BOOKMARK
  • Korean|
  • Chinese|
  • Japanese|
  • Vietnamese
본문내용 바로가기

Aju Business Daily

SEARCH
  • ECONOMY
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • IT
  • South Korea
  • North Korea
  • WORLD
  • SPORTS
  • LIFESTYLE
  • AUTO MOTIVE
  • OPINION
  • PEOPLE
  • MILITARY
Home > Home > article

S. Korean web cartoon company partners with popular comics studio targeting consumers in US and France

Park Sae-jin Reporter(swatchsjp@ajunews.com) | Posted : June 4, 2020, 15:16 | Updated : June 4, 2020, 15:16
  • 트위터
  • 페이스북
  • 웨이보

[Courtesy of Lezhin Entertainment]

SEOUL -- Lezhin Entertainment, a web cartoon company in South Korea, partnered with Kidari Studio, the country's largest webcomics production studio, to release webtoons targeting young consumers in the United States and France.

Web cartoons, widely known as webtoons or webcomics, are digital comic books created to fit into web or mobile platforms. South Korea is the birthplace of webtoons, with its webtoon market valued at one trillion won ($821 million). South Korean digital comic books are popular in eastern Asian countries.

Lezhin Entertainment, a freemium webtoon platform operator, said in a statement on Thursday that the company has forged a partnership with Kidari to exclusively provide the Fench version of Lezhin's digital comic book content to Delitoon, a French webtoon platform. Lezhin will release webtoon content created by Kidari artists in English for U.S. consumers.

The freemium service, also known as micropayment service, is a form of pay-to-get-more content service that offers customers free content but they are required to sign up for paid subscriptions to gain access to exclusive premium content.

Delitoon was first launched in France in 2011 and Kidari bought a 20.9 percent stake in the French digital comics company in July last year. Delitoon offers webtoons created by French and South Korean artists. South Korean content is translated into French.

Lezhin, launched in 2013, is the pioneer in South Korea's webtoon industry by adopting freemium services for the first time. Previously, webtoon services operated by South Korea's web service companies Naver and Daum have provided digital comics content for free. Currently, almost every webtoon companies provide freemium services. In 2015, Lezhin started a digital comic book service for U.S. consumers.

Because webtoons can be consumed anywhere using smartphones, digital cartoon content has become a daily necessity, especially for young South Korean consumers. Scores of new webtoon episodes hit the market every day.

Popular digital comics are recreated into various content including games, TV dramas and films. "Along with the Gods," a webtoon series by Joo Ho-min, that depicted the world of the afterlife based in Korean folklores, was recreated into two blockbuster films in 2017 and 2018, garnering more than 12 million viewers each. Kingdom, a Netflix Original Drama series that earned explosive popularity, was also based on a webtoon.

  • Park Sae-jin Reporter
  • email : swatchsjp@ajunews.com
© Aju Business Daily & www.ajunews.com Copyright: All materials on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the authorization from the Aju News Corporation.
  • twitter
  • facebook
  • weibo
  • link copy
  • LIST
  • TOP

Related news

  • .Kakao unit secures stake in U.S. web comics company Tapas.
    Kakao unit secures stake in U.S. web comics company Tapas
  • .S. Korean webcomics publisher Lezhin partners with U.S. online portal Anime-Planet.
    S. Korean webcomics publisher Lezhin partners with U.S. onli…
  • .Naver acquires Canada-based website and app for writers     .
    Naver acquires Canada-based website and app for writers
  • .Cube Entertainment partners with web comics company to create online video content.
    Cube Entertainment partners with web comics company to creat…
  • .Actress Kim Go-eun to star in drama remake of popular webtoon.
    Actress Kim Go-eun to star in drama remake of popular webtoo…

Real Time Photo News

  • .Girl band (G)I-DLE shrinks size to five members after school bullying controversy.

    Girl band (G)I-DLE shrinks size to five members after school bullying controversy

  • .Singer-actress IU reveals release schedule for album LILAC.

    Singer-actress IU reveals release schedule for album 'LILAC'

  • .S. Korea to build state-run K-pop concert hall for unaffordable online performances .

    S. Korea to build state-run K-pop concert hall for unaffordable online performances

  • .BLACKPINK member Rosé to release solo album in March.

    BLACKPINK member Rosé to release solo album in March

  • .BTS agency posts record earnings in 2020 on brisk online activities and album sales .

    BTS agency posts record earnings in 2020 on brisk online activities and album sales

Latest News

more+

  • Girl band (G)I-DLE shrinks size to five members after school bullying controversy
  • S. Korean companies to build combined cycle power plant in Thailand
  • Transparent LED film displays videos and images at official venue of Busan film festival
  • Daredevil surfers to be fined for ignoring storm warning
  • Hanwha Techwin releases CCTVs with fog removal and other functions
Aju Business Daily
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • PRIVACY STATEMENT
  • Copyright Policy

Address : Aju News Corporation LEEMA Building, 11th floor, 42, Jong-ro 1-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul.    Mail : swatchsjp@ajunews.com

Copyright ⓒ 2016 By Ajunews Corporation, All Rights Reserved.

Mobile view