Daewon C.I. () or Daewon Culture Industry is a South Korean publisher known for releasing domestic and imported comics, children's books, and

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s. It was founded in 1991 and is a subsidiary of

Daewon Media Daewon Media (), formerly Daiwon C&A Holdings, is a South Korean company specializing in character and animation-related business. Founded in 1973, Daewon's subsidiaries include Daewon C.I., Haksan Publishing, and Daewon Broadcasting; it is in ...

. In 2018, Daewon C.I., along with and

Haksan Publishing Haksan Publishing Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean publisher known for its large selections of domestic and imported comics (manga/manhwa) and light novels. It was established in Seoul in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Daewon Media. In 2018, Haksan P ...

, made up 49 percent of the print comic book market in South Korea.

History

Daewon C.I. was founded in 1991 as the publishing arm of Daewon Media. Its initial publication was the ''

Comic Champ ''Comic Champ'' () is a biweekly magazine published by Daewon C.I. in South Korea. It specializes in serializations of domestic Korean and imported Japanese comics. Titles serialized in ''Comic Champ'' are collected into volumes and published un ...

'' 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. ''

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'' 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. In 2008, they had a magazine circulation of over 2,000,000 per year and published 11,000,000 collected volumes of comics. In September 2018,

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(now

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) acquired a 19.8 percent stake in Daewon C.I., making it the company's second biggest stakeholder after Daewon Media.

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: * ''

'', 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). * ''

'', a monthly first published in 1995, aimed at adolescent and teenage girls.

Light novels

Daewon C.I. publishes

light novels A is a type of popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting teens to twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. The abbreviation of "''raito noberu''" is or ...

under five imprints: Arche-Type (), , Issue Novels (), BLove (), and Iliad (). Series published include: *''

Allison Allison may refer to: People * Allison (given name) * Allison (surname) (includes a list of people with this name) * Eugene Allison Smith (1922-1980), American politician and farmer * Allison family, a family of RMS Titanic passengers Compan ...

'' *''

Baccano! is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Katsumi Enami. The series, told from multiple Narrative mode, points of view, is mostly set within a fictional United States across time most notably the Prohib ...

'' *''

Ballad of a Shinigami , subtitled ''Momo: The Girl God of Death'', is a Japanese light novel series written by K-Ske Hasegawa, with illustrations by Nanakusa. The series includes twelve novels released between June 10, 2003 and April 10, 2009, published by ASCII M ...

'' *''

Black Blood Brothers ''Black Blood Brothers'', also known as ''BBB'', is a light novel series written by Kōhei Azano and illustrated by Yuuya Kusaka. In 2006, Studio Live and Group TAC produced an anime based on the series. It is directed by Hiroaki Yoshikawa ...

'' *'' Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan'' *''

Full Metal Panic! is a series of light novels written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Shikidouji. The series follows Sousuke Sagara, a member of the covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, tasked with protec ...

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Gosick is a Japanese light novel series written by Kazuki Sakuraba, with illustrations by Hinata Takeda. The series includes 13 novels published by Fujimi Shobo between December 2003 and July 2011. Set in a fictional European country in 1924, ...

'' *''

Haruhi Suzumiya is a Japanese light novel series written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito. It was first published in 2003 by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan with the novel ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', and has since been followed ...

'' *''

Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu is a Japanese sci-fi light novel series written by Mizuhito Akiyama with illustrations by Eeji Komatsu that centers on the relationship between Kana Iriya, a high school girl who has to fight alien invaders, and Naoyuki Asaba, a member of ...

'' *''

Kamisama Kazoku is a series of light novels written by Yoshikazu Kuwashima. It is first serialized by Media Factory on June 25, 2003 and concluded in April 25, 2006 with eight volumes; however, a sequel light novel series titled was released on January 2 ...

'' *''

Kino's Journey , shortened to ''Kino's Journey'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kouhaku Kuroboshi. The series follows a traveler named Kino and her talking motorcycle named Hermes, as they ex ...

'' *''

Kyōran Kazoku Nikki is a light novel series by Akira (日日日), with illustrations by x6suke. A 26-episode anime adaptation was broadcast in 2008. Plot summary A thousand years ago, Enka (閻禍), the god of destruction, died saying that its "child" would des ...

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Lillia and Treize is a Japanese light novel adventure series written by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kohaku Kuroboshi, starring the children of the characters from ''Allison''. There are six light novels in the series, published by MediaWorks unde ...

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Maburaho is a Japanese romantic school comedy light novel series written by Toshihiko Tsukiji, illustrated by Eiji Komatsu and serialized in ''Gekkan Dragon Magazine''. The light novel was adapted into a manga illustrated by Miki Miyashita and late ...

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Read or Die is a Japanese light novel series written by Hideyuki Kurata, published under Shueisha's '' Super Dash Bunko'' imprint. ''Read or Die'' follows Yomiko Readman, codename "The Paper", an agent for the (fictional) Special Operations Division ...

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Scrapped Princess is a Japanese light novel series by Ichiro Sakaki and illustrated by Yukinobu Azumi, also known as the popular adult dōjin artist Nakayohi Mogudan. In 2003, it was adapted into an anime series produced by Bones. ''Scrapped Princess'' is ...

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Shakugan no Shana , also known simply as , is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi with illustrations by Noizi Ito. ASCII Media Works published 27 novels from November 2002 to November 2023 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint ...

'' *''

Toaru Majutsu no Index is a Japanese light novel series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura, which has been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint (trade name), imprint since April 2004 in a ...

'' *''

Trinity Blood is a series of Japanese light novels written by Sunao Yoshida with illustrations by Thores Shibamoto and originally serialized in ''The Sneaker''. Set 900 years after an apocalyptic war between humans and vampires, the series focuses on the ...

'' *''

Voices of a Distant Star is a Japanese science fiction original video animation (OVA) short film created and animated by Makoto Shinkai. It follows the lives of two close childhood friends, a boy and a girl, who are separated when the girl is sent into space to ...

Newtype Korea

''Newtype Korea'', first published in July 1999, is a magazine released monthly. It is the Korean version of the ''

Newtype is a monthly magazine originating from Japan covering anime and, to a lesser extent, manga, voice actors, science fiction, , and video games. It was launched by publishing company Kadokawa Shoten on March 8, 1985, and has since been released in ...

'' 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 Winnie-the-Pooh (also known as Edward Bear, Pooh Bear or simply Pooh) is a fictional Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by ...

'', '' Pororo the Little Penguin'', and ''

Digimon , short for "Digital Monsters" ( ''Dejitaru Monsutā''), is a Japanese media franchise, which encompasses virtual pet toys, anime, manga, video games, films, and a trading card game. The franchise focuses on the eponymous creatures who inhabit a ...

''.

References

External links

* {{Portal, Companies, South Korea Book publishing companies based in Seoul Comic book publishing companies of South Korea C.I. Manga distributors Publishing companies established in 1991 South Korean companies established in 1991