Description
Boxing is often considered a tough and lonely sport, but a boxing match can touch people's hearts more than any other sporting event. The player trains himself before a fight, thinking only about his opponent, and when he is in the ring, he puts everything he has on the line, which makes watching a boxing game so exciting.
A lonely boy, who has never been treated warmly in his entire life, accidentally discovers his natural talent for boxing and eventually becomes a champion. However, the void in his heart does not easily go away. Then, as he gets the chance to fight for a championship belt against a veteran boxer who has made history with every fight, his emotions and life change dramatically. Filled with exciting episodes, the story is both entertaining and heartwarming.
A lonely genius boxer vs. a determined veteran boxer — who will win the match?
Company Information
At ULTRAMEDIA, we plan and produce high-qaulity webtoons. Our representative works include <The Horizon>, <Mosquito Wars>, and <The Boxer>, the undisputed No. 1 on Naver Webtoon. In addition, as a transmedia company, we take the lead in expanding and revitalizing the intellectual properties (IPs) of produced webtoons by linking them to various secondary industries such as movies, dramas, animations, games, publishing, etc. We are gaining attention in both domestic and global content/entertainment markets. In July 2024, Shueisha Inc., a Japanese company, published <the Boxer> with an initial print run of 300,000 copies, which was followed by signing an OTT drama contract (scheduled to air in 2026) and an animation production/development contract with a global top-tier company.
In addition, we own a Webtoon Studio capable of producing the best-quality webtoons, and have made notable achievements such as producing and distributing high-quality webtoon IPs across various genres and exporting them to 19 overseas countries.
In recognition of such achievements, ULTRAMEDIA received the Prime Minister's Award in the overseas expansion category at the Korea Content Awards (hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) in 2023. More recently, <The Horizon> achieved the feat of being nominated for the 2024 Eisner Award, the Oscars of the comics industry.
Based on such strong track record and business know-how, we are moving forward with the goal of planning, producing, and launching the best webtoon IPs and commercializing them into various secondary businesses.
Category & Business Type
Cartoon
Category : Cartoon Publisher, General Publisher (Comics Division), Internet/Mobile Cartoon Content Production & Provision (CP)
Business Type : Business of Original Work (Secondary Content), Overseas Distribution (Online), Overseas Distribution (Offline/Publication), Co-Production/Collaboration, Investment Attraction
Main Business
At the core of ULTRAMEDIA lies a global, one-source multi-use(OSMU) content business. We plan and produce the highest quality webtoon IPs, working with most talented writers and using our own webtoon studio; distribute our works to domestic and overseas platforms; and promote various secondary commercialization such as video, animation, publishing, games, goods, etc.
Currently, we are exporting and translating about 40 webtoon IPs to 19 countries around the world. Our representative works, <The Boxer> and <The Horizon>, have been translated and published as paperback books in 12 countries. In particular, <The Boxer> has been published in Japan since July 2024 with an initial print run of 300,000 copies. We signed a contract for producing a drama to be aired on international OTT platforms and an animation production/development contract with a global top-tier company.
History
2024
The Horizon nominated for the Eisner Awards, known as the Oscars of the comics industry
2024
signed contracts with Piccoma (Japan) and Kakao (Korea/North America) for Jeong Ji-hoon's new work
2024
The Boxer published as a paperback (300,000 copies) and e-book by a Japanese publisher, Shueisha Inc.
2023
won the Prime Minister's Award in the overseas expansion category at the Korea Content Awards
2023
signed a contract for producing The Boxer into an animated film, a musical, and emoticons
2022
signed a contract for publishing The Horizon in North America and The Boxer in North America, France and Russia
2021
a domestic book publishing and movie contract for The Boxer
2021
The Boxer won Today's Korean Manhwa Award and the grand prize at the Golden Bridge Awards
2021
Justice for the Villainess won the New Work of the Year Award at the Ridi Webtoon Awards
2020
The Boxer received the Presidential Award from the Korea Creative Content Agency at the Korea Content Awards
2019
The Boxer ranked #1 among webtoons serialized on Thursdays on Naver Webtoon and achieved the highest daily sales