Daewon C.I. () or Daewon Culture Industry is a South Korean publisher known for releasing domestic and imported comics, children's books, and

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s. It was founded in 1991 and is a subsidiary of Daewon Media. In 2018, Daewon C.I., along with and Haksan Publishing, made up 49 percent of the print comic book market in South Korea.

History

Daewon C.I. was founded in 1991 as the publishing arm of Daewon Media. Its initial publication was the '' Comic Champ'' magazine in December of that year. In 1994, they launched ''Young Champ'', and followed with two additional monthly magazines in 1995, which are no longer in print. '' Issue'' was also introduced that year as a biweekly magazine. The first ''Newtype Korea'' was published in 1999, and in 2002, ''Mag X'' was launched in Thailand. Its newest magazine, ''Super Champ'' debuted in 2006. In 2008, they had a magazine circulation of over 2,000,000 per year and published 11,000,000 collected volumes of comics. In September 2018, KakaoPage (now

Kakao Entertainment Kakao Entertainment Corp. () is a South Korean entertainment, mass media, and publishing company founded in 2021. A subsidiary of the Internet company Kakao, it was established subsequent to the merger of the latter's two subsidiaries KakaoPa ...

) acquired a 19.8 percent stake in Daewon C.I., making it the company's second biggest stakeholder after Daewon Media.

Products

Comics

Daewon C.I. produces comics magazines that feature serialization of domestic and imported comics titles. Each magazine also has its own book imprint under which collected volumes of these comics are published. Its magazines are: * '' Comic Champ'', a biweekly first published in 1991, aimed at adolescent and young teenage boys. * ''Young Champ'', an online-only biweekly first published in 1994, aimed at young adults (changed to an online-only magazine in 2009, merging Super Champ's titles). * '' Issue'', a monthly first published in 1995, aimed at adolescent and teenage girls.

Light novels

Daewon C.I. publishes

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under five imprints: Arche-Type (), , Issue Novels (), BLove (), and Iliad (). Series published include: *'' Allison'' *''

Baccano! is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Katsumi Enami. The series, told from multiple Narrative mode, points of view, is mostly set within a fictional United States across time most notably the Prohib ...

'' *'' Ballad of a Shinigami'' *''

Black Blood Brothers ''Black Blood Brothers'', also known as ''BBB'', is a light novel series written by Kōhei Azano and illustrated by Yuuya Kusaka. In 2006, Studio Live and Group TAC produced an anime based on the series. It is directed by Hiroaki Yoshikawa ...

'' *'' Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan'' *'' Full Metal Panic!'' *'' Gosick'' *''

Haruhi Suzumiya is a Japanese light novel series written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito. It was first published in 2003 by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan with the novel ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', and has since been followed ...

'' *'' Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu'' *''

Kamisama Kazoku is a series of light novels written by Yoshikazu Kuwashima. It is first serialized by Media Factory on June 25, 2003 and concluded in April 25, 2006 with eight volumes; however, a sequel light novel series titled was released on January 2 ...

'' *'' Kino's Journey'' *'' Kyōran Kazoku Nikki'' *'' Lillia and Treize'' *'' Maburaho'' *'' Read or Die'' *'' Scrapped Princess'' *'' Shakugan no Shana'' *'' Toaru Majutsu no Index'' *'' Trinity Blood'' *''

Voices of a Distant Star is a Japanese science fiction original video animation (OVA) short film created and animated by Makoto Shinkai. It follows the lives of two close childhood friends, a boy and a girl, who are separated when the girl is sent into space to ...

Newtype Korea

''Newtype Korea'', first published in July 1999, is a magazine released monthly. It is the Korean version of the '' Newtype'' magazine from Japan, and covers Japanese and domestic TV, DVD, and theatrical animation. Much of the content is translated directly from Japanese, with added features emphasizing domestic Korean productions.

Children's books

Daewon C.I. publishes entertainment and educational books for young children featuring a variety of characters. These characters include ''

Winnie-the-Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh (also known as Edward Bear, Pooh Bear or simply Pooh) is a fictional Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by ...

'', '' Pororo the Little Penguin'', and ''

Digimon , short for "Digital Monsters" ( ''Dejitaru Monsutā''), is a Japanese media franchise, which encompasses virtual pet toys, anime, manga, video games, films, and a trading card game. The franchise focuses on the eponymous creatures who inhabit a ...

''.

References

External links

* {{Portal, Companies, South Korea Book publishing companies based in Seoul Comic book publishing companies of South Korea C.I. Manga distributors Publishing companies established in 1991 South Korean companies established in 1991