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Line Webtoon comics can be discovered through the "daily system" function, along with being read and downloaded for free on computers and both iOS and Android devices. [8] [9] In November 2020, Webtoon established a new subsidiary called Webtoon Studios for the purpose of licensing English-language properties. [10]
Webtoons (Korean: 웹툰) are a type of episodic digital comic 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 online comic content. [1]
MangaDex is a nonprofit website that aggregates translations of manga, manhwa, and manhua.Content on the website is usually unofficial, uploaded by "scanlation" groups, but links to official services like Manga Plus and Bilibili Comics are also provided on the website.
By April 21, 2014, they had started their free webtoon and web fiction service. In 2014, they announced that they would add over 100 different webtoon series before the year was out. [5] Any individual can create content, upload it to KakaoPage, and sell it directly to other consumers on the platform.
Tapas was founded by San Francisco-based Korean entrepreneur Chang Kim and Young-Jun Jang in 2012, [5] [2] [3] initially under the name Comic Panda. [8] [nb 1] The Wall Street Journal described Kim as a "serial entrepreneur"; he was once in charge of Samsung's mobile content strategy, [9] and he sold his Korean blogging company TNC to Google [5] [10] and also worked for Google on Blogger.
With websites such as TopToon, a webtoon company from Korea that also has a global service in TopToonPlus, people are able to access a wide variety of comics from their phones. [22] There are also places like WEBTOON that not only allow people to read original comics, but make them as well, opening up this aspect of Korean culture for everyone ...
Lezhin Comics is a webtoon portal that was founded by South Korean blogger Han Hee-sung in 2013. It is based in South Korea and its services are offered in Korean, Japanese and English. It is based in South Korea and its services are offered in Korean, Japanese and English.
In 2017, Line Manga introduced the ability to read some manga chapters for free similar to the webtoon model it had used with its Naver Webtoon service. [4] Naver, Line's Korean owner, in 2018 decided it would close down its Japanese service of Naver Webtoon (known as XOY in Japan) and merge it with Line Manga bringing with it not just its ...