The digital comic publisher Line Webtoon announced on Thursday that the Japanese Production I.G (Psycho-Pass, Ghost in the Shell) created a 30-minute short anime for the Korean manhwa Noblesse. It is called Noblesse: Awakening and the first episode has already made its debut on Crunchyroll and on the official website of Webtoon.

The official trailer:

The manhwa launched in 2007 by Jeho Son and Kwangsu Lee and currently it enumerates 391 chapters The page views have exceeded 2 billion and it is published weekly. In 2014, it was globally one of the most popular titles of the platform LINE Webtoon, which is where it’s published.

The anime is directed by Shunsuke Tada (Kuroko's Basketball, Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations, STARMYU) and Kazuto Nakazawa (animation director of Kill Bill and Samurai Champloo). Alongside the animated short, the LINE Webtoon launched a 10-episode limited edition series manhwa titled Noblesse: Rai's Adventure, which will be available for a limited time on website and its apps.

The story:

Cadis E. di Raizel, the noblest of all vampires, who wakes up from 820-years long sleep and starts a new life as a high school student. His peaceful days as a student are soon interrupted by a group of attackers known as the "Unions." Noblesse follows Raizel and his loyal servant, Frankenstein, as they constantly protect and save Raizel's new human friends from the mysterious threats. 

Source: animenewsnetwork.com , crunchyroll.com