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2020 In Webcomics
Notable events of 2020 in webcomics. Events Awards * Eisner Awards, "Best Webcomic" won by Erica Eng's ''Fried Rice'' * Harvey Awards, "Digital Book of the Year" won by Matt Bors' ''The Nib'' * Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Ariel Ries' '' Witchy'' * Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, "Today's Our Manhwa Award" won by Oh Seong-dae's ' * Next Manga Award, "Web Manga" won by Norio Sakurai's ''The Dangers in My Heart'' Webcomics started * January 6 — ''Your Throne'' by SAM * January 12 — ''I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup'' by Kurano * February 14 — '' Lost in Translation'' by Jjolee * February 23 — '' Kiruru Kill Me'' by Yasuhiro Kanō * February 28 – '' Mr. Boop'' by Alec Robbins * April 3 – ''Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi'' by Saisō * May 16 — '' Excuse Me Dentist, It's Touching Me!'' by Sho Yamazaki * May 25 — ''Omniscient Reader'' by sing N song, UMI, and Sleepy-C * June 6 — ''See You in My 19th Life'' by Lee Hey * Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webcomics
Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on a website or mobile app. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or comic books. Webcomics can be compared to self-published print comics in that anyone with an Internet connection can publish their own webcomic. Readership levels vary widely; many are read only by the creator's immediate friends and family, while some of the largest claim audiences well over one million readers. Webcomics range from traditional comic strips and graphic novels to avant garde comics, and cover many genres, style (visual arts), styles, and subjects. They sometimes take on the role of a comic blog. The term web cartoonist is sometimes used to refer to someone who creates webcomics. Medium There are several differences between webcomics and print comics. With webcomics the restrictions of traditional books, newspapers or magazines can be lifted, allowing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost In Translation (webtoon)
''Lost in Translation'' (also stylized as ''LOST in TRANSLATION'') is an English language webtoon written and illustrated by Jjolee. It was first published in WEBTOON's self-publishing section ''Canvas'' since July 21, 2017 and has been republished as one of the platform's "official" webtoons (''WEBTOON Originals'') since February 14, 2020. Set in South Korea, the webtoon follows the struggles of a rookie K-pop boy group, with particular focus on one of its members who is forced to take on a controversial persona for the sake of boosting the group's popularity. As of March 2021, ''Lost in Translation'' garnered 545.4 thousand subscribers, 3.3 million likes and a rating of 9.72. Plot 25-year-old K-pop idol Ahn Jae-won, a.k.a. Wyld, is a member of the rookie group Mayhem. Unbeknownst to his mother and to his co-members, he is being tormented by the group's boss who coerces him to take on a fake controversial persona in order to boost the group's popularity. As he quickly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shueisha
(lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Manga magazines published by Shueisha include the ''Jump'' magazine line, which includes shonen magazines ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', ''Jump SQ'', and ''V Jump'', and seinen magazines ''Weekly Young Jump'', ''Grand Jump'' and ''Ultra Jump''. They also publish other magazines, including ''Non-no''. Shueisha, along with Shogakukan, owns Viz Media, which publishes manga from all three companies in North America. History In 1925, Shueisha was created by major publishing company Shogakukan (founded in 1922). became the first novel published by Shueisha in collaboration with Shogakukan—the temporary home of Shueisha. In 1927, two novels titled ''Danshi Ehon'', and ''Joshi Ehon'' we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōnen Jump+
is a Japanese online magazine for manga created by Shueisha, spin-off from its '' Jump'' line of magazines. Launched on September 22, 2014, the magazine operates as a free mobile app and website. The magazine serializes original titles and titles from other Shueisha manga magazines, and also carries digital editions of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. Notable titles serialized in ''Shōnen Jump+'' include '' Fire Punch'', ''World's End Harem'', ''Astra Lost in Space'', '' Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku'', ''Spy × Family'', '' Kaiju No. 8'' and '' Dandadan''. Outside of Japan, Shueisha releases the original manga from the platform on ''Manga Plus''. Starting in 2023, every new manga series launched on ''Shōnen Jump+'' will receive a simultaneous English release on ''Manga Plus''. History Pre-launch Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' reached a peak weekly circulation of 6.53 million copies in the 1990s, though its readership has since steadily declined as a result of the broader decli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimi Ga Shinu Made Ato Hyaku Nichi
is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Migihara. It was serialized on Shueisha's online platform ''Manga Mee'' from November 2018 (and on ''Shōnen Jump+'' from January 2020) to October 2020. The story follows Rintarou Tsuda, a high school student with the ability to see longevity, and Umi Kanzaki, a high school girl with less than 100 days left to live. Migihara described the series as "a story about the battle against longevity and fate". A television drama adaptation aired from October to December 2023. Plot Rintarou Tsuda is a high school student with the capacity to predict the lifespan of living things. However, he has struggled with his abilities since he was a child, and he can only gradually observe the people around him without being able to assist them. He discovers one day that Umi Kanzaki, his childhood buddy and the one who has feelings for him, has less than 100 days to live. During the concept stage, Umi Kanzaki was supposed to die after 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ' retweet' tweets, while unregistered users only have the ability to read public tweets. Users interact with Twitter through browser or mobile frontend software, or programmatically via its APIs. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams in March 2006 and launched in July of that year. Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California and has more than 25 offices around the world. , more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten most-visited websites and has been described as "the SMS of the Internet". , Twitter had more than 330 million monthly active users. In practice, the va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josou O Yamerarenaku Naru Otokonoko No Hanashi
is a 2020 romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kobashiko. It follows the secret cross-dresser Kazu, whose friend Masaru walks in on him while he is dressed up, and thinks Kazu has become a woman. Kobashiko writes the series with themes of happiness stemming from dressing the way one wants, and originally considered writing Kazu as transgender. The manga is released by Kobashiko through their Twitter account since October 3, 2020, and is collected in print volumes by Kadokawa Shoten since May 21, 2021. The series was well received by readers, who found Kazu cute and appealing. Premise ''Josou o Yamerarenaku Naru Otokonoko no Hanashi'' is a romantic comedy manga following Kazu, a young man who secretly has enjoyed his cross-dressing hobby for half a year. He contemplates how he would like to be called cute and treated as if he were a woman, but how he is worried about someone finding out that he likes being feminine, when his best friend Masaru walks in on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nifty Corporation
Nifty Corporation, stylized as and , is one of the leading internet service providers in Japan, and a subsidiary of Fujitsu. The company was the largest online service provider An online service provider (OSP) can, for example, be an Internet service provider, an email provider, a news provider (press), an entertainment provider (music, movies), a search engine, an e-commerce site, an online banking site, a health site, ..., Nifty Serve, in Japan. With the spread of the Internet, it started internet service in 1996. In 1999, it absorbed Fujitsu's ISP, InfoWeb. In 2006, the online service was closed due to a decline in users. The company went public in December 2006. References Companies based in Tokyo Fujitsu subsidiaries Internet service providers of Japan Internet technology companies of Japan {{japan-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
@nifty
Nifty Corporation, stylized as and , is one of the leading internet service providers in Japan, and a subsidiary of Fujitsu. The company was the largest online service provider An online service provider (OSP) can, for example, be an Internet service provider, an email provider, a news provider (press), an entertainment provider (music, movies), a search engine, an e-commerce site, an online banking site, a health site, ..., Nifty Serve, in Japan. With the spread of the Internet, it started internet service in 1996. In 1999, it absorbed Fujitsu's ISP, InfoWeb. In 2006, the online service was closed due to a decline in users. The company went public in December 2006. References Companies based in Tokyo Fujitsu subsidiaries Internet service providers of Japan Internet technology companies of Japan {{japan-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excuse Me Dentist, It's Touching Me!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sho Yamazaki. It was serialized on Shueisha's ''Shōnen Jump+'' website from May 2020 to January 2023, with its chapters collected into eight ''tankōbon'' volumes as of March 2023. Premise The series focuses on Takuma Kurosumi, the member of a ''yakuza'' group who falls in love with the dentist Tomori Shirayuki during an appointment under the belief that Tomori is a woman; in reality, he is a cross-dressing man of a rival ''yakuza'' group. Production In 2019, Sho Yamazaki published a one-shot manga on the free mobile app and website ''Shōnen Jump+'' on October 5. At the time of its release, the one-shot won first place on a Twitter trend, exceeding 2.6 million views and becoming the most viewed one-shot work by ''Shōnen Jump+'' in history. Due to the popularity of the one-shot, Yamazaki decided to adapt it as a full-length serialization on ''Shōnen Jump+''. Publication Written and illustrated by Sho Yamazaki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeshobo
is a major publisher in Japan. Takeshobo was founded in 1972 by Kyōichirō Noguchi, starting Japan's first Mahjong magazine . Other magazines, such as a magazine dedicated to mahjong-themed manga Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is ..., as well as a magazine dedicated to yonkoma manga, were published. Furthermore, a mahjong museum was founded. Currently, in addition to the older magazines, a pachinko magazine, a gravure magazine, short stories as well as adult literature novels are published. On the Internet, it has distribution agreements with Livedoor. Takeshobo yonkoma comics are distributed on the comic distribution website Manga Life Win. Excluding mahjong manga, manga series are published under the Bamboo Comics label. Magazines External links Official h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
