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The service operated as Daum Webtoon alongside Kakao's other service, KakaoPage, attracting many readers to its platform. It wasn't until August 1, 2021, when the service was relaunched as Kakao Webtoon in order to expand globally and management changed to the platform now being operated by Kakao Entertainment , a subsidiary of Kakao. [ 2 ]
Webtoons (Korean: 웹툰) are a type of episodic digital comics that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones.While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of South Korea during their inception, there has been a surge in popularity internationally thanks to the easy online accessibility and variety of free digital comics. [1]
The platform, controlled by Naver and the Naver-SoftBank Group joint venture LY Corporation through a Delaware-domiciled, Los Angeles, California-headquartered holding company Webtoon Entertainment Inc., [1] is free and can be found both on the web at Webtoons.com and on mobile devices available for both Android and iOS.
In 2018, the company acquired Neobazar, Indonesia's top webtoon platform company, for 13.8 billion won. [10] In July 2020, KakaoPage invested in the US-based web-novel platform Radish for 32.2 billion won. [11] In August 2020, KakaoPage acquired 49% of the multinational drama and film production company Kross Pictures for 5.8 billion won. [12]
Comico is a webtoon portal based in Japan that is part of NHN Japan Corporation.NHN Japan first launched its webtoon platform Comico in Japan in 2013. [1] It was then followed by a launch in Taiwan in 2014 [citation needed] and then in Thailand and South Korea in 2016 followed by Indonesia (defunct [2] since September 30, 2019) and Spanish language (defunct since 2019) in 2017.
The company, majority-owned by South Korean tech giant Naver, is aiming to raise as much as $315 million by offering 15 million shares at a price range of $18 to $21 each. Los Angeles, California ...
Manta is a subscription-based service that allows all members to read unlimited amounts of content on its app at a fixed price. The app is available for Android and iOS devices, [4] and all content can be viewed from its official website. Manta is known to be the first subscription-based webcomic platform in the market. [5]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... move to sidebar hide. Help. Pages in category "Webtoons in print" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total ...