South Korean tech firms shake up Japan's storied manga industry
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South Korean tech firms shake up Japan's storied manga industry
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South Korean tech firms shake up Japan's storied manga
industry
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companies are borrowing from mobile gaming to shake up: and dominate: Japan's
storied manga industry, a plot twist that has expanded the comics' fanbase to
a new generation of readers.
Backed by tech giants Kakao Corp and Naver Corp, Piccoma and Line Manga have
become Japan's highest-grossing mobile apps outside games. Such online manga
platforms have seen a surge in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Piccoma's third-quarter transaction volumes more than tripled year on year to
11.6 billion yen (US$110 million), extending a wave of online manga sales that has
already seen digital surpass print in Japan's US$5 billion manga industry.
Line Manga, now operated by SoftBank's internet business Z Holdings,
saw transaction volumes jump by a third to 8.2 billion yen in the same period.
Naver declined an interview request.
Piccoma passed Line Manga to become last year's top-grossing manga app
on both Apple's IoS and Android. Its rise can be traced back to 2016,
when it introduced a revenue model it calls "zero yen if you wait."
The app's manga tales - from classroom love stories to supernatural horror -
are serialized. Users must wait for a timer to unlock the next instalment,
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