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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.
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.
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]
Tahilalats, also known as Mindblowon, is an Indonesian-language webcomic which is created, written and illustrated by Nurfadli Mursyid. First published through the Instagram account @tahilalats in 2014, the daily four-panel comic is one of the most-followed webcomics in Indonesia, being published primarily via WEBTOON and social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook.
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 ]
Si Juki's first title on WEBTOON, Lika Liku Anak Kos, had over 600,000 followers. As of 2018, 5 Si Juki titles are accessible in WEBTOON. [11] Two of the printed books Berani Beda and Berani Gagal sold over 100,000 copies altogether. [12] Faza stated in 2015 that his nine-man team earned about Rp 60 million (USD 4,250) per month from the comic ...
Webtoons are the digital form of manhwa that first came into popularity in the early 2000s due to their free access and availability on the internet. [19] It was also beneficial to creators because it helped them get around strict South Korean censorship laws. [20] Webtoons encourage amateur writers to publish their own stories for others to ...
Studio N is a subsidiary of Webtoon Entertainment Inc. launched in August 2018 that produces drama films and television series based on stories from their Korean library of webtoons and web novels.