Disney+, the increasing Netflix rival, has renewed superhero drama Moving for a second season, the Burbank, California-based firm mentioned at its APAC content material showcase in Singapore on Thursday. The collection, created by South Korean webtoon artist Kangfull, blossomed into a world hit and earned greater than 10 business awards, Disney mentioned. The firm can be deepening its partnership with Kangfull with the upcoming horror thriller collection Light Shop.
Beyond loading up on extra Korean content material, Disney+ is popping its Twisted Wonderland cellular recreation, developed in-house with manga artist Yana Toboso, into an animation collection subsequent yr. The franchise has already branched out into novels and manga, and its addition to Disney’s streaming platform is the following step in increasing to new codecs and mediums.
Disney+ may even have unique rights to distribute some anime titles from Kodansha, certainly one of Japan’s greatest publishing homes, together with the second season of Go! Go! Loser Ranger!
Anime stays a serious draw for audiences, with top-performing titles together with Sand Land: The Series by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, Disney mentioned in a press release. The firm’s funding in Korean and Japanese titles comes because it adjusts its technique to spice up profitability.
Disney is specializing in choose Asian markets to assist scale up the native subscriber base and draw worldwide viewership, whereas slicing content material funding in Southeast Asia. Its India operation merged with Reliance Industries’s media enterprise to kind a three way partnership known as JioStar.
“Stories produced in Asia-Pacific have develop into a staple basically leisure consumption – they’re world-class productions, with rising international resonance and deep passionate fandoms worldwide,” mentioned Carol Choi, government vice chairman for unique content material. “Our content material technique stays targeted on curating premium, talent-driven originals from the area.”
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