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South Korean webtoon

Tower of God
Tower of God Volume 1 Cover.jpg

Volume 1 cover, featuring the Twenty-Fifth Bam
신의 탑
Sin-ui Tap
Genre Action, dark fantasy[1]
Author S.I.U. (Lee Jong Hui)
Publisher Young Com
Webtoon
service
  • Naver Webtoon (Korean)
  • Line Webtoon (English)
Original run June 30, 2010 – present
Volumes 8
Anime television series
Directed by Takashi Sano
Produced by Joseph Chou
Written by Erika Yoshida
Music by Kevin Penkin
Studio Telecom Animation Film
Licensed by
  • Crunchyroll
  • (streaming)
  • Viz Media
  • (home video)

SEA

Aniplus Media Networks
Original network Tokyo MX, BS11, GYT, GTV
English network

SEA

Aniplus Asia[2]

Original run April 1, 2020 – June 24, 2020
Episodes 13 (List of episodes)
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Tower of God (Korean:신의 탑; RR:Sin-ui Tap) is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by S.I.U. It has been serialized in Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon since June 2010, with the individual chapters collected and published by Young Com into eight volumes as of July 2021. Tower of God received official English translations by Line Webtoon beginning in July 2014.

It has received a mobile game and merchandise. In Japan, the web manhwa received an anime television series adaptation by Telecom Animation Film that first premiered on Naver Series On in South Korea, and aired in Japan immediately afterward. It originally aired from April to June 2020. Crunchyroll licensed and simulcasted the Japanese broadcast version of the anime for its streaming service.

Synopsis [edit]

Setup [edit]

Tower of God centers around a boy named Twenty-Fifth Bam. It is notable that in Korea 'Bam' can mean 'Night' or 'Chestnut'. He has spent most of his life trapped beneath a vast and mysterious Tower, with only his close friend, Rachel, to keep him company. When Rachel enters the Tower, Bam is devastated. Somehow, Bam manages to open the door to the Tower. Now, he will go any distance to see Rachel again even if it means dying. When he enters the Tower, he meets allies that will help him up the tower.

Settings [edit]

The Tower [edit]

"The Tower" is a mysterious structure that is completely enclosed and hosts many unique environments. It is permeated by an element called "Shinsu", which has strange properties similar to magic in other comic universes. It is inhabited by many different intelligent species. Living on the top floors is associated with a higher status in the Tower and better living conditions. This is because ascension from one floor to the next is only allowed by passing increasingly difficult tests of strength, dexterity and wit. Regulars are any individuals from the Outer Tower chosen to climb the tower in the Inner Tower. Former Regulars who reach the top of the Tower are known as Rankers, and are generally much more powerful than others. Rankers are often put to work administering the lower floors. At the top of the Tower sit the "10 Great Families", which form the governing body of the Tower. A figure known as King Jahad (or 'Zahard', in some translations) is the chief leader of this body.

Each floor is composed of three layers: an external Outer Tower which serves as the residential area, an Inner Tower where people are tested, and a Middle Area, which acts as a network linking each floor. Residents of each floor are given the chance to ascend, provided that they are deemed "worthy" of doing so by Headon, the First Floor's Guardian and caretaker of the Tower. Such people are referred to as "Chosen Regulars" in Tower of God. The Tower is sealed from the vast, unknown "Outside" by portentous, impenetrable doors. On rare occasions, extraordinary people are able to open the doors and enter the Tower. Such people are called "Irregulars" in the manhwa, and Twenty-Fifth Bam is one of them.

According to the author, each floor is the size of the North American continent.[3] Each floor often has its own culture, language and governance systems, and it is not uncommon to have nations living in isolation and unaware of the existence of the tower.

Only Irregulars are exempt from the contract Jahad struck with the Tower Guardians that made him immortal. Thus, only an Irregular can kill Jahad. This fact drives much of the plot in Tower of God.

Shinsu [edit]

Shinsu (Hangul: 신수, RR: Shin-soo), roughly translated as "Divine Water", is a substance found within the Tower in varying concentrations on each floor. On the lower floors, Shinsu is diffuse and inconspicuous, similar to air. However, on higher floors, Shinsu increases in power and concentration, and is said to be viscous and flowing similarly to water. High Shinsu resistance is required to enter these floors. Residents in the tower must form a contract with the "administrator" of the respective floors in order to manipulate Shinsu. However, individual known as "Irregulars" seem to be an exception to this case, with one (Enryu) who even managed to kill a seemingly immortal administrator of a floor.

Shinsu can be manipulated to enhance physical abilities, powerful weapons, and even manipulate the elements. Bang (Korean-방) is the number of discrete units of Shinsu control. The more Bangs someone handle, the better the ability to control shinsu. The size of the units is called Myeon (Korean-면), and the concentration is called Soo (Korean-수). Though used with varying degrees of explicitness and even conscious awareness, its use seems to be inextricable from combat within the Tower. Shinsu reinforcement (Korean-신수강화-shinsooganghwa) is a technique used to strengthen the body, and is commonly used by Regulars. Those who are strong with Shinsu have their aging slowed to the point where they become effectively immortal. It is unclear to what extent aging is slowed simply by living in the tower without training to use Shinsu.

Shinsu does not have a fixed flow, but there is a temporary flow. Using this flow to attack is called flow control. Expert wave controllers could destroy a village with this. Reverse flow control is used to strike back in the direction of the flow and to stop the opponent. Sometimes they are used simultaneously, attacking with flow control and protecting the body with reverse flow control. Flow control is a favored technique of Twenty-Fifth Bam.

Positions [edit]

Most battles in the tower are done in teams. Each person in a team plays a certain role in battle, which are referred to as positions. There are five basic positions: fisherman (낚시꾼 nakksiggun), spear-bearer (창지기 changjigi), light-bearer (등대지기 deungdaejigi), scout (탐색꾼 tamsaekggun), and wave-controller (파도잡이 padojabi). Fishermen are direct fighters, spear-bearers are a fighting support class, light-bearers provide distant reconnaissance, scouts provide on-ground reconnaissance, and wave-controllers control Shinsu. There are other positions, such as guide, but they are rare.

Development [edit]

Author S.I.U. majored in visual arts education on a university level before being conscripted into the South Korean military. By the advice of a senior in the army, S.I.U. started drawing cartoons. During this period, S.I.U. drew "ten books" worth of practice cartoons, which formed the backbone of the Tower of God comic he later started to create for the Internet.[4] S.I.U. already has major events and characters planned out, sometimes more than 8 years in advance, and often shares additional information on the Tower of God universe on his blogpost, after each chapter is published.

Media [edit]

Manhwa [edit]

Lee Jong-hui (Korean:이종휘), also known by the pen-name S.I.U. ("Slave In Utero") launched Tower of God in Naver's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon on June 30, 2010.[5] It is the first story in the "Talse Uzer" universe. As of February 2020, Tower of God has collected 4.5 billion views worldwide.[6] Tower of God was one of the first webtoons to receive official English translations by WEBTOON in July 2014.[7]

Its first and second collected volumes were released simultaneously by Young Com on November 12, 2019.[8]

In November 2021, Wattpad announced that Tower of God would receive a print release in North America as part of their new Webtoon Unscrolled imprint.[9]

Volume list [edit]

No. Korean release date Korean ISBN
1 November 12, 2019[10] 979-1-19-015317-1
2 November 12, 2019[11] 979-1-19-015318-8
3 May 26, 2020[12] 979-1-19-015329-4
4 May 26, 2020[13] 979-1-19-015330-0
5 January 12, 2021[14] 979-1-19-015361-4
6 January 12, 2021[15] 979-1-19-015362-1
7 July 14, 2021[16] 979-1-19-015393-5
8 July 14, 2021[17] 979-1-19-015394-2

Game [edit]

In 2013, Naver released a mobile role-playing game on Google Play based on Tower of God, developed by Sunrise.[18] [19] The game drew in 120 million players shortly after its initial release.[20] The Tower of God role-playing game's development continued for two years after its initial release, and the game saw a full commercial release in 2016. In February 2016, the game ranked in the top 5 most popular games on South Korea's version of Google Play. A cross-webtoon RPG game titled Hero Cantare was released in 2019, featuring Tower of God and other popular titles such as The God of High School and Hardcore Leveling Warrior.[21]

Merchandise [edit]

Naver sells a variety of Tower of God merchandise, such as figurines. During the commercial release of the Tower of God role-playing game, Naver released limited edition items worth ₩30,000 South Korean Won.[19]

Anime [edit]

Poster of Tower of God TV anime series.

An anime television series adaptation was initially announced at Seoul Comic-Con in August 2019, the series titled Kami no Tō -Tower of God- (神之塔 -Tower of God-) began releasing in April 2020 simultaneously in Japan, South Korea, and the United States.[22] [23] It was produced by Telecom Animation Film, with Aniplex subsidiary Rialto Entertainment responsible for Japanese production, and Sola Entertainment providing production management.[23] [24] The anime series premiered in South Korea on April 1, 2020 on Naver Series On and Korean television network Aniplus,[25] and aired from April 2 to June 24, 2020 on Japanese television.[a] The series was directed by Takashi Sano with Hirokazu Hanai as assistant director. Erika Yoshida was in charge of series composition, Masashi Kudo and Miho Tanino were the series' character designers, and Kevin Penkin composed the soundtrack.[26] Korean band Stray Kids performed the opening "TOP",[27] and ending theme song "SLUMP" in Japanese, English, and Korean for the respective language dubs. The series ran for 13 episodes.[28]

Crunchyroll streamed the Japanese broadcast of the series as a co-production under its "Crunchyroll Originals" title.[23] [29] [30] Viz Media has licensed the series for home video distribution in North America and will release it on Blu-ray on January 18, 2022.[31] [32]

Reception [edit]

Head of Line Webtoon Tom Akel stated in July 2015 that the manhwa's weekly installments are read by five million people.[37]

On the original Korean platform, Tower of God is the most profitable series based on the paid preview system, where readers can buy up to 3 chapters in advance. It has been consistently topping the popularity rankings since its publication in 2010, with one of the chapters receiving over 1 million comments.[38] [ better source needed ]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ a b c The first two episodes received an early release on Naver Series On at 20:00 KST April 1 and 8, 2020.[36] Subsequent Korean-dubbed episodes premiere at 23:00 KST, and subsequent Japanese-dubbed episodes aired at the listed air time of 24:30 JST, which is technically 00:30 JST of the following calendar day.
  2. ^ All English episode titles taken from Crunchyroll.

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Crunchyroll Reveals First Slate of Crunchyroll Originals". Crunchyroll. February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020. A Crunchyroll and WEBTOON Production, based on the comic series "Tower of God" created by SIU and published by WEBTOON, this dark fantasy action series centers on the journey of a young man as he battles his way through the mysterious Tower
  2. ^ Antonio-Pineda, Rafael (March 23, 2020). "Aniplus Asia Airs Tower of God, Kakushigoto, Princess Connect Anime". Anime News Network . Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  3. ^ "SIU Blogpost". Naver.
  4. ^ 웹툰 '신의 탑' 탄생 이유 무엇?…'시선 집중'. Herald Corp (in Korean). July 6, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  5. ^ Ji-seon, Lim (October 17, 2013). 0.03%의 확률…'신의 탑' 쌓은 '신의 손' [0.03% probability, build a 'Tower of God' by 'Hand of God']. Hani.co.kr (in Korean). Frankfurt: The Hankyoreh. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  6. ^ "Korean Web Manga Tower of God Gets TV Anime in Spring 2020". Crunchyroll. March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020. The adventure fantasy series has collected 4.5 billion views worldwide
  7. ^ "Popular Mobile Webcomic Service, WEBTOON, Debuts in the United States and Worldwide". PR Newswire. July 2, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  8. ^ @iyoungcom_2 (November 4, 2019). 🎉드디어 <신의 탑> 1, 2권이 동시 출간됩니다!!🎉 <신의 탑> 출간을 기념하여 트위터에서 이벤트를 시작합니다!💕 본 게시물을 RT + 팔로우 해주신 분들 중 3분을 추첨하여 <신의 탑> 1권을 보내드립니다! 많은 참여 부탁드립니다~😍 (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved April 21, 2020 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (November 18, 2021). "New 'Webtoon Unscrolled' Imprint Unveiled With Tower of God Manhwa". Anime News Network . Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  10. ^ 신의 탑 1 [Tower of God 1]. Naver Book Database . Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  11. ^ 신의 탑 2 [Tower of God 2]. Naver Book Database . Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  12. ^ 신의 탑 3 [Tower of God 3]. Naver Book Database . Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  13. ^ 신의 탑 4 [Tower of God 4]. Naver Book Database . Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  14. ^ 신의 탑 5 [Tower of God 5]. Naver Book Database . Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  15. ^ 신의 탑 6 [Tower of God 6]. Naver Book Database . Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  16. ^ 신의 탑 7 [Tower of God 7]. Naver Book Database . Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  17. ^ 신의 탑 8 [Tower of God 8]. Naver Book Database . Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  18. ^ "모바일 게임 '신의 탑 with 네이버웹툰' 정식 서비스 시작". BizFact. February 18, 2016.
  19. ^ a b "'신의 탑 with 네이버웹툰' 정식 서비스 시작". PlayForum. February 18, 2016.
  20. ^ Ga-hyun, Park (March 14, 2016). 네이버 웹툰 '신의탑' 꾸준한 인기…게임까지. Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  21. ^ [이슈] 웹툰 슈퍼히어로RPG '히어로칸타레', 'SEASON 1. 신의 탑' 사전예약 50만 돌파. Daily e-Sports (in Korean). April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2020 – via Naver News.
  22. ^ 이기범 (August 5, 2019). 한국 웹툰은 '마블'이 될 수 있을까 (in Korean). Bloter. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  23. ^ a b c Hodgkins, Crystalyn (February 25, 2020). "Crunchyroll Unveils 7 'Crunchyroll Originals' Works Including Tower of God, Noblesse, God of High School". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  24. ^ "Aniplex Subsidiary Rialto Entertainment Works on Tower of God Animated Work". Anime News Network . Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  25. ^ Aniplus [@ANIPLUSTV] (March 20, 2020). 【2020년 애니플러스 2분기 신작 방영 안내】 『신의 탑』 ☞ 방영일정 : 4.1 (수) 밤 11시 첫방송 애니플러스에서 방송됩니다. 많은 시청 바랍니다. #신의탑 #towerofgod #신의탑애니 #신탑애니 (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved April 2, 2020 – via Twitter.
  26. ^ "Crunchyroll Reveals Tower of God Anime's Video, Cast, Staff". Anime News Network . Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  27. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (March 25, 2020). "Tower of God Anime's Video Reveals Stray Kids Opening Song". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  28. ^ Mateo, Alex (April 2, 2020). "Tower of God Anime Has 13 Episodes". Anime News Network . Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  29. ^ "Tower of God Anime Debuts as Crunchyroll Original April 1". Crunchyroll. February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  30. ^ Mejias, Nicole (June 6, 2020). "The Wild and Wonderful World of WEBTOON Series". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on June 6, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  31. ^ "Crunchyroll and VIZ Media to Bring BURN THE WITCH, Tower of God, JUJUTSU KAISEN, and More to Home Video". Crunchyroll News. March 30, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  32. ^ Viz Media [@vizmedia] (November 16, 2021). "Cover reveal! 🐢 This is the story of the beginning and the end of Rachel, the girl who climbed the tower so she could see the stars, and Bam, the boy who needed nothing but her. Tower of God: The Complete Season releases January 18th on Blu-ray!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 17, 2021 – via Twitter.
  33. ^ "STORY / TVアニメ『神之塔 -Tower of God-』" (in Japanese). Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  34. ^ "Tower of God". Crunchyroll. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  35. ^ "Hōsō Jōhō | Kami no Tō -Tower of God-" 放送情報 | 神之塔 -Tower of God-. Tokyo MX . Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  36. ^ 신의 탑 (한국어더빙) (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved April 2, 2020. 시리즈온에서만 1,2화 무료 선물! 2화는 4월 8일 20시 무료 공개될 예정입니다. <신의 탑> 더빙판으로 보면 자막판까지 드리고 있으니 두 배로 즐겨보세요!
  37. ^ Gustines, George Gene (July 5, 2015). "Stan Lee and Michelle Phan Help WEBTOON, Digital Comics Site, Expand in U.S." The New York Times.
  38. ^ 신의 탑 - 2부 20화 [Tower of God, Season 2 Ch 20]. Naver Webtoon . Retrieved April 23, 2020.

External links [edit]

  • Tower of God on Naver Webtoon (in Korean)
  • Tower of God on Line Webtoon (in English)
  • Tower of God official anime website (in Japanese)
  • Tower of God (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_God

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