Dungeon & Fighter creators are adapting anime and manga

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Key Takeaways

  • A Dungeon & Fighter spinoff that expands into animation, comics, and novels.
  • Neople aims to reach a wider audience beyond the Dungeon & Fighter fan base.



The Dungeon & Fighter franchise may not be the biggest in the West, but it has a huge fan following in Asia. For example, the recently released Dungeon & Fighter: Origin generated over $500 million in sales in its first month and topped the iOS App Store charts in China for four consecutive weeks.

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“This game has some obvious Souls DNA, but you could end up with a weird, messy hybrid that doesn’t do anything.”

With the success of the series in Asian markets, and the imminent release of The First Berserker: Khazan, a Soulslike game set in the DNF universe, franchise creators are eager to capitalize on this. Khazan creative director Junho Lee revealed in an exclusive interview with TheGamer that Neople is working on an anime, manga, and novel for Dungeon & Fighter.


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Discussing the reach of the Dungeon & Fighter world with us at TheGamer, Lee said that the team behind The First Berserker: Khazan “started development with the premise that there would be more users who didn't know about Dungeon & Fighter.” “I’m a fighter rather than a fighter.”

“So in the early days of development, our goal was to ensure that more people could enjoy it as much as we did. “The whole idea was to attract more users and people who like console action games,” he added.

However, while the team is aware that it does not have full global appeal, they have full confidence in the franchise and have cited it as the biggest inspiration for Khazan over the FromSoftware games. Because of that confidence, Lee said, “Not only that, but I'm also working on books, animations, and comics.”


He couldn't share any more details, but this marks Korean developer Neople's second attempt to tap into the animation and comics market. In 2009, the company released a Dungeon & Fighter spinoff, Slap-up Party: Arad Senki. The adaptation was produced as a 26-episode animation and a manga.

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Published in Birz Monthly.

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