Company
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Adlib.co.,ltd.
Character
- Somebody Family is a character lifestyle brand built on original character IP, delivering warm and comforting emotional value through unique character-driven designs. The brand focuses on expanding global licensing opportunities and character-based product development.
Our characters have been featured on VISA card designs in the United States, and we produce character merchandise such as keyrings and lifestyle goods. We are currently preparing homewear and pajama product lines and plan to expand into hair and body care categories, developing the brand into a comprehensive character lifestyle brand.
With strong in-house IP development and reliable manufacturing partnerships, Somebody Family collaborates with global partners in licensing, co-branding, and character-driven product businesses.
We have also worked with manufacturing partners in Dongguan, China to produce character merchandise, gaining practical experience in overseas production and supply chain collaboration.
In the future, we aim to expand the Somebody Family IP into animation and digital content, exploring new opportunities for content development based on the character universe.
Somebody Family is designed as a scalable character IP that can expand into global licensing, merchandise, animation, and digital content.
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SPEXRTUM
Character Cartoon Other
- SPEXTRUM is a company with the capability to handle the entire object-production process in-house, from design planning to manufacturing, distribution, and export.
Currently exporting products to 20 countries worldwide, SPEXTRUM has demonstrated its competitiveness in the global market. Its products have been recognized for their outstanding quality, becoming the first Korean brand to be featured at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in France. These products have also been selected as bestsellers at world-renowned art institutions such as the Centre Pompidou in France and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
SPEXTRUM is actively expanding beyond its core business model of exporting its own products and design goods, moving into a global licensing business based on its proprietary character IP.
Leveraging its extensive expertise in product and goods design, along with international distribution and sales experience, the company is building an intangible asset business centered on character IP: an endeavor that embodies stories, worlds, and emotions, rather than just physical objects.
SPEXTRUM is currently developing character IPs imbued with unique messages and sensibilities. By expanding into content, licensing, and collaborations, it is creating a sustainable revenue structure for long-term utilization in the global market.
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Lezhin Entertainment, Inc
Cartoon
- Lezhin Entertainment is a global content powerhouse, champions the motto "FUN, GLOBAL, RESPECT." Managing ten webtoon platforms across nine languages, including Bomtoon and Lezhin Comics. We are actively expanding our IP through film and drama adaptations of popular webcomics like "High School Boy" and "Immortal Days".
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the Soul Creative
Broadcasting Startup
- We are a content and IP management and creation company focusing on market expansion ex. Korea/Asia with an emphasis on best in class story telling with commercially viable production budgets. Our inaugural project <Dark Legacy> with LG U+ STUDIO X+U is our first of many steps, leaps and bounds towards achieving our mandate.
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Kakao Corp.
Character
- Kakao brings the future we need closer, using technology that understands people.
At Kakao, our deep understanding of people has always made us wonder about the future we really need. And technology has continuously provided us with solutions.
Kakao focuses on the heart of the problem to develop technology and services needed today, strives to create a safe digital environment and promotes social values for everyone.
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alboglobal inc
Character Animation Music
- ALBO GLOBAL is a character IP company based in Korea and the 100% trademark owner of the ALBO character brand. The company manages and develops the ALBO intellectual property and leads its global expansion through licensing, product development, and content production.
Centered around the ALBO character universe, ALBO GLOBAL operates a character licensing business, collaborating with domestic and international brands, manufacturers, and partners to develop a wide range of licensed products including apparel, toys, figures, lifestyle goods, and digital content.
In addition, ALBO GLOBAL actively produces animation, music, and story-driven visual content based on the ALBO universe, expanding the narrative world of the characters and strengthening the brand as a global entertainment IP.
By integrating character IP ownership, licensing, merchandise production, and content creation, ALBO GLOBAL is building a comprehensive IP business model aimed at growing ALBO into a globally recognized character and entertainment brand.
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Artist Studio Inc.
Broadcasting
- Artist Studio is a leading K-drama production company in South Korea, having proven its distinctive production capabilities with over 30 hit titles including <Reborn
Rich>, <Sungkyunkwan Scandal>, and <Semantic Error>. With a strong focus on original IP development, the company oversees the full process from planning and
production to marketing, distribution, and global licensing, rapidly growing into a comprehensive global content studio that reaches audiences around the world.
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THE WHALE COMPANY
Broadcasting Cartoon Story Other
- The Whale Company is a boutique production studio based in Seoul and Tokyo. We specialize in visual storytelling — unearthing compelling Asian narratives and bringing them to global audiences. By combining international co-production expertise with cutting-edge technology, we create content without borders.
Global Recognition: Ajoomma, the first Korea-Singapore co-production, earned worldwide attention through selection for BIFF's New Currents section, four nominations at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, and an invitation to the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Production Expertise: Deadline, co-produced with JTBC, demonstrated our strong production capabilities with a special screening at BIFF 2024.
Visual Technology: Through the production of Scramble, a full AI hyperrealism feature film, we are pioneering next-generation visual workflows at the forefront of emerging technology.
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PLUS X E&M Co., Ltd.
Broadcasting Startup Immersive Content
- PLUS X E&M Co., Ltd. is a specialized production company focused on short-form dramas and video content IP.
Based on a storytelling format of 50 episodes with a runtime of approximately 1 minute and 30 seconds per episode, the company plans and develops genre-blended content spanning fantasy, romance, thriller, and youth black comedy.
Leveraging story structures optimized for both domestic and global OTT and social media platforms, as well as strong IP design capabilities built on original worlds, PLUS X E&M operates a business model capable of investment attraction and direct global sales based solely on content competitiveness.
Through AI-powered hybrid production, PLUS X E&M is growing as a next-generation K-content company.
