Rooster Teeth Teaming Up With WEBTOON For New Supernatural-Themed Action Series

As part of a trio of announcements for partnerships, WEBTOON is teaming up with Rooster Teeth for a new animated supernatural-themed action series acting as both producers and the animation studio for the upcoming project. In the past year alone, WEBTOON intellectual properties have been launching on Crunchyroll left and right with the likes of The God of High School and Tower of God as part of it’s portfolio. For Rooster Teeth, after a tumultuous year that saw a number of key departures and rumors of the future of it’s streaming service being disconnected by parent company WarnerMedia, who is also reportedly selling off Crunchyroll to Sony,  just launched new seasons of RWBY and Red vs Blue this past weekend with a new season of gen: Lock coming to HBO MAX exclusively sometime next year.

As part of the launch activity, WebtoonStudios.com also launched this week as an online portal that provides updated information on WEBTOON IP in development, stats on readership, upcoming projects, as well as a browsable portfolio.  The currently online portfolio is a small sampling of projects that are available or in active development and will be updated monthly.

“WEBTOON IP has had a tremendously successful track record in other mediums,” said Taylor Grant, senior vice president of IP development.  “Recent global hits, ‘Tower of God,’ ‘Noblesse,’ and ‘The God of High School,’ all released in 2020, showcase how beloved our series are around the world.

“WEBTOON Studios represents an important next phase in our evolution as a true multi-platform company. This is a bold investment by WEBTOON in both our incredible community of webcomic creators as well as our partners.  With multiple deals currently in the works with major studios, producers and production companies, we’ll have much more exciting news to share in the coming months.”