Manta Webtoon Platform to Add 300 Titles Over Coming Year, Upgrade Creator Payment System (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Manta, one of the leading platforms for subscription-based digital comics, says it will add over 300 webcomic titles over the next year.
It is also revamping its in-app currency, GEM.The company, which is owned by Korea’s RIDI Corporation, launched in 2020 and has become the number one comics app on Google Play in certain territories, including the U.S., Mexico and Spain.
Manta, known for its successful ‘romantasy’ titles such as “I’ve Become a True Villainess,” and “Betrayal of Dignity,” will launch a new season of its top title “Under the Oak Tree” on Tuesday and go on to introduce about 50 series from Manta Studios and its partners within the month.
Manta, which also carries “Solo Leveling,” “Villains Are Destined to Die” and “Daughter of the Emperor,” will add “over 300 webcomic titles from now through early next year.”Webtoons are a made-for-mobile genre of comics, that have become another Asian entertainment category that is having fast-growing international success, following the expansion of Japanese anime, Korean TV drama and K-pop.
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