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Lee Myung-jin (; born 1974) is a South Korean
manhwa Manhwa () is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons. Outside Korea, the term usually refers to Korean comics. Modern Manhwa has extended its reach to many other countries. These comics have branched outside of Korea by acce ...
author and artist. His work '' Ragnarok'' was adapted into the game ''
Ragnarok Online ''Ragnarok Online'' (, ''Rageunarokeu Onrain'' marketed as ''Ragnarök'', and alternatively subtitled ''The Final Destiny of the Gods'') is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Gravity (Korean company), Gravity based ...
'' by Gravity Corp. This game was later turned into an
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.


History

Lee was born in South Korea in 1974 and graduated from Holy Child Catholic School in Seoul with a degree in Visual Design. In 1992 he began work on his first manhwa series, ''An Evening When Something Good is About To Happen'' (), which ran for four years (nine volumes) and won him the distinguished Champ Super Manhwa award from '' Super Champ'', South Korea's top manhwa publisher. In the Americas, the series was instead called '' Lights Out''. In August 1995, he put his artistic career on hold to serve his mandatory two years in the South Korean military. Upon his return, he formed his studio Dive to Dream Sea and began work on ''Ragnarok'' (for '' Boy Champ''), one of the top-selling manhwa of all time. Expanding upon his epic fantasy, Lee has also become involved in the creation of ''
Ragnarok Online ''Ragnarok Online'' (, ''Rageunarokeu Onrain'' marketed as ''Ragnarök'', and alternatively subtitled ''The Final Destiny of the Gods'') is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Gravity (Korean company), Gravity based ...
'', a game that takes the RPG analogies and rules of his manhwa series to the next level. With concepts taken from his own series, there are multiple players, worlds, and enemies to control, attack, and rule, with character designs and scenes somewhat reminiscent of ''
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''. The game is in its finished form and has been distributed in over 100 countries by South Korean online game makers Gravity Corp. In 2004, ''Ragnarok'' achieved a new milestone, becoming the first South Korean manhwa to inspire a Japanese
anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
series. Based on the character designs and sensibilities of the online game, ''
Ragnarok the Animation ''Ragnarok the Animation'' is a Japanese-Korean anime television series based on the MMORPG ''Ragnarok Online''. The story happens in the same world of Rune-Midgard. An evil entity called the Dark Lord wants to create chaos in the world with ...
'' was given a 26-episode series that was broadcast on TV Tokyo. Lee's studio, Dive to Dream Sea, also created the two-volume indie comics comedy manhwa '' Laya, the Witch of Red Pooh''. Lee also produced a one volume manhwa named ''Genocide''.


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1974 births Living people South Korean manhwa artists South Korean webtoon creators {{Manhwa-stub