An official X (formerly Twitter) account for the “Tomb Raider King” anime series opened today, 16 January, confirming the adaptation, its broadcast window, cast, and opening theme song.
Additionally, a first promotional video and teaser visual has also been unveiled.
The teaser visual:
The promotional video:
What is “Tomb Raider King” all about?
“Tomb Raider King” adapts the South Korean web novel by Sanji Jiksong. It was serialised in Kakao's digital fiction platform KakaoPage in November 2016.
The web novel would later receive a webtoon adaptation in the same platform in 2019, and would be licensed by Yen Press for an English release under their Ize Press imprint in 2022.
The anime, or rather, the aeni (Korean animation) was announced to be in development at Anime Expo 2024, with Studio EEK producing the series. The aeni is getting a Japanese release by Kadokawa through Fuji TV, Kansai Television, and through other Japanese stations in July 2026, although an exact date is yet to be confirmed.
As featured in the promotional video, the opening theme song “Showdown” is performed by South Korean girl band QWER. The band also released a comment video regarding their performance:
The official introduction of the series is described as (through a machine translation):
Mysterious “tombs” have appeared all over the world, and the “relics” that exist inside these “tombs” grant their owners supernatural abilities. A man who rises to the top of the world using these “relics,” aiming to become the true “Grave Robber King”— his incredible comeback life story begins now―――!!
The cast and their characters are:
- Hosoya Yoshimasa as Goriki Ryoga (Seo Joo-Heon)
- Saori Hayama as Irene Holton
- Junichi Suwabe as Okawara Yasumasa (Kwon Tae-Joon)
Seung Wook Woo is directing the series at Studio EEK, while also overseeing the series scripts. The rest of the staff includes:
- Character designer and chief animation director: Hyun Joung Lee
- Chief animation director: Hyung Jun Heo
- Music: Ju Young Kim
- Color design: Jee Sun Hwang
- Art director: Seung Chan Kang
- Background art: Ha Gwon Bong, Ju Hyeon Jang, Seung Heui Kim
- Director of photography: Joo Ri Jung, Kwan Hyeong Lee, Mi Youn Song
- Sound director: Gun Yoon, Kisuke Koizumi