Overview

• Line Digital Frontier confirmed it is developing an anime adaptation of the action-thriller webtoon in a project currently at the development stage.
• Created by YC and Rakyeon, the story follows Ijin Yu, a plane crash survivor turned mercenary who must negotiate the challenges of high school life.
• Since its 2021 debut, Teenage Mercenary has amassed over 1.8 billion global views, topped Line Manga’s charts in 2023 and 2024, and is available in ten languages.
• The adaptation joins 19 other anime projects in Webtoon Entertainment’s slate, including Omniscient Reader and recent titles such as Viral Hit and Tower of God Season 2.
• Industry observers caution that previous manhwa adaptations have seen mixed results, raising concerns about a potential “manhwa curse.”