Daewon C.I.
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Romanized name | Daewon Ssi-Ai Jusikhoesa |
Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Headquarters | , South Korea |
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| Owner | Daewon Media (80.20%) Kakao Entertainment (19.80%) |
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| Parent | Daewon Media |
| Website | http://www.dwci.co.kr |
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Daewon C.I. (Korean: Script error: No such module "Lang".; Hanja: Script error: No such module "Lang".; RR: Script error: No such module "lang".) or Daewon Culture Industry is a South Korean publisher known for releasing domestic and imported comics, children's books, and light novels. It was founded in 1991 and is a subsidiary of Daewon Media. In 2018, Daewon C.I., along with Seoul Media Comics and Haksan Publishing, made up 49 percent of the print comic book market in South Korea.[1]
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.[2] In 2008, they had a magazine circulation of over 2,000,000 per year and published 11,000,000 collected volumes of comics.[3]
In September 2018, KakaoPage (now Kakao Entertainment) acquired a 19.8 percent stake in Daewon C.I., making it the company's second biggest stakeholder after Daewon Media.[1]
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 light novels under five imprints: Arche-Type (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Newtype Novels, Issue Novels (Script error: No such module "Lang".), BLove (Script error: No such module "Lang".), and Iliad (Script error: No such module "Lang".). Series published include:
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- Allison
- Baccano!
- Ballad of a Shinigami
- Black Blood Brothers
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan
- Full Metal Panic!
- Gosick
- Haruhi Suzumiya
- Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
- Kamisama Kazoku
- 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
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, Pororo the Little Penguin, and Digimon.
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ahn, Sung-mi (September 28, 2018). "Kakao Page invests W40b in 3 comic publishers". The Investor. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Company History" (in 한국어). Daewon C.I. Retrieved July 9, 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Daiwon C.I." KOCCA. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2008.
External links
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