The live-action film adaptation of the Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint web novel series will debut in July 2025, as revealed by a new trailer. Lotte Entertainment will distribute the film starting in July 2025, starring Ahn Hyo-seop as Kim Dokja and Lee Min-ho as Yoo Joonghyuk. Kim Byung-woo will direct the film. You can check out the Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint live-action trailer below.
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You can check out the film’s launch poster below:
Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint has enjoyed an astronomical rise since its debut as a web novel in 2018. The series is now serialized as a webcomic on WEBTOON (under Omniscient Reader), with over 441 million views across 243 chapters as of February 24.
Anime Corner had the opportunity to interview the head of the artist collective, Sleepy-C, which handles the art for the series. The interview delves into how the team came to handle the webtoon adaptation, its creative process, and the desire for an animated adaptation.
Their hopes were granted last year when Crunchyroll announced an Omniscient Reader anime in collaboration with Aniplex. Further staff and cast information is yet to be revealed. You can check out the announcement trailer below.
Fans can check out Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint‘s webtoon adaptation via Yen Press, which compiled the series into a graphic novel under its “Ize Press” imprint. singNsong is credited for the original web novel story, which Umi adapted for the graphic novel; Sleepy-C handled the art. It’s officially described:
AT THAT MOMENT, MY LIFE TOOK ON A DIFFERENT GENRE.
As a struggling office worker, Dokja Kim’s sole joy in life is an online novel so obscure that he’s its only reader. Then one day the story comes to an end…and so does the world. People all around the globe suddenly find themselves being massacred by horrific monsters or pitted against each other in sadistic scenarios straight out of the novel. However, only Dokja is aware that this is merely the first chapter of what is to come. Knowing that devastating plot twists are on the horizon, he can no longer afford to sit back as a reader—it’s time for Dokja to step up and write his own destiny!
Source: Newsis
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