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Newtopia
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Park Jeong-min
Lee Jae-yoon
8 eps
Lee Hak-ju
Alex / Seong Tae-sik
8 eps
JISOO
Kang Young-joo
8 eps
Im Sung-jae
Ra In-ho
8 eps
Hong Seo-hui
Oh Soo-jeong
8 eps
Kang Young-suk
Seo Jin-wook
8 eps
Lee Ju-won
Sergeant Jung
8 eps
Kim Sang-heun
Kim Yeong-man
8 eps
Kwon Seung-woo
Park Seong-uk
8 eps
Bin Chan-uk
Kwak Gye Yeong
8 eps
Kim Jeong-jin
Hwang Gyeong-Sik
8 eps
Tang Joon-sang
Yeong-joo
8 eps
Kim Jun-han
Aaron Park
8 eps
Lim Su-Bin
8 eps
Park Mi-hyeon
Kang Young-ju Mother
8 eps
Justin John Harvey
Paolo
4 eps
Choi Hee-jin
Choi Seul-gi
2 eps
Hwang Soo-min
Reporter (Eps 2)
1 eps
Lee Cho-hee
Park Eun-chae (Eps 8)
1 eps
Kim Jung
Jung Sun-mi (Eps 4)
1 eps
Shim Hye-rim
Subway Rider
1 eps
Jo Dan
Kyung-soo
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Newtopia actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Newtopia reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Spectacle.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Jae-yoon, a late military enlistee, and his girlfriend, Young-joo, break up over the phone over growing misunderstandings. But a zombie outbreak rocks the world. A national emergency is declared, a plane crashes in the city center, and Jae-yoon and his unit get trapped on top of a Seoul skyscraper. Young-joo risks the zombie-filled streets to find him. Can their love survive the apocalypse?
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02
Episode 2
Jae-yoon and his direct junior, In-ho, head down to Eden Hotel, right below their air defense unit, for an errand. Upon arrival, they find a plane crashing into the heart of Seoul, and the hotel turned into a bloody chaos. Meanwhile, Young-joo and Jin-wook also confront zombies and team up with Tae-shik, who happens to be passing by. Together, they begin their fight for survival.
S01E07
Episode 7
On her way to Suseo Station, Young-joo meets a very special person, who helps her reminisce on the good memories with Jae-yoon. She relentlessly fights the zombies alone on her way to Jae-yoon. Meanwhile, Jae-yoon and the squad successfully reach the 35th floor through the ducts, but they must find another way down to the first floor.
S01E06
Episode 6
Young-joo is left by herself at the Express Bus Terminal Station, but a stroke of luck leads her to a metro staff office, where she gathers supplies to battle the zombies. Meanwhile, Jae-yoon's group reaches Eden Hotel, where they run into Arron Park, who has survived there alone. But the group gets split up by an unexpected attack by the zombies, throwing them into separate hotel rooms.
S01E03
Episode 3
Soo-Jeong and chef Jung from the Eden Hotel, Jae-Yoon, and In-Ho manage to return to the military unit. The find out the base they thought was safe begins to face the threat of zombies. Young-Joo sees the text messages sent by Jae-Yoon.
S01E05
Episode 5
After downing the supply helicopter, First Sergeant Jung Tae-hwa realizes that survival at their station is impossible. He plans to lead his platoon in an escape from the zombie-ridden A Tower. Meanwhile, Young-joo's group finally reaches the gate of A Tower, only to be greeted by a horde of zombies.
S01E08
Episode 8
Jae-yoon escapes the A Tower first and saves others with a brilliant idea. But they must endure another goodbye. In the meantime, Young-joo runs into people who are even more brutal than zombies. Will Jae-yoon and Young-joo, the two lovers fighting their own separate battle, finally reunite in this chaotic apocalypse?
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Where to watch
Streaming
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