Eleceed Creators Discuss the Story's Cat Origin and Pacing at Anime Expo
The interview offers rare direct insight from the creators on how Eleceed's core concept formed and how the demands of weekly webcomic production influenced its pacing.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime Herald.
At Anime Expo 2026, Eleceed creators Jeho Son and ZHENA discussed the series' origins, their paths into webcomics, and how reader feedback shaped its pacing. Son said the story began with the idea of a strong person turning into a fat street cat, and that he was confident in the series' appeal.
Jeho Son told Anime Herald that Eleceed started with a simple image: a strong person turned into a fat street cat. From there, he built a story about a skilled protagonist unaware of his awakened powers meeting someone who must hide theirs.
Son said he never worried about the series' success rate on Webtoon, trusting that his story paired with ZHENA's art would bring joy. He also noted that early reader feedback called the pacing too slow, so he sped things up without changing the storyline. ZHENA, who is self-taught, said she was drawn to webcomics because they let creators see reader reactions directly.
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