LINE Digital Frontier announced at a presentation that it will invest a total of ¥10 billion over 3 years to accelerate the simultaneous worldwide release of webtoons through “Global Drop” and the global expansion of content originating in Japan. The company outlined plans to strengthen future collaboration and its translation capabilities, including simultaneous releases in 9 languages, plans to take new titles global and an expanded support framework for individual creators.
LINE Digital Frontier announced at a presentation on the 22nd that it plans to invest a total of ¥10 billion over 3 years. The investment is intended to strengthen production capabilities by supporting webtoon production studios and holding manga awards, as well as to build partnerships with a diverse range of partners.
The company said it had begun the simultaneous worldwide release of manga, the first such initiative in the group, in collaboration with the “Global Drop” project, and would establish a framework for expanding the global distribution of domestic manga in Japanese.
『勇者の叙情歌（バラード）』 has been released simultaneously worldwide in 9 languages since September. The company also disclosed plans to add 『暗殺勇者の天星航路』 to the project for simultaneous worldwide release.
The presentation also highlighted a capital and business alliance with ナンバーナイン, along with the participation of webtoon editing and production companies in the collaboration. The global expansion of LINE Manga Indies is also proceeding with 2027 as its target year.