Gosu (manhwa)

Gosu
Volume 1 cover, featuring Gang Yong
고수
GenreAction, adventure, historical, martial arts
AuthorGiun Ryu
IllustratorMun Jeong-hoo
Webtoon
service
Original runSeptember 13, 2015 – February 23, 2023
Volumes15
Prequel(s)
  • Yongbi the Invincible (1998–2002)
  • Yongbi the Invincible: A Side Story (2006–2013)
Anime
Studio

Gosu, also alternatively translated as Gosu: The Master (Korean고수; RRGosu), is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written by Giun Ryu and illustrated by Mun Jeong Hoo. It has been serialized in Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon since September 2015 with the individual chapters collected and published into fifteen volumes as of February 2024. Gosu received official English translations by Line Webtoon beginning in 2015. Gosu is a sequel to the Yongbi Bulpae (Yongbi the Invincible) manhwa, which was serialized from 1998 to 2002.[1][2]

Giun Ryu and Mun Jeong Hoo launched the comic in Naver in 2015, and ended the series in February 2023. By 2023, the webtoon has crossed 1.4 billion views.

A Japanese-South Korean anime adaptation by Toei Animation, Studio Mir and Studio N has been announced.[2]

  1. ^ 東映アニメーションとStudio N、全世界累計14億回Viewの超人気ヒット作『高手』のアニメ化に向けた業務協約を締結! (Press release). April 17, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2023 – via PR Times.
  2. ^ a b "Gosu Webtoon Gets Japanese-S. Korean Animated Adaptation". Anime News Network. April 17, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2023.