Image credit: The Korea Times Naver and Kakao are seeing massive success in manga powerhouse Japan, with their online comics generating huge sales there last year. The two companies have reported to receive favorable responses in the Japanese comics market by localizing content using popular intellectual properties (IPs) from Korea. Naver Webtoon said sales in Japan … [Read more...] about Naver, Kakao Achieving Big Success in Japan
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Popular Manga App Ceases Amid Legal Threats from Kakao
A major Korean manhwa publisher has compelled the widely used manga and manhwa reading app, Tachiyomi, to halt all development activities. The main person in charge of Tachiyomi, the app that's been around for nine years, was told to stop the project. They had to delete all the different versions and extras on GitHub. Big companies in Japan, like Shueisha and Toei Animation, … [Read more...] about Popular Manga App Ceases Amid Legal Threats from Kakao
Line Digital Frontier acquires eBOOK Initiative Japan
Line Digital Frontier, a Japanese webtoon company announced it has purchased the Japanese electronic book company eBOOK Initiative Japan, the Korean publication Korea JoonAnd Daily reported. Line Digital Frontier happens to be a subsidiary of Naver Webtoon and has its own webtoon app in Japanese named Line Manga. eBOOK Initiative, on the other hand, is an e-book service … [Read more...] about Line Digital Frontier acquires eBOOK Initiative Japan