Delayed Korean Anime ‘Lookism’: Coming to Netflix in December 2022

Netflix’s new Korean anime series Lookism, the adaptation of an extremely popular webtoon comic, was originally set to release in November 2022. After a delayed release, it is now scheduled to arrive in December 2022.

lookism is an upcoming South Korean Netflix Original anime series and adaptation of the Korean webtoon of the same name by author Park Hyeong-seok. Lookism’s serialization first began in 2014 and has since received 8.7 billion views worldwide.

The series is animated by Studio Mir, the same studio behind DOTA: Dragonborn Y The Witcher: Wolf’s Nightmare.

When is lookism Is season 1 coming to Netflix?

Previously, Lookism was scheduled to be released on Friday, November 4, 2022. However, after the tragic events that occurred in Itaewon on Halloween 2022, the release of lookism and other Korean shows were delayed as South Korea entered a mourning period.

We recently learned that Lookism will still be coming to Netflix in 2022 and will be released on Thursday, December 8, 2022.

What is the plot of lookism?

The Lookism plot has been Sourced from MyAnimeList:

Park Hyung Suk has spent all 17 years of his life at the bottom of the food chain. Short, overweight and unattractive, he is used to being bullied by his classmates and constantly discriminated against because of his appearance. In an attempt to escape his biggest bully, Lee Tae Sung, he decides to transfer to Seoul Jae Won High School, a vocational high school known for its liberal education system and carefree students.

Days before his transfer, Hyung Suk wakes up to find that he no longer has his usual chubby body, but instead has a perfect body! Tall, handsome, and beautifully toned, Hyung Suk has become the ideal version of himself. The only problem is that his original body still lies next to him, and when one body falls asleep, he wakes up in the other.

Now possessing two wildly different bodies, Hyung Suk must learn to navigate his new and much more popular life at J High while solving the mystery of where his second, nearly superhuman body came from.

Who are the cast members of lookism?

Currently, there are no cast members announced for lookismbut we hope that the cast will be revealed very soon.

In what language will the series be available to stream?

We are not sure if an English dub will be provided. lookismHowever, we do know that the series will have a Korean dub with English subtitles available.

As a global series, additional multi-language subtitles will also be available worldwide for lookism.

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