Welsh & Shedar Gets Weekly Webtoon Adaptation on Ankama Platforms
Lily Roux, Mig and Sébastien Lamirand handle the first episode, with more artists set to contribute.
Ankama has launched a 12-episode webtoon adaptation of The Azure Legend: Welsh & Shedar on Allskreen and the Ankama Launcher app. New episodes arrive weekly.
A 12-episode webtoon adaptation of The Azure Legend: Welsh & Shedar (Aoki Denshō Welsh & Shedar) launched Wednesday. It is available on Ankama’s French comic platform Allskreen and its Ankama Launcher portal app.
French entertainment company Ankama announced the launch that same day. The adaptation of the original television anime brings together multiple artists for each episode, with new episodes arriving weekly.
The first episode’s team includes:
- Writer Lily Roux, an Ankama assistant screenwriter
- Artist Mig, a Krosmoz artist
- Colorist Sébastien Lamirand
Other contributing artists include:
- Faorynn
- Cha
- Boky
- Nasak_art
- GoMar
- Quentiron
The anime follows Welsh, a country boy, and Shedar, a prince destined to become king. Despite their different stations in life, their destinies intertwine as they try to stop a tyrant’s plot to conquer the world.
The anime premiered October 2 on Tokyo MX at 9:25 p.m. JST (8:25 a.m. EDT).
Ankama is an independent entertainment and digital creation group best known for the tactical MMORPG DOFUS, which launched in 2004. It also published French editions of Atsushi Kaneko’s SOIL manga and Suguro Chayamachi’s Togainu no Chi manga.
Sources: Ankama press release via ANN
