Northern Praying Mantis is a style of Chinese martial arts, sometimes called Shandong Praying Mantis after its province of origin. It is one of the best known styles of "Northern" kung fu and it encompasses of many styles, with the three main ones being the six-harmony style, eight-steps style and seven-star style.
NOW is a manhwa by Park Sung-woo. It is published by Seoul Munhwasa and serialized in the weekly magazine IQ Jump Comics. It was printed in the United States by ComicsOne until it closed, and then distributed by Infinity Studios, who mainly published newer volumes digitally, until it was also defunct, leaving the series incomplete to English-speakers.
The Mount Hua Sect, also known as the Huashan Sect, is a fictional martial arts sect mentioned in several works of wuxia fiction. It is commonly featured as one of the leading orthodox sects in the wulin. It is named after the place where it is based, Mount Hua. The sect appears in three of Jin Yong's novels.
Blood and Plum Blossoms is a short story by Chinese writer Yu Hua, first published in 1989, that is an unconventional parody of the classic martial arts novel.
Tower of God is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by S.I.U. It has been serialized in Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon since June 2010, with the individual chapters collected and published by Young Com in 17 volumes as of October 2024. Tower of God received official English translations by Line Webtoon beginning in July 2014.
Memories of the Sword is a 2015 South Korean martial arts period action film co-written and directed by Park Heung-sik, starring Lee Byung-hun, Jeon Do-yeon and Kim Go-eun.
Girls of the Wild's is a South Korean manhwa webtoon series written by Hun and illustrated by Zhena. It was first published on Naver Webtoon on August 7, 2011, and has been released in English by Line. The story follows a high school guy who enrolls as the sole male student at a former all-girls school of champion fighters, and struggles with dealing with his athletic schoolmates, as well as bullies and gangsters, while training in mixed martial arts. The print release of the first volume of Girls of the Wild's was released on November 9, 2012. 260 chapters of Girls of the Wild's have been released online, with the final chapter posted in October 2016. A Chinese TV adaptation, titled Sweet Combat was released in 2018.
Ha Il-kwon is a South Korean manhwaga. He graduated from Sejong University in South Korea and majored in Cartoon-Animation.
Dr. Frost is a South Korean television series based on Lee Jong-beom's webtoon of the same name that was first serialized on web portal Naver in 2011. Starring Song Chang-eui in the title role, it aired on OCN from November 23, 2014, to February 1, 2015, on Sundays at 23:00 for 10 episodes.
The God of High School is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by Yongje Park. It has been serialized in Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon from April 2011 to December 2022, with the individual chapters collected and published by Imageframe under their Root label into four volumes as of January 2023. The God of High School received official English translations by Line Webtoon beginning in July 2014.
Solo Leveling, also alternatively translated as Only I Level Up, is a South Korean portal fantasy web novel written by Chugong. It was serialized in Kakao's digital comic and fiction platform KakaoPage beginning on July 25, 2016, and was later published by D&C Media under their Papyrus label since November 4, 2016. The novel has been licensed in English by Yen Press.
Studio N is a subsidiary of Webtoon Entertainment Inc. launched in August 2018 that produces drama films and television series based on stories from their Korean library of webtoons and web novels. The subsidiary is headed by Kwon Mi-kyung, who was a former head of the film business division of CJ ENM. Kwon describes the studio as a "IP bridge company that collaborates with existing film and drama production companies".
Web novels in South Korea have been growing in popularity in the 21st century. Among e-publishing fields, web novels are the core contents that are leading the e-book market. Just as webtoons grew in the early 2000s in South Korea, web novels have been growing rapidly since 2010.
Dali & Cocky Prince is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Kim Min-jae, Park Gyu-young, Kwon Yul, Hwang Hee, and Yeonwoo. It is about the romance between a parvenu who lacks education, and the daughter of a prestigious family who tries to save a collapsed art museum. It aired on KBS2 from September 22 to November 11, 2021.
The Golden Spoon is a South Korean television series directed by Song Hyun-wook, and starring Yook Sung-jae, Lee Jong-won, Jung Chae-yeon, and Yeonwoo. Based on Naver hit webtoon of the same name by HD3 which was published in 2016, the series depicts a life adventure of a youth who became an acquired gold spoon. It premiered on MBC TV on September 23, 2022, and aired every Friday and Saturday at 21:50 (KST). It is also available for streaming on Disney+ in selected regions.
Beauty Newbie is a Thailand romantic television drama series starring Baifern Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul and Win Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, based on South Korean webtoon My ID Is Gangnam Beauty by Ki Maeng-gi. This production is a collaboration between GMMTV and Parbdee Tawesuk, with Naver's North American subsidiary Wattpad Webtoon Studio. Mui Aticha Tanthanawigrai, who has previously worked as co-director for F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers and screenwriter for Girl from Nowhere, directed all 14 episodes of this series. Scheduled to start production in the summer of 2023, the television series premiered on February 19 and concluded on April 2, 2024.
Gosu, also alternatively translated as Gosu: The Master, is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written by Giun Ryu and illustrated by Mun Jeong Hoo. It has been serialized in Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon since September 2015 with the individual chapters collected and published into fifteen volumes as of February 2024. Gosu received official English translations by Line Webtoon beginning in 2015. Gosu is a sequel to the Yongbi Bulpae manhwa, which was serialized from 1998 to 2002.
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by HYBE in collaboration with Naver Webtoon and a separate web novel with an alternative storyline on Wattpad. An English physical version was published by Yen Press' imprint, Ize Press. The Korean release was published by Haksan Publishing.
Seasons of Blossom is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon, written by Hongduck and illustrated by Nemone. In its original webtoon edition, it is a tetralogy with each part referencing one of the four temperate seasons, featuring the stories of teenagers and young adults who experienced the tumultuous age of youthhood.
My Daughter Is a Zombie is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by Yun-chang Lee. It was serialized via Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon from August 2018 to June 2020, with the individual chapters collected and published into 7 volumes. A South Korean animated series adaptation by EBS and DURUFIX has been announced, and the series aired from April 3 to June 26, 2022, on EBS. A live action movie adaptation has been announced.
