Ankama Launches Weekly Welsh & Shedar Webtoon on Allskreen
Ankama announced on Wednesday that a 12-episode webtoon adaptation of the anime Aoki Densho Welsh & Shedar launched the same day on its French comic platform Allskreen and the Ankama Launcher app.
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Why it matters
Ankama is using its own platform and launcher to extend a television anime into weekly comics, tying the show's run to a release channel the company controls rather than a third-party publisher.
Key Facts
- Ankama announced a 12-episode webtoon adaptation of Welsh & Shedar on Wednesday.
- The webtoon launched the same day on Allskreen and the Ankama Launcher portal app.
- New webtoon episodes debut each week, with multiple artists contributing across the run.
- Lily Roux writes the first episode, Mig draws it, and Sebastien Lamirand is the colorist.
- The Welsh & Shedar anime premiered on October 2 on Tokyo MX at 9:25 p.m. JST.
New episodes debut weekly, with a different artist on each. Lily Roux writes the first episode, Mig draws it, and Sebastien Lamirand colors it.
The webtoon runs 12 episodes, one per week, on Allskreen and inside the Ankama Launcher portal app. Ankama assistant screenwriter Lily Roux writes the first episode, Krosmoz artist Mig draws it, and Sebastien Lamirand handles color. Further episodes bring in Faorynn, Cha, Boky, Nasak_art, GoMar, and Quentiron.
The anime itself premiered on October 2 on Tokyo MX at 9:25 p.m. JST. Its story follows Welsh, a country boy, and Shedar, a prince in line to be king, whose paths cross as they move against a tyrant's plan to conquer the world.
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- Anime News Network Welsh & Shedar Anime Launches Webtoon