Comico is a

webtoon Webtoons (), are a type of digital comic that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones. While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of Korea during their inception, there has been a surge in popularity internationally ...

portal based in Japan that is part of

NHN Japan Corporation NHN Japan Corporation is the Japanese subsidiary of NHN Entertainment Corporation NHN Corp. () is a Korean IT company that started its business as a game company called Hangame in 1999. Currently its main businesses can be categorized as Cl ...

. NHN Japan first launched its webtoon platform Comico in Japan in 2013. It was then followed by a launch in Taiwan in 2014 and then in Thailand and South Korea in 2016 followed by Indonesia (now defunct since September 30, 2019) and Spanish language (now defunct since 2019) in 201

ref name=":0" /> Comico launched its service in Vietnam in April 2020 and in July 2020 launched its English language service under the name "Pocket Comics". Comico has also stated that it will relaunch its Spanish service with the "Pocket Comics" brand later in the future. In 2017, Nielsen Media Research found it to be the second largest website for digital comics in Japan based on the number of users. The Taiwanese version of "Comico" was rebranded to the "Pocket Comics" branding soon after the launch. On January 24, 2022, NHN Japan launched French language service for Pocket Comics. That same year, a German language service was launched.

Series

Comico

Comico Japan Challenge

Comico Japan PLUS

Comico Korea

Comico Taiwan

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