Tomb Raider King

Tomb Raider King
First webtoon adaptation volume cover, featuring Seo Joo-Heon
AuthorSanji Jiksong
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
GenreAction, fantasy
Publisher
  • New Episode
  • Wuxiaworld (English)
Published
  • November 1, 2016 – May 4, 2018
Media typeweb novel
Tomb Raider King
도굴왕
RR: Dogurwang
MR: Togurwang
AuthorSanji Jiksong
Illustrator3B2S
PublisherRedice Studio
Webtoon
service
Original runJune 30, 2019 – March 27, 2023
Volumes12
Tomb Raider King
Written byWoo Seung-wook
Directed byWoo Seung-wook
ComposerKim Ju-young
No. of episodes2
Production
Production companyStudio EEK
Original release
Network
ReleaseJuly 9, 2026 (2026-07-09) –
present
NetworkCrunchyroll (streaming)

Tomb Raider King (Korean: 도굴왕) is a South Korean web novel written by Sanji Jiksong. It was serialized in Kakao's digital comic and fiction platform KakaoPage beginning on November 1, 2016. A webtoon adaptation of Tomb Raider King was first serialized in KakaoPage on June 30, 2019, with the webtoon's first season concluded on January 30, 2023, followed by its second season, which was released from February to March 2023.[1] During their panel at Anime Expo 2022, Yen Press announced that they licensed the manhwa in English under their Ize Press imprint.[2] Its individual chapters have been collected and published in twelve volumes by Redice Studio, as of August 2024.[1]

An aeni television series adaptation produced by Studio EEK premiered in Korea and Japan in July 2026.

Plot

The tombs have been appearing all over the world, unbeknownst to mankind the tombs contain relics that grant powers to those who use it. Tomb raider Seo Joo-Heon, returns 15 years into the past and embarks on a journey around the world to steal all the tombs before anyone gets them.

Characters

Main

Seo Joo-Heon
Voiced by: Hwang Chang-young, Yoshimasa Hosoya[3] (Japanese), Monty Thompson[4] (English)
The main protagonist of the series. Joo-Heon nearly died in present while stealing the tombs that were appearing all around the world. He returns 15 years into the past to steal all the tombs and get revenge on those who betrayed him.
Irene Holton
Voiced by: Lee Yuri, Saori Hayami (Japanese)[3]
An American from a rich, wealthy family. She had a relic that causes bad luck to those who come in contact with her, when Joo-Heon breaks her free from the relic she was able to return to her original self and even develops romantic feelings for him.
Lee Seol-Ah
Joo-Heon's ex-girlfriend.
Yoo Jae-Ha
Voiced by: Shim Ki-hyuk, Miyu Irino (Japanese)[5]
Oh Seug-Woo
Voiced by: Jin Yang-wook, Nobuhiko Okamoto[5] (Japanese), Chase Kloza[4] (English)
Julian Miller
Voiced by: Kim Seong-Eun, Kōseki Kogure (Japanese), Charles Nguyen[4] (English)
Chloe Laurent
Ilya Volgof
Im Hae Jin
June
Crow
Voiced by: TBA, Sayaka Kinoshita (Japanese)
George Holton
Irene's older brother.
Yuka Sasaki
Voiced by: Futo Hamagami (Japanese)
High school student from Japan who’s a big fan of Seo Joo-Heon.

Antagonists

Kwon Tae-Joon
Voiced by: Min Eung-sik, Junichi Suwabe[3] (Japanese), Max Hartman[4] (English)
Main antagonist.
Keira Clark
Voiced by: Kim Na-yul, Yūko Kaida (Japanese)[6]
U.S. Soldier
Yang Chen
Eve Rockefeller
Joshua Jackson
Jin Chae Won
Kwon Hyuk Soo
John Harper

Media

Web novel

Written by Sanji Jiksong, Tomb Raider King was first serialized in Kakao's digital comic and fiction platform KakaoPage since November 1, 2016. The novel was licensed in English by Wuxiaworld and released from December 14, 2019, to May 22, 2021.[7]

Webtoon

A webtoon adaptation launched in KakaoPage on June 30, 2019,[8] and concluded its first season on January 30, 2023; its second season began on February 9, 2023, concluding on March 27, 2023, with its 412th chapter. Its first collected volume was released by Redice Studio on January 5, 2021. It is published on Tapas in English.[9] The collected volumes have been licensed and published in North America by Yen Press since November 22, 2022.[10]

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
01January 5, 2021[11]979-11-97221-00-2November 22, 2022[10]979-8-40-090007-5
02May 25, 2021[12]979-11-97221-05-7March 21, 2023[13]979-8-40-090013-6
03July 27, 2021[14]979-11-97221-07-1June 20, 2023[15]979-8-40-090035-8
04December 7, 2021[16]979-11-91841-04-6September 19, 2023[17]979-8-40-090052-5
05March 29, 2022[18]979-1-19-184110-7December 12, 2023[19]979-8-40-090103-4
06June 28, 2022[20]979-1-19-184116-9March 19, 2024[21]979-8-40-090104-1
07December 15, 2022[22]979-1-19-184129-9June 18, 2024[23]979-8-40-090105-8
08May 25, 2023[24]979-1-19-184140-4September 14, 2024[25]979-8-40-090208-6
09July 18, 2023[26]979-1-19-184145-9December 10, 2024[27]979-8-40-090210-9
10December 5, 2023[28]979-1-19-184158-9March 18, 2025[29]979-8-40-090212-3
11April 16, 2024[30]979-1-19-184167-1June 17, 2025[31]979-8-40-090330-4
12August 8, 2024[1]979-1-19-413124-3September 23, 2025[32]979-8-40-090332-8
13December 30, 2024[33]979-1-17-315060-9December 30, 2025[34]979-8-40-090334-2
14May 13, 2025[35]979-1-17-315070-8April 21, 2026[36]979-8-40-090336-6
15September 16, 2025[37]979-1-17-315079-1July 21, 2026[38]979-8-40-090537-7
16December 18, 2025[39]979-1-17-315091-3October 20, 2026[40]979-8-40-090539-1
17March 31, 2026[41]979-1-17-315105-7January 19, 2027[42]979-8-40-090666-4
18July 29, 2026[43]979-1-17-315116-3——

Aeni

An aeni television series adaptation was announced at Anime Expo 2024.[44] It is produced by Studio EEK and directed by Woo Seung-wook, with Lee Hyun-joung serving as character designer and Kim Ju-young composing the music. The series premiered on Aniplus in South Korea,[45] as well as its Japanese dub on July 9, 2026, on Fuji TV's B8station programming block under the title King of Grave Robbery (盗掘王, Tōkutsu Ō).[46][47][a] The opening theme song is "Show Down", while the ending theme song is "To Be Continued", both performed by QWER.[3][6]

Crunchyroll is streaming the series,[48][b] which also has an English dub.[50] Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia.[51]

Episodes

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Transliteration: "Owari Kara Futatabi" (Japanese: 終わりから再び)Lee Kap-min
& Jo HunWoo Seung-wook
& Kim C.HJuly 9, 2026 (2026-07-09) 2"Those Who Seek to Own Relics"
UnknownTBAJuly 16, 2026 (2026-07-16) 3"One Suited for Domination"
UnknownTBAJuly 22, 2026 (2026-07-22) 4"The One Who Stole the Future"
UnknownTBAJuly 29, 2026 (2026-07-29) 5"The Owner of the Tree of Life"
TBATBAAugust 5, 2026 (2026-08-05) 6"The Great Entombment"
TBATBAAugust 12, 2026 (2026-08-12) 7"Restoration of Relics"
TBATBAAugust 19, 2026 (2026-08-19) 8"The Secret of the Crow"
TBATBAAugust 26, 2026 (2026-08-26)

Video game

In May 29, 2025, Tomb Raider King collaborated with the mobile idle RPG "Max Level Idle" which included Seo Joo-Heon, Irene Holton, and Lee Seol-Ah as playable characters.

Continuation

Tomb Raider King: End Line

In July 2026, Kakao announced a sequel titled Tomb Raider King: End Line.

The story is set after the events of Tomb Raider King; After Joo-Heon’s wedding with Irene, he sees a hallucination of his daughter being kidnapped by unknown relics. He later discovers a relic opening to a multiverse of powerful rival Majesties and warring relics, he embarks on a journey to rescue his lost daughter.

The web novel is also written by Sanji Jiksong.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Fuji TV listed the series premiere on July 8 at 25:15, which is effectively July 9 at 1:15 a.m. JST.
  2. ↑ The series is available in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS (excluding Russia), India and Southeast Asia.[49]

References

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