The South Korean-owned subscription platform Manta is expanding its lineup, scoring manga deals with KADOKAWA and Square Enix's Manga UP! platform.

WEBTOON Entertainment has launched a limited slate of vertical short-form live-action romance dramas. The first live-action content on the platform, the Short Dramas collection features series of 40 to 50 episodes of 1 to 2 minutes each. Six WEBTOON originals adapted as short-form verticals are available beginning today, with a…

Enhancing its ability to roll out games based on hit webcomics, WEBTOON Entertainment has made a strategic investment in South Korea's RI Games, taking a 60% stake for $100 million.

Mark Stern and Lloyd Braun have launched Intelligent Animation, a new artist-led AI animation studio, with two shows slated for aTwist, the soon-to-launch microseries studio and platform co-founded by Braun, Jana Winograde, and Susan Rovner.

Banijay Kids & Family has taken on the distribution rights to Belzebubs, a mockumentary-style adult animated series from Pyjama Films, co-produced by Movimenti Production and Mago Production.