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ABentertainment
Cartoon Animation
- AB Entertainment is a content production company founded in 2009, specializing in webtoon production, webtoon and animation academy operations, as well as goods and café businesses. The company creates webtoons in various genres and connects with readers through domestic and international platforms.
AB Entertainment expands its business based on webtoon IP, increasing the scalability of its content. Its key operations include running a webtoon academy, managing goods and café businesses, expanding into global markets, and utilizing IP for media mix strategies.
1)The company operates a webtoon academy that offers courses ranging from basic to advanced levels. Graduates receive support in connecting with webtoon production studios, facilitating their debut as creators.
2)The business also includes the production of webtoon-related goods and café operations, enhancing brand engagement. AB Cafe, located in Gangnam, provides a themed space for webtoon fans and hosts seasonal collaboration events.
3)AB Entertainment collaborates with platforms in Japan, the United States, Thailand, and other global markets to launch webtoon titles. The company actively expands its presence by implementing marketing strategies tailored to local audiences.
4)It is also involved in planning and producing animations based on webtoon IP, exploring media mix opportunities for further expansion.
Its notable works include Behind Her Highness’s Smile, Illusion Hunter From Another World, I Refuse to Be a Villainess Like That, and The Villainous Tyrant Has Returned, all of which are serialized on various platforms.
AB Entertainment aims to continue providing diverse content to readers while pursuing steady growth and global expansion.
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XIONPLUS Co.,Ltd
Character Cartoon Animation Immersive Content
- XIONPLUS is a company specializing in animation planning and production, as well as the development of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) convergence digital content.
Utilizing the original characters from the creative animation "Bugs Adventure," we are developing a platform-based IP that facilitates business expansion. We are also producing standardized merchandise (MD) by developing the OTT animation series "CONI and B-Bot," which provides an accessible entry into the market. Through these efforts, we are establishing a sustainable platform business model (BM) capable of continuous growth in the global market.
Additionally, we are developing immersive game content based on software convergence technology and operating the "Bugs Adventure" digital kids café.
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ICONIX CO., LTD.
Broadcasting Character Animation
- ICONIX, a global leader in Korean animation, has been at the forefront of the preschool animation industry since its foundation in 2001. With its creative characters and advanced production systems, ICONIX has successfully produced globally beloved animations such as ‘Pororo the Little Penguin,’ ‘Tayo the Little Bus,’ and ‘Titipo Titipo.’
Expanding its business beyond animation, ICONIX is actively developing content across various domains, including publishing, music, live shows, and theme parks. Through these efforts, the company has distributed its animation content to over 160 countries, further strengthening its position as a global leader in the animation and licensing market.
Recently, ICONIX has expanded its reach to Gen Z and Millennials with the launch of the new character, 'Zanmang Loopy'. 'Zanmang Loopy' is an alter-ego of Loopy, a character from the 'Pororo the Little Penguin' series. With Loopy memes becoming increasingly popular on social media among Gen Z audiences, Zanmang Loopy developed into an independent content brand. With a strong fan base and a charming, playful personality, it has quickly become a Gen Z icon.
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Greenbook Agency
Other
- As a literary agency, Greenbook Agency has imported more than 1,000 outstanding titles from all over the world. In 2017, Greenbook started representing the best-selling sci-fi author Kim Bo-Young. Soon after, Greenbook made a deal with HarperCollins for Kim Bo-Youngs 「I'm Waiting for You」, the first Korean science fiction to be published in the US market.
Since then, Greenbook has been adding more pages of deals and projects, representing numerous Korean writers, Djuna, Jeon Samhye, Jeon Heyjin,Park Moon-young, Yi seo-young, including Bora Chung, the author of 「Cursed Bunny」, which has short-listed for the International Booker Prize 2022.
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Neon Creation, Inc.
Character Animation Other
- Neon Creation produces traditional 2D, 3D CGI, Flash animation, Toomboom Harmony and 3D stereoscopic shows.
Neon Creation has been worked for Warner Bros, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network Int., Moonscoop/ Splash Entertainment, Xilam in France and worked with Millimages in UK/France and more.
Neon Creation is currently developing its own projects, co-producing with domestic/international partners and doing service work for domestic projects spanning pre-production to post-production and for overseas projects as well. Neon Creation Inc. is expending VFX for live-action producers.
Neon Creation also acts as agency for domestic and int'l projects to bring co-production deals and to distribute them worldwide.
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PINGO ENTERTAINMENT CO.,LTD.
Broadcasting Character Animation
- Established in 2016, Pingo Entertainment specializes in planning and producing full CGI Animation for TV series and theatrical versions of 3D animation. We are a talented team of specialists from various fields of animation. As a multimedia entertainment company, we not only want to develop our original ideas into high quality content, but want to contribute our skills in planning, developing, producing, and licensing globally. Like how the word “pingo” means to draw in Latin, we plan to draw out our animation dreams as Pingo Entertainment.
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BIGHOUSE ENTERTAINMNET Co., Ltd
Broadcasting Cartoon Startup Other
- Big House Entertainment develops new and innovative global content formats and IPs, and plans and produces content that increases the value of OSMU utilization.
BigHouse Entertainment Co.,Ltd is a company specialized in the global documentary field. In 2023, we have produced our own IP, such as 'Royal Table,' as a global documentary series consisting of 100 episodes. With our One Source Multi Use strategy, we maximize the value of our content to enhance brand value through in-depth storytelling.
In particular, we offer a 'Royal Table Tour' based on the concept of 'Royal Table,' providing a unique and immersive experience. In addition, we are also producing children's educational books alongside the 'Royal Table webtoon'. Through our global network and partnerships, we aim to further elevate the global presence of Korean K-content, leading the industry with future innovation and creativity.
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IFORM INC
Character
- Iform Inc.is a design company that makes character licensing and character products based on a total of 10 monster characters called Tomarmon.
Iform is looking at creating creating strategic partners for publishing to advance into overseas markets.
The main character is "Tomamon," which was born with the motif of a Guatemala worried doll. The name is a combination of the two words of Spanish tomar (eat, drink) and English monster (monster), and was developed under the concept of a "monster friend who eats worries" and was developed as a popular character concept that encompasses not only infants but also adults.
Tormarmon has made its first appearance in 2018 in Korea, and is now on production as a form of infants-masks, hand sanitizer, soccer ball after concluding all the licensing contracts.
In particular, the product is currently on sale as it signed an exclusive contract with China's largest infant sports brand 361° (361 degrees) in 2020.
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PIXTREND INC.
Broadcasting Character Cartoon Animation Other
- Pixtrend Inc. was established for overall business consulting and marketing from various content planning to distribution. It distributes contents worldwide and looks for co-production and investment based on many years of experience in contents business .
In the future, we aim to lead globalization of cultural contents in Korea as well as to find opportunity for global distribution of contents , investment and co-production.