 The Netflix TUDUM Japan event announced an anime adaptation of Tae-Jun Park's Lookism manhwa on Sunday, revealing a teaser visual (pictured above) and teaser promotional video. The anime series, produced by Studio Mir, will stream worldwide on Netflix under the title Gaiken Shijou Shugi on November 4.  Park launched the action drama manhwa on the Naver Webtoon (now Line Webtoon) webcomic portal in November 2014. The 20th volume went on sale on May 20. LINE Webtoon began releasing the title in English in June 2017. Line Manga also serializes the manhwa in Japanese, with Kadokawa publishing it in print format.Synopsis Park Hyung Suk has spent all 17 years of his life at the bottom of the food chain. Short, overweight, and unattractive, he is used to being bullied by his classmates and constantly discriminated against for his looks. In an attempt to escape his biggest bully, Lee Tae Sung, he decides to transfer to Seoul's Jae Won High School, a vocational preparatory school notorious for its liberal education system and carefree students. Days before his transfer, Hyung Suk wakes to find that he is no longer in his usual chubby body, but is instead in a perfect body! Tall, handsome, and beautifully toned, Hyung Suk has become the ideal version of himself. The only problem is that his original body still lays beside him—and when one body falls asleep, he awakens in the other. Now possessing two extremely different bodies, Hyung Suk must learn to navigate his new and much more popular life at J High whilst also solving the mystery of where his second, almost superhuman, body came from. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Teaser PV Source: Oricon News Gaiken Shijou Shugi on MAL |
VindstotSep 25, 2022 4:30 AM
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| this is unexpected, I see this korean comics all the time on mal |
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| Lookism is one of my favourite Manhwa. Never thought this will get an anime adaptation. |
| not really surprised, it looks Okay so far. the released pv was in korean dub, i wonder how they japanese one will be? if we do get one lol. kinda missing the early parts of lookism so im def gonna read this |
| Ngl, I know it's studio Mir, but that trailer looked horrible. Generic art, mediocre animation, nothing really stood out. Haven't read the manhwa, but this feels like a huge pass so far. |
| That time isn't very far now when we'll see the adaptations of those degenerate manhwas too. |
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| Looks interesting, but the art style isn't all that great. |
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| how i wish this manhwa actually about self improvement or adaptation, instead fight bully then bigger bully then even bigger bully and so on. good for fans but i am going to pass. |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| I've only read a few chapters, but this legit funny and something that shouldn't suffer that much from the usual Netflix problems. Nice! |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Oh look, manhwa about how fake korean society is, adapted by no other than netflix. lmao. Good joke. |
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| Netflix continues to adapt Korean manga - there should be a sarcastic joke about how Netflix panderint to the weebs, but I did not come up with it. |
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| Heard this was super popular on Webtoons so I'll give it a watch to see if it's worth all that hype |
| Ive only read about 70 chapters but this does have decent character development and a well-developed early cast. But, it relies more on fights than working on yourself. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| I can't believe it. Finally some good manhwas began adapting into anime series. |
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| Heard some mixed reviews about Lookism, some say its good,some say its not. |
"Get your tentacles off me or ill make calamari out of your manhood" -Mirai Nikki Dub |
| Netflix likes to ruin my hype but I'm actually looking forward to this |
"......If I told you that I was a real witch, would you believe it?"  |
| This looks so poor in every department of the production. Going to be a skip. Ronninn said: Looks like a fan animation lmao, just adapt those pornwhas already +1 |
| omg fr? i dropped this a little while ago, i honestly did not care for the story. but it's great to see another manhwa getting an adaption! :) |
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| How the hell did they manage to make his "attractive" version uglier than his real one? Awful. Pass. |
| Well I for one already loved Lain. |
| I was really looking forward for Lookism to get an anime announcement but it's kinda disappointing that it wasn't taken by a notable Japanese studio like Solo Leveling. The animation is not how I was expecting. But anyway I hope it gets japanese dub too cuz I can't get myself to watch the Korean dub. |
| I'm really happy to see more manhwa getting anime. I was considering reading the manhwa a couple weeks ago, so hopefully it's good and I can give the anime a try, too, lol. Either way, hopefully they keep turning more and more manhwa into anime; there's a lot of hidden gems that deserve the adaptations already. |
| Uh... Where's Dota? Dota was animated by Studio Mir. Why on earth is an anime they did not on MAL? |
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