Overgeared Webtoon Gets TV Anime in October 2026
The adaptation marks another major Korean webtoon-to-anime transition, following Solo Leveling and Tower of God, with a production team that includes J.C.Staff and veterans of Sword Art Online and Mushoku Tensei.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
REDICE Studio announced on Wednesday that its Overgeared webtoon will receive a television anime adaptation titled Tempal ~Item no Chikara~ (Tempal ~The Power of Items~), set to premiere in October 2026. The announcement came with a teaser visual and trailer, along the main staff and cast. Ayako Kono (Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night) is directing the anime at J.C.Staff, with EGG FIRM producing. Kenta Ihara (Saga of Tanya the Evil) is handling series composition, and Ryosuke Tanigawa (Demon Lord 2099) is designing the characters. Yoshiaki Fujisawa (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation) composes the music, and Yoshikazu Iwanami (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) is the sound director. The cast includes Tatsumaru Tachibana as Grid and Asami Seto as Yura. Tachibana said he has been a fan of the series since its serialization began. The story follows Youngwoo Shin, a deadbeat gamer who obtains a legendary blacksmith's inheritance inside the VR game Satisfy. Yen Press publishes the webtoon in English under its Ize Press label.
- Ayako Kono also directed Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night and Scherzo of Deep Night.
- Kenta Ihara previously wrote scripts for Saga of Tanya the Evil, Uncle From Another World, and Blue Miburo.
- Ryosuke Tanigawa designed characters for Demon Lord 2099 and I Want to End This Love Game.
- Yoshiaki Fujisawa composed music for Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation.
- Yoshikazu Iwanami served as sound director on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
- Pony Canyon is handling music production.
- The webtoon is based on a web novel by Park Saenal, with art by Team Argo and story by Lee Dong-Wook.
- Yen Press released the 10th volume of the webtoon on May 19 under its Ize Press label.
- Tatsumaru Tachibana said he has been reading the series since its serialization began: "Grid is, for lack of a better way to put it, a pretty sloppy guy (laughs). But after a certain turning point, his life begins to change for the better."
- Asami Seto noted that "the idea that wealth and influence earned inside the game can affect reality feels exciting, but also a little frightening if someone becomes too immersed in it."
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.