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Tapas is Closing. (opens the original)
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Overgeared Could Be the Future of Webtoons (opens the original)
7 Webtoon Confirmed for Anime Adaptations (opens the original)
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One interesting thing about the Korean webtoon industry is just how much information is available online if you know where to look for it. Or, in this case, when someone who sits next to you at work knows where to look for it.Earlier this week, I was in on a conference call and the topic of Korean government grants came up. For those who don’t know, the Korean government has been funding cultural content for decades doing everything from covering convention costs to marketing and production cost
The Myth of the Mega IP (opens the original)
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As long as I’ve been working in the webtoon industry, the idea of tentpole titles has been a hot topic of conversation. Tentpoles are titles that lift the entire market, often times platforms by providing high viewership and attention which can be used to increase viewership of other titles.And while tentpole titles are necessary for webtoon platforms, the assumption has always been that if a webtoon were big enough, it could do that for the whole industry. That’s what we’d call a mega IP.Before
Kidari Studio Proves Webtoons Can Be Profitable (opens the original)
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Kidari Studio is having a banner year with their Q2 numbers hitting far above the black and providing a model by which webtoon publishers and platforms can actually be profitable. At least based on the numbers we’re looking at on their financial disclosures.Let’s take a look.<div class="image2-inset
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