Originally in French and translated by Google Gemini
The long-awaited announcement has finally arrived: the animated series Wakfu will soon be back on our screens. France Télévision had the honor of unveiling this news on the sidelines of the Annecy Animation Festival. This fifth season, which should consist of 26 episodes, will serve as a bridge between the animated series and the new webtoon/manga currently being published.
The return of Wakfu last February for a fourth season, after seven years of absence, was a great success. Financed thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, this season brilliantly concluded the narrative arc begun in the previous season. Nearly 17,889 contributors had raised over €1,522,816.
On the strength of this renewed popularity, France Télévisions has therefore decided to continue the Wakfu adventure by partnering with Ankama to produce a new season.
Initially, it seemed that the Wakfu universe would continue mainly in webtoon and paper format. However, the enthusiasm generated by the latest episodes prompted France TV to relaunch the series. Ankama and France TV Slash have thus officially formalized the development of a fifth season, scheduled for “soon”. ToT had already suggested that this new season would make the link between the latest television adventures and the new webtoons/mangas currently being published.
The studio could once again use crowdfunding to finance this fifth season. When asked about this on X (formerly Twitter), the official Ankama Animation account simply replied: “We will communicate soon on this subject!”.
Ankama has also recently acquired a minority stake in the INTHEBOX studio and co-founded the Unagi studio in Montreal. These new collaborations aim to increase the studio’s production capacity and develop new projects, including a potential Wakfu spin-off entitled “Waven”.
With this season 5 in production and many projects in development, the future of Wakfu looks very promising. Fans can already relive the adventures of Yugo, Amalia and their friends streaming on Okoo, France TV and Netflix (for the first three seasons).
Last April, ToT already suggested that this fifth season could well consist of 26 episodes, enough to delight fans eager to find the enchanting universe of Wakfu.
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