Image source: Tempal anime’s website, Comic Natalie — via Anime News Network
The staff of Tempal: Item no Chikara (Tempal~The Power of Items~), the television anime of South Korean webtoon studio REDICE STUDIO'sOvergeared webtoon, presented the anime's second promotional video, key visual, additional cast members, theme song artists, and October 2 premiere date on Wednesday. The video previews the opening theme "SATISFY" by the rock band Re: name.
Riho Sugiyama plays Jishuka.
Masaaki Mizunaka plays Toban.
Kō Bonkobara plays Regas.
Masaya Fukunishi plays Vantner.
KōheiAmasaki plays Pon (Fon).
Shunichi Toki plays Faker.
Virtual singer TAO performs the ending theme song "Ray of Emotion."
The anime will premiere on the Tokyo MX and BS11 channels on October 2 at 11:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT).
Youngwoo Shin is a deadbeat in real life, working odd jobs tobarely pay off his loans. Even his family has written him off as a hopeless video game addict. But when he logs in to the massively popular VR game Satisfy, Youngwoo becomes Grid the Warrior…who is also painfully mediocre. Everything changes when he stumbles across a tome containing the lost knowledge of a legendary blacksmith. The catch is, using it resetsall his levels! In order to survive after being forced back to square one, Grid will needto hone his skills and gather reliable allies…or not! Who needs all that when you're decked out in god-tier items?!
The anime stars Tatsumaru Tachibana as Grid and Asami Seto as Yura.
Ayako Kōno (Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria ofa Starless Night, Sword Art Online The Movie – Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night) is directing the film at J.C. Staff, with EGG FIRM producing the anime. Kenta Ihara (Saga of Tanya the Evil, Uncle From Another World, Blue Miburo) is in charge of the series scripts, and Kenta Ihara (Demon Lord 2099, I Want to End This Love Game) is designing the characters. Yoshikazu Iwanami is the sound director, and Yoshiaki Fujisawa is composing the music. Pony Canyon is credited for music production.
Other staff members include:
The webtoon is based on a web novel by Park Saenal. Dong-Wook Lee is writing thewebtoon, and Team Argo is drawing the art.
Yen Press released the 10th volumeof the webtoon on May 19. The webtoon is also available digitally on Tapas.