Daiwon C.I.

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Daiwon C.I. (대원씨아이, "Daewon Ssi Ai"), short for Daiwon Culture Industry, is a subsidiary of Daewon Media founded in 1991. This South Korean publisher releases domestic and imported comics, Newtype Korea Magazine, children's books, and localized Japanese animation DVDs and light novels. With Haksan Culture Company and Seoul Cultural Publishers, Daiwon C.I. accounts for more than 50% of comics publications in South Korea.cite web|url=http://www.accu.or.jp/appreb/report/abd/34-1/abd3412.html|title=Trends in Korean Comic Publishing|last=Yoo|first=Jae-ok|publisher=Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO|accessdate=2008-07-11]

History

Daiwon C.I. was founded in 1991 as the publishing arm of Daewon Media. Its initial publication was "Comic Champ" magazine in December of that year. In 1994, they launched "Young Champ", and followed with two additional monthly magazines in 1995, which are no longer in print. "Issue" was also introduced that year as a biweekly magazine. The first "Newtype Korea" was published in 1999, and in 2002, "Mag X" was launched in Thailand. Its newest magazine, "Super Champ" debuted in 2006.cite web|url=http://www.daiwon.co.kr/about/02about.asp|title=Company History|publisher=Daiwon C.I.|language=Korean|accessdate=2008-07-09] They currently have a magazine circulation of over 2,000,000 per year and publish 11,000,000 collected volumes of comics per year.cite web|url=http://www.koreacontent.org/co/d/daiwon/comp_info.html|title=Daiwon C.I.|publisher=KOCCA|accessdate=2008-07-09]

Products

Comics

Daiwon produces comics magazines that feature serialization of domestic and imported comics titles. Each magazine also has its own book imprint under which collected volumes of these comics are published. Its current magazines are:
* "Comic Champ", a biweekly first published in 1991, aimed at adolescent and young teenage boys
* "Young Champ", a biweekly first published in 1994, aimed at older teenage boys
* "Super Champ", an online-only monthly, first published in 2006, aimed at a broad demographic
* "Issue", a monthly first published in 1995, aimed at adolescent and teenage girls

Light novels

Daiwon C.I. publishes light novels under five imprints: "Arche-Type" (아키타입), "Newtype Novels", "Issue Novels" (이슈 Novels), "BLove" (B愛 Novels), and "Iliad" (일리어드). Series published include:
*"Allison"
*"Baccano!"
*"Battle Royale"
*"Ballad of a Shinigami"
*"Black Blood Brothers"
*"Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan"
*"Full Metal Panic!"
*"Gosick"
*"Haruhi Suzumiya"
*"Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu"
*"Kamisama Kazoku"
*"Kino's Journey"
*"Kyōran Kazoku Nikki"
*"Lillia and Treize"
*"Maburaho"
*"Read or Die"
*"Scrapped Princess"
*"Shakugan no Shana"
*"To Aru Majutsu no Index"
*"Trinity Blood"
*"Voices of a Distant Star"

DVDs

Daiwon C.I. releases a line of imported Japanese animation DVDs under "Newtype DVD" imprint. These titles are:
*"Chobits"
*"Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu"
*"Fullmetal Alchemist"
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*"Glass Mask"
*"Love Hina"
*"Mobile Suit Gundam SEED"
*"Mobile Suit Gundam Wing"
*"Neon Genesis Evangelion"
*"Phantasmagoria"
*"Princess Tutu"
*"Ruroni Kenshin"
*""
*"School Rumble"
*"s-CRY-ed"
*"Someday's Dreamers"
*"The Fuccons"
*"The Glassy Ocean" (クジラの跳躍)
*"The Twelve Kingdoms"
*"Ursa Minor Blue" (銀河の魚)

Newtype Korea

"Newtype Korea", first published in July 1999, is a glossy magazine released monthly. It is the Korean version of "Newtype Magazine" from Japan, and covers Japanese and domestic TV, DVD, and theatrical animation. Much of the content is translated directly from Japanese, with added features emphasizing domestic Korean productions.

Children's books

Daiwon C.I. publishes entertainment and educational books for young children featuring a variety of characters. These characters include Winnie the Pooh, Pororo the Little Penguin, and Digimon.

References

External links

* [http://www.daiwon.co.kr Daiwon C.I.]