Noblesse (manhwa)
Noblesse () is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written by Son Jeho and illustrated by Lee Kwangsu. "Noblesse" was first posted on Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon in December 2007, and was concluded in January 2019; it was among the first webtoons to receive an official English translation at the launch of Line Webtoon in July 2014. It has been adapted into an aeni in 2015 and an original net animation (ONA) in 2016, and an anime television series by Production I.G aired from October to December 2020 on Crunchyroll. Plot. "Noblesse" is about  a powerful noble - Cadis Etrama Di Raizel (referred to as Rai) - who has been asleep for 820 years with no knowledge of mankind's advancement and scientific successes. At the start of the webtoon, Rai wakes up in an abandoned building in South Korea, and starts to get used to the modern world. He goes to a school, where he reunites with his loyal servant Frankenstein. With Frankenstein's help, Rai enrolls into high school and inadvertently befriends athletic teenager Shinwoo, computer geek Ikhan, and Shinwoo's crush Yuna, and a few others. "Noblesse" follows the group's often dangerous  adventures against a secret organization while uncovering Rai's past. Characters. Nobles/Noblesse. An ancient and powerful race that possess great strength, speed and telepathy as well as various blood related abilities, such as the talent to grant similar powers to others via contracts "of blood and soul". They reside on an island nation, known as Lukedonia, that cannot be detected by human senses. They have guarded humans against predators and the forces of nature as long as they have existed, due to a genetic inability to ignore the slaughter of the weak, helpless humans. Thousands of years ago , they were worshipped as gods by various cultures around the world. Animation. 2015 animation. The first animated version of "Noblesse" was revealed at the 17th Bucheon International Animation Festival. Its screening time was 37 minutes. It was produced by Studio Animal, a South Korean animation studio, and the animation was first released as a DVD by Woongjin Thinkbig Funnism on December 4, 2015, while its VOD service started later on February 4, 2016. Anime. On December 4, 2015, "Noblesse: Beginning of Destruction" (Kor. 노블레스: 파멸의 시작: Pamyeol-ui Sijak) was created by Korean animation studio as the first full-length  animated version of "Noblesse". It was an OVA revealed at the 17th Bucheon International Animation Festival in DVD form, from Woongjin Thinkbig Funnism. On February 4, 2016, a 31-minute original net animation (ONA), titled "Noblesse: Awakening", was released on Crunchyroll and YouTube. Animated by Production I.G, the anime covers the first volume of the manhwa in an heavily abridged format with several minor changes to the story. On August 2, 2019 at Comic Con Seoul, it was announced that an anime television series adaptation was currently in production. Production I.G animated the series, and Crunchyroll streamed it internationally outside  Asian regions as a co-production. The series is licensed by Muse Communication in Southeast Asia. In an interview, Jeho Son said during an interview for the series "We recently completed Noblesse, which is a very special project to us. As of this year, it has taken us 11 long years to complete this project. When Lee Kwang Soo and I began work on Noblesse, we thought of the many dreams we wanted to accomplish together. One of the dreams was to have one of our works showcased as a TV animation, which came true. This was all thanks to  our viewers, who showed love for Noblesse. I would like to thank Naver, Webtoon, and Production I.G for doing an amazing job on the animation. I hope the viewers find Noblesse exciting and enjoy watching it." The series was directed by Yasutaka Yamamoto, with Sayaka Harada handling series composition, and Akiharu Ishii handling character designs. Yoshihiro Ike and Shun Narita composed the series' music. It aired from October 7 to December 30, 2020 on Crunchyroll. In Japan, the series was televised an hour after its Crunchyroll launch, on Tokyo MX and two hours and thirty minutes after, on BS11. Kim  Jae-joong performed the series' opening theme song "BREAKING DAWN", while Oh My Girl performed the series' ending theme song "Etoile." On November 11, 2020, Crunchyroll announced dubs for the series in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and German, which premiered on November 18, 2020. On May 18, 2021, it was announced Sentai Filmworks picked up the home video rights. The Noblesse anime series takes place directly after the events of the "Noblesse: Awakening" ONA, and begins from the second volume of the manhwa. Other media. On November 7, 2016, Air Seoul announced that it had collaborated with Naver Webtoon to  produce a safety video. Some of the works shown here include Denma, The Sound of Heart, and Noblesse. In March 2016, four characters from "Noblesse" were added as player characters in Nexon's 2015 mobile game "Fantasy War Tactics". For the duration of the month, various special "Noblesse"-related items were added, such as a "Noblesse Coin" and "Noblesse Black Coocoo" equipment. In June 2016, the Noblesse event returned, adding Raizel as a fifth hero. The first episode of "Alpha" is about the Union, the modified human, and the experimenter. At the end, there is a logo called JHS studio, which  reveals that Alpha and this work are in the same world. Because the representative of JHS studio is Son Jeho, who was the author of this work.