Weibo's new manga platform snaps up users

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With fee-based browsing on manga platforms still at a preliminary stage, manhua.weibo, like other platforms, is pursuing commercialization in other ways, including overseas licenses and links with real-life celebrities (Photo courtesy of manhua.weibo.com).

SUN MENGYUE, 36Kr

September 2, 2019 14:05 JST

BEIJING -- Although markets for manga comics, animations and other two-dimensional images are beyond the focus of most investors, several big Chinese companies are making considerable efforts to exploit the market for manga -- the comics and graphic novels genre that orginated in Japan.