Lee Myoung-jin (born 1974) is a South Korean

manhwa (; ) is the general Korean language, Korean term for comics and print cartoons. Outside Korea, the term usually refers to South Korea, South Korean comics. is greatly influenced by Japanese Manga comics. Modern Manhwa has extended its rea ...

author and artist. His work '' Ragnarok'' was adapted into the game

Ragnarok Online ''Ragnarok Online'' ( ko, 라그나로크 온라인, marketed as ''Ragnarök'', and alternatively subtitled ''The Final Destiny of the Gods'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Gravity based on the manhwa '' ...

by Gravity Corp. This game was later turned into an

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History

Lee Myoung-Jin was born in South Korea in 1974 and graduated from Holy Child Catholic School, Seoul with a degree in Visual Design. In 1992 he began work on his first manhwa series, ''It's Going to be a Wonderful Night'', which ran for 4 years (nine volumes) and won him the distinguished Champ Super Manhwa award from Super Champ, South Korea's top manhwa publisher. In August 1995 he put his artistic career on hold to serve his mandatory two years in the South Korean military. Upon his return, he formed his studio Dive to Dream Sea and began work on ''Ragnarok'' (for Champ Comics), one of the top-selling manhwa of all time. Expanding upon his epic fantasy, Myoung-Jin Lee has also become involved in the creation of Ragnarok Online, a game that takes the RPG analogies and rules of his manhwa series to the next level. With concepts taken from his own series, there are multiple players, worlds, and enemies to control, attack, and rule, with character designs and scenes somewhat reminiscent of Final Fantasy. The game is in its finished form and has been distributed in over 100 countries by Korean online game makers Gravity Corp. In 2004 Ragnarok achieved a new milestone, becoming the first Korean manhwa to inspire a Japanese

series. Based on the character designs and sensibilities of the online Game, ''

Ragnarok the Animation ''Ragnarok: The Animation'' is a Japanese-Korean anime television series based on the MMORPG ''Ragnarok Online''. The story happens in the same world of Rune-Midgard. An evil entity called the Dark Lord wants to create chaos in the world with ...

'' was given a 26-episode series that was broadcast on TV Tokyo. Lee's studio, Dive to Dream Sea, also created the 2-volume indie comics comedy manhwa ''

Laya, the Witch of Red Pooh ''Laya, the Witch of Red Pooh'' is a ''manhwa'' series by Yo Yo. The series is licensed in English in the United States and Canada by Tokyopop Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licens ...

''. Lee also produced a one volume manhwa named ''Genocide''.

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South Korean manhwa artists Living people 1974 births {{Manhwa-stub

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