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For k-pop, Japan has notoriously been very tight with licensing restrictions on music. That allowed Korea to leap ahead.
by Jiro 3y ago
For k-pop, Japan has notoriously been very tight with licensing restrictions on music. That allowed Korea to leap ahead.
- throw0101b 3y agoNot sure if this is country-specific or label-specific, but a lot of Baby Metal reaction videos seem to get flagged, which is kind of silly given that these of things help spread awareness of the group / band.
- justinclift 3y agoNot just music, Japan have been extremely tight with at least anime and visual novels as well. For example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36016653 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36016653
- ipsum2 3y agoWebtoons (a Korean company) is probably more popular than manga now for this reason.
- justinclift 3y agoIs this the place you're meaning? https://www.webtoons.com/en/ https://www.webtoons.com/en/ If that's the one, it looks like an online manga reading website. There are many of those around. eg mangakatana, reaperscans, mangadex, etc
- Matrixik 3y agoWebtoons is site with official translations, was created by https://naver.com/ https://naver.com/ to combat fan translations (and this fan translations made many of Korean manhwas popular around the world in the first place). Manga are Japanese comics, manhwa are Korean comics, and manhua are Chinese comics. All other sites you mentioned are fan translations (scanlations).
- justinclift 3y agoCool, thanks for clarifying. :)
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