CoryxKenshin teases “A New Manga Emerges” in Return From Hiatus

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Popular YouTuber CoryxKenshin has returned from his hiatus of almost a year and a half, revealing the words “a new manga is appearing” and an animated trailer. The previous video, a reaction to Five Nights at Freddy’s the movie was uploaded on June 27, 2023, and nothing else was uploaded until today.

The teased manga is titled MONSTERS WE MAKEand the animated trailer was animated by The Line studio. It is an independent animation studio based in London, England, specializing in 2D animation. They also worked on the music video for “Humility” by Gorillaz in 2018, as well as their 2020 web series Singing machine.

Cory appeared after the animated teaser. He’s wearing a shirt with Levi’s off Attack on Titanand he just briefly says hi to the fans before revealing a date for the next update: December 16, 2024.

CoryxKenshin returns from hiatus – teases MONSTER, WE’RE MAKING new manga

The full credits for MONSTERS WE MAKE video is listed as follows:

  • Author: Corey Mikell, CoryxKenshin
  • Producers: Robert Zhang-Smitherman, Vincent Almazar
  • Main art: Andrew Gong
  • Elias Magee-Shamaan
  • Studio: The Line
  • Director: Wesley Louis
  • Producer: Kateřina Grecová
  • Production Coordinator: Viktoria Viktorova Micheva
  • Executive producer: Laura Breaden
  • Executive Creative Director: Tim McCourt
  • Art Director: Agathe Leroux
  • Animation director: Gaëlle Thierry
  • 2D Animation Assistant Lead: Lucie Julliat
  • Compositing Lead: Victoria Jardine
  • Concepts: Agathe Leroux, Paul Sabado
  • Animation Director: Paul Sabado
  • Color font: Arnaud Tribout
  • Background painting: Agathe Leroux
  • Storyboards: Kevin Molina-Ortiz, Louve Karnas
  • Character design: Saskia Gutekunst, Jander Gonzalez Mella
  • Model sheets: Gaëlle Thierry, Saskia Gutekunst
  • 2D animation: Gaëlle Thierry, Jamie Merry, Amanda Holm
  • 2D Animation Assistant: Lucie Julliat, Eleonora Quario
  • 2D FX: Erwin Rieffel
  • Composition: Victoria Jardine, Freddie Lewis-Wall
  • Color quality: Victoria Jardine
  • Music: Chris the Scientist & Rina May Project
  • Head of Compositing: Freddie Lewis-Wall
  • IT Support: Rob Riley (GAL Consultancy)
  • Marketing Manager: Ella Johnston

There is one Instagram account to the project by CoryxKenshin where the MONSTERS WE MAKE manga characters are introduced: They are:

  • Jabari Booker
  • September Ingram
  • Liam X
  • Alicent Kim
  • He Andersson
  • Dylan Carl

You can find their character designs and more information below.

Jabari Booker:
Born: November 2, 2096
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 170 lbs
Likes: Listening to and playing music. Video games (primarily fighting games). Anime. Adding to his Quantum card collection.
Dislikes: Long waiting times at the barbershop more than anything else. And tomatoes.

coryxkenshin monsters we make Jabari Booker

September Ingram:
Born: October 25, 2096
Height: 5’6″ (5’7″ with hair buns)
Weight: 140 lbs

Likes: Cooking healthy food. Preparation of flower arrangements. Shopping, especially with Alicent. Watching players on YouTV.
Dislikes: Pollution. Human impact on the planet. Pretentiousness. School.

coryxkenshin monsters we make september ingram

Liam X:
Born: October 23, 2096
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 180 lbs

Likes: Spending time by large bodies of water. Quiet. Training.
Dislikes: Letting his team down. Has a serious fear of clowns.

Liam X monsters we make

Alicent Kim:
Born: October 20, 2096
Height: 5’4″
Weight: 130 lbs

Likes: Driving fast. Horror films and attractions, especially drawing September. K-pop. Reality shows (guilty pleasure).
Dislikes: “Family time.” Incompetent people. Awkward people. People. Way too sweet.

Alicent Kim monsters we make

Hans Andersson:
Born: November 1, 2096
Height: 5’7″
Weight: 155 lbs

Likes: His YouTV channel (HanDaOne96). Chess. Speedrunning calculation. Junk food. Girls. All technical.
Dislikes: Slow internet speed. Cleaning.

monsters we make Han Andersson

Dylan Carl:
Born: April 10, 2075
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 170 lbs

Likes:
Dislikes: Everyone

Dylan Carl monsters we make

ONE website was also launched, giving the message “Thank you. Sanada will be in touch soon.” when signing up for the newsletter. We can expect more details about the manga’s serialization and why he chose to call it that on December 16th.

CoryxKenshin has over 19.6 million followers on YouTube and the video hit over 3.5 million views within the first 5 hours.

Source: CoryxKenshin on YouTube
“Monsters We Make” © 2024 CoryxKenshin