GIGATOON Studio Co., Ltd.
Concluded a comprehensive business alliance with Una Co., Ltd., which handles DMM Group’s manga studio “GIGATOON Studio” and “Una toon studio” that produces “Real Marriage Survival”
Co-produced work “Heisei Retake” will be distributed from October 15th
GIGATOON Studio Co., Ltd. (Representative Director: Junichiro Ota, Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter referred to as “GIGATOON Studio”), which develops the web comic production studio “GIGATOON Studio” including vertical reading comics, is Yuna, which operates “Una toon studio”. (Representative Director: Aimi Suzuki, Location: Ota-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter “Yuna”) and we are pleased to inform you that we have concluded a comprehensive business alliance in the manga production business.
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Background of Comprehensive Business Alliance
The popularity of vertical reading full-color manga is increasing in Japan as well, against the backdrop of the global hit of a video work based on a Korean vertical reading full-color manga. Furthermore, the global vertical reading full-color manga market is expected to grow from approximately 504.6 billion yen in 2021 to approximately 3.6006 trillion yen in 2028. (*1)
So far, we have built a good relationship with Yuna by producing a vertical reading full-color manga “Real Marriage Survival”. This time, by forming a comprehensive business alliance, we will jointly plan and produce works as a stronger partner. We would like to create an environment where more challenging works can be created, and further boost the vertical reading full-color manga industry.
*1 Exhibitor: Impress Research Institute / E-book Business Survey Report 2022 [Comment from Aimi Suzuki, CEO of Yuna Co., Ltd.]
Una toon studio is a creative group that has continued to create flat things by gathering unique members since the dawn of webtoon in Japan. By teaming up with GIGATOON Studio, we will do our best to deliver entertainment with higher user satisfaction.
[Comment from GIGATOON Studio CEO Junichiro Ota]
Mr. Yuna has been helping us since the beginning of our business launch, and I am impressed that we have been able to develop a deeper relationship through this comprehensive business alliance. We believe that this partnership will bring benefits to both sides, and that we will be able to settle down and create challenging works.
The latest work of GIGATOON Studio × Una toon studio will be delivered on Saturday, October 15th!
“Heisei Retake”
(Original: Izumi Hayama/Name structure: Umi Onisaki/Drawing: Jun Ume) [Image 2
(C) Izumi Hayama, Jun Ume / Una toon studio / GIGATOON Studio The 43-year-old protagonist, who has no dreams or hopes and a dark future ahead of her, is caught in a multi-tenant building fire and loses consciousness. And before I knew it, in 1998, I was in the store where I worked part-time. The main character travels back in time 23 years ago and starts over!
About Yuna Co., Ltd.
【Company Profile】
Company name: Yuna Co., Ltd.
Representative: Manami Suzuki
Location: 1-7-16 Kamiikedai, Ota-ku, Tokyo
Business description: Una toon studio operation, print media and digital content production, manga and webtoon planning and production, work management, creator agency, illustrator/manga artist management, fan event planning and operation business, etc.
Established: April 2014
Website: https://una-inc.jp/info/
About GIGATOON Studio Co., Ltd.
GIGATOON Studio is a studio established by the DMM Group in January 2022 that plans and produces e-book original content, including web vertical reading comics. Started distributing works overseas from September this year.
By the end of February 2023, we plan to release a total of about 50 vertical reading comics.
【Company Profile】
Company name: GIGATOON Studio Co., Ltd.
Representative: Junichiro Ota, Representative Director
Location: 24th Floor, Sumitomo Realty & Development Roppongi Grand Tower, 3-2-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Established: January 2022
Homepage: https://gigatoon.com/
-Recruiting companies and creators-
GIGATOON Studio’s mission is to “create the future of manga”, and we aim to create and distribute web vertical reading manga in the best possible environment. Please contact us if you are interested in creating content together, companies that are interested, and creators.
[Inquiries regarding this matter]
GIGATOON Studio
E-MAIL: gs-info@gigatoon.com
Details about this release:
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000003.000106552.html