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'Itaewon Class' webtoon to become a musical in Japan

Korea's popular webtoon series "Itaewon Class" (2016-20) will be turned into a musical in Japan, the webtoon distributor Kakao Entertainment said Wednesday.

2025.1.22

The teaser image for Dreamcatcher's Siyeon's upcoming single ″Start Over″ [DREAMCATCHER]

Dreamcatcher's Siyeon to drop remake of Gaho's 'Start Over'

Singer Gaho's "Start Over" was part of the original soundtrack for the JTBC series "Itaewon Class" (2020). The song was a hit along with the series, with its music video gaining more than a hundred million views on YouTube.

2023.12.26

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The poster for JTBC drama series ″Itaewon Class″ [JTBC]

Gaho's 'Start' music video from 'Itaewon Class' soundtrack surpasses 100M views

The music video for singer Gaho’s “Start,” part of the original soundtrack for the hit JTBC series “Itaewon Class” (2020), surpassed 100 million views on YouTube, according to the soundtrack production company Vlending on Tuesday...

2023.1.10

Poster of 'Roppongi Class' released by Tving on Tuesday [TVING]

'Itaewon Class' Japanese remake available in Korea on Tving from tomorrow

The Japanese remake of 2020 hit "Itaewon Class" will be available to local viewers exclusively through the Korean video streaming platform Tving, according to the platform on Tuesday. "Roppongi Class" will be on Tving from Wednesday. Roppongi is...

2022.8.2

Webtoon poster of 'Itaewon Class' left, and JTBC's poster for the drama series [ILGAN SPORTS]

Japanese remake of JTBC's 'Itaewon Class' to air in July

The Japanese remake of JTBC's drama series "Itaewon Class" (2020) is set to air in July, according to Studio LuluLala (SLL) on Monday. Titled “Roppongi Class,” the series will air on TV Asahi. The male lead will be portrayed by rising...

2022.4.25

'Itaewon Class' to be adapted into Japanese series

The popular JTBC television series “Itaewon Class” (2020) will be remade into a Japanese series. JTBC Studio confirmed Thursday that the decision was finalized with a Japanese broadcaster and Kakao Entertainment.

2022.3.24

Webtoon soundtracks. Clockwise from top left: ’A Man and a Woman,“ ’She is My Type,“ ’Itaewon Class' and ’Love Revolution.' [NAVER, KAKAO]

Webtoon soundtracks are big business and growing

Webtoon companies are now pushing soundtracks in an effort to squeeze as much as possible out of the business and keep the boom going.

2020.9.17

'Crash Landing on You,' 'Mr. Trot' most talked about online in first half

TvN’s hit drama series "Crash Landing on You" (2019) and TV Chosun’s hit singing competition show "Mr. Trot" (2020) were the most talked about TV shows online in the first half of the year, according to a survey conducted by the ...

2020.7.28

KakaoPage CEO Lee Jin-soo during the interview on May 11 at the company's headquarters in Pangyo Techno Valley, Gyeonggi. [KIM SANG-SUN]

Kakao proves Japan has an appetite for Korean webtoons

Nobody believed that there was money to be made from Korean webtoons in Japan. When Kakao subsidiary KakaoPage launched Piccoma, a manga subscription service in Japan, in April 2016, it seemed like nobody thought the Korean business had a chance ...

2020.5.29