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'Lore Olympus' webcomic gets animated series on Amazon Prime Video

“Lore Olympus” (2017-24), a romance webcomic that reimagines the Greek myth of Persephone and Hades in a modern setting, is being adapted into an animated series for Amazon’s Prime Video.

2026-01-21

'Tomb Raider King' web novel, webtoon to be adapted into animated series

Kakao Entertainment's popular web novel and webtoon series “Tomb Raider King” will be adapted into an animated series in Korea and Japan in July.

2026-01-19

Disney, Webtoon join forces to launch new digital comics platform

The Walt Disney Company and Naver's Webtoon Entertainment finalized a strategic partnership to create a new digital comics platform that will combine titles from across Disney’s portfolio with Webtoon’s original content, the companies said Thursday.

2026-01-09

Naver Webtoon, Apple's new campaign spotlights creators with iPad and Apple Pencil Pro

Naver Webtoon partnered up with Apple for a new campaign titled “Made on iPad,” featuring 10 of the platform’s most prominent creators in a move that shifts the focus of brand collaborations from popular characters to the creators themselves.

2025-12-22

Grandson of late South Korean dictator begins webtoon telling of family abuse, repression

The grandson of late strongman Chun Doo Hwan began an AI-generated webtoon series on his Instagram account, seemingly based on his story of being abused by his father and oppressed by his grandparents.

2025-12-15

Enhypen webtoon to be adapted into anime

A webtoon series based on the K-pop boy band Enhypen will be turned into a Japanese anime, HYBE said Monday.

2025-12-08

Boy band Enhypen's webtoon sequel 'Dark Moon: Two Moons' to release on Friday

“Dark Moon: Two Moons,” the sequel to the hit webtoon “Dark Moon: The Blood Altar” — which stars boy band Enhypen as supernatural heartthrobs — will be released on Friday on Naver Webtoon.

2025-11-26

Webtoonist Jung Ji-hoon wins Yellow Kid Comic of the Year award for 'The Horizon'

Korean webtoonist Jung Ji-hoon, who goes by the pen name JH, won the Yellow Kid Comic of the Year award at the 2025 Lucca Comics and Games Yellow Kid and Gran Guinigi Awards.

2025-11-17

Upcoming Disney+ series slammed for prop resembling Nazi medal

An upcoming Disney+ original series, “The Remarried Empress,” has come under fire for the use of a prop resembling a Nazi medal. The production company has apologized for the oversight.

2025-11-16

Webtoon Entertainment partners with Warner Bros. Animation

Webtoon Entertainment will create 10 animated works based on popular webtoons in collaboration with Warner Bros. Animation, the Naver web content subsidiary said Thursday.

2025-11-13