1st webtoon in initiative follows Belle, the Beast after they are transported to a cursed kingdom Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-17/disney-announces-cursed-love-romantasy-webtoon-initiative/.240640
3 sites collectively received more than 130 million visits annually Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-14/naver-webtoon-cooperates-with-korea-mcst-interpol-to-take-down-3-english-webtoon-manga-piracy-sites/.240540
Webtoon bridges 2 seasons, depicting events from 9-year period that led Baek toward center of power Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-14/disney-releases-made-in-korea-season-2-live-action-show-prequel-webtoon/.240391
Novel follows 17-year-old classmates Dodam, Haesol as their friendship develops into romance Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-13/dae-geon-jung-novel-rapids-gets-webtoon-adaptation/.240387
Project marks 1st animated adaptation of Nano List, 1st venture into sci-fi action genre for Korea-based Studio Gale Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-02/nano-list-webtoon-gets-animated-adaptation-debuting-on-august-17/.240185
ComiXR platform enables users to place 3D characters, speech bubbles, sound effects in physical space Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-31/kaist-develops-world-1st-xr-webtoon-platform-that-brings-comics-into-real-world/.240007
Comic’s 1st volume set for release on August 11 Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-29/exclusive-viz-media-shares-preview-pages-for-samuel-sattin-tokitokoro-lynx-comic/.240077
7,400 writers participated, including about 6,600 first-time authors with no prior paid serialization experience Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-27/naver-webtoon-munpia-announce-winners-of-2026-web-novel-contest/.240005
New slate includes: Tony’s Girl, That Time Deadpool Fell Into WEBTOON…and Found The Longest Title of All Time!!!, X-Men Korea Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-26/marvel-webtoon-announce-3-original-vertical-scroll-series-at-sdcc/.239975
Netflix series ranked #8 on non-English shows chart on Netflix in debut week Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-25/live-action-series-spooky-in-love-gets-webtoon-adaptation/.239929