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LINE Digital Frontier Japanese content investment
Overview
LINE Digital Frontier has announced a plan to invest approximately 10 billion yen over the next three years to strengthen the development and expansion of original Japanese content. The initiative aims to bolster in-house production, support production studios, collaborate with publishers, and assist individual creators.
Key components of the strategy include the ‘Global Drop’ project, conducted in collaboration with parent company WEBTOON Entertainment, which focuses on the simultaneous global release of manga titles in multiple languages to reach international audiences and combat piracy. Additionally, the company plans to introduce ‘WEBTOON CANVAS’ to Japan, an open platform for individual creators that allows for multilingual publication and advertising revenue sharing.
Other initiatives involve partnerships to produce animated series based on WEBTOON works and a digital comic service collaboration with Marvel Comics, scheduled to launch in November featuring titles from Star Wars and 20th Century Studios.
Entities
WEBTOON Entertainment · Number Nine · Marvel Comics · LINE Manga · Crunchyroll
Timeline
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[BUSINESS] 3 sourcesLINE Digital Frontier to invest 10 billion yen in Japanese manga
LINE Digital Frontier will invest 10 billion yen over three years to develop Japanese manga and expand its global reach through simultaneous worldwide releases and AI-driven translation.
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[BUSINESS] 2 sourcesLINE Digital Frontier to invest 10 billion yen in Japanese content
LINE Digital Frontier will invest 10 billion yen over three years to develop Japanese original content and expand its global reach through animation projects and creator support.
Sources
advertimes.com · cafeglobe.com · media-innovation.jp · news.mynavi.jp · prtimes.jp