Production company Pony Canyon opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Saenal Park and Team Argo‘s Overgeared webtoon on Wednesday. The website also revealed the main cast, staff, teaser visual, and a teaser promotional video. The anime, titled Tempal: Item no Chikara, is scheduled to premiere in October 2026.
Cast
| Role | Cast |
|---|---|
| Grid | Tachibana Tatsumaru |
| Yura | Seto Asami |
Staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Director | Kouno Ayako |
| Series Composition | Ihara Kenta |
| Character Design | Tanigawa Ryousuke |
| Sound Director | Iwanami Yoshikazu |
| Music | Fujisawa Yoshiaki |
| Music Production | Pony Canyon |
| Production | Egg Firm |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
Background
Park originally began the action fantasy series as a web novel on Munpia from June to July 2013 before halting for official publication. The novel was officially serialized on Munpia in November 2014 and also ran on multiple other platforms such as KakaoPage from December 2014 until its completion in April 2024. Maru & Maya began publishing the novel series with illustrations by HABAN in January 2014 and released the 96th and final volume in December 2024.
Team Argo began drawing the webtoon adaptation on KakaoPage in April 2020. Wuxiaworld and Tapas Media published the web novel digitally in English from October 2017 and September 2021, respectively. Tapas Media also began publishing the webtoon digitally in September 2021, and Yen Press licensed the series for physical release through their Ize Press imprint in April 2023. The sixth web novel volume went on sale March 24, and the tenth webtoon volume went on sale May 19.
Synopsis
Shin Youngwoo (a.k.a. Grid), an unlucky man in life and a low-level player in the popular VR game “Satisfy,” finds a powerful item that earns him a rare legendary class title: “Pagma’s Successor.” He’s now a skilled blacksmith who can forge unique weapons and equip the game’s most powerful gear. Grid resolves to use his new abilities to achieve fame and fortune, but as his very existence begins to stir up trouble in Satisfy, he realizes that life as a legend may be more than he bargained for… (Source: Tapas Media)
Official site: https://tempal-anime.net/
Official X: @tempal_anime
Source: Comic Natalie
