(CR) Noblesse

[Stark700]

The webtoon 'Noblesse' is apparently getting anime adaptation, to be made by a Japanese anime studio.

Plot

Within an abandoned building in South Korea lies a white coffin, from which rises Cadis Etrama Di Raizel "Rai"—an unimaginably beautiful, dignified, and noble man. Awakening in this unknown time, Rai must seek out someone he can trust—his loyal companion, Frankenstein. To begin with, Rai attempts to blend into human society by transforming his old-fashioned clothing into the pristine blazer of the nearby Ye Ran High School. As it turns out, the principal of the school is his servant Frankenstein.

After slumbering for the past 820 years, Rai requires Frankenstein's help to adapt to the current age, so Frankenstein enrolls him as a new student in order to help him understand modern society and experience a normal life. Frankenstein's plans, however, soon go awry not only because of the problems stemming from modern society, but also unresolved conflicts from him and his master's troubled past. Left with no other choice, Rai must resort to using his mysterious power to protect those he holds dear.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Source
http://www.bloter.net/archives/348696
https://twitter.com/YonkouProd/statu...54238755741696

[LKK]

CR will carry the stream although the announcement didn't specify a debut time. (Source)

[Stark700]

Airing October 2020 this year

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-ne...ler-and-visual

[Stark700]

5 minute preview

[LKK]

PSA: The anime assumes that you've seen the OVA. The first episode of the series starts where the OVA ends. CR has the OVA for streaming if you haven't seen it or want to review it. CR renamed the OVA to Noblesse Awakeningto differentiate it from the current series.

Because the webtoon has some down time / clean up / lead in to the next arc from where the OVA ends, this first episode is surprisingly low key for a series' debut episode. But given that the characters' interactions are my favorite part of this webtoon, I didn't mind the series starting with a breather episode.

[Cloudedmind]

While I was initially critical of the animation, I will say that story wise it's doing a good job. It's been a very long time since I read the earlier chapters but most of the major events appear to be intact. I'm enjoying this a lot more then I expected.

[Guardian Enzo]

Me too. It has a direct and unpretentious charm to it.

[Cloudedmind]

Hmm, so I decided to re-read the chapters that the anime has covered so far (About 163 chapters), not sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. I knew a lot had been changed and left out, but holy hell, the stuff I forgot about that's been changed. I can see why manhwa readers with better memories then I aren't happy.

Obviously every anime makes changes, but....hmm. I'm going to wait until the anime is done before trying to do a comparison to the manhwa.

I will just say with the recent focus on Rai and Frankie's backstory, Frankie's character has definitely suffered the most from all of the changes and omissions. There's a lot of stuff we should already be able to surmise about him at this point, if the story had left in what he's been doing with M-21, Tao, and Takio.

Also, rest in peace Yuna and Suyi, anime only watchers they hardly knew ye.

I'm still enjoying the anime, but it does feel like a different beast to the manhwa.