{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_2fvmrseom5xqhqnp4yxq","title":"Korean studios take helm in animating homegrown webtoons","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/korean-studios-take-helm-in-animating-homegrown-webtoons-2fvmrseom5","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_2fvmrseom5xqhqnp4yxq","seq":566025,"kind":"article","title":"Korean studios take helm in animating homegrown webtoons","url":"https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/films/20260929/korean-studios-take-helm-in-animating-homegrown-webtoons","summary":"Korean animation studios are expanding their strategy to adapt homegrown webtoons into feature films, adding full in-house production alongside global partnerships. When a hit Korean webtoon got the animation treatment in the past, the actual production usually happened overseas. \"Solo Leveling,\" based on the hit Korean web novel and webtoon, became the most-watched series on record on animation streaming service Crunchyroll. It was brought to the screen through a…","published":"2026-09-29T03:02:03Z","seen":"2026-09-29T03:05:20Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-koreatimes-co-kr-c6eccf","name":"koreatimes.co.kr","domain":"feed.koreatimes.co.kr"},"via":"kite-koreatimes-co-kr-c6eccf","topics":["asia"],"authors":["author"],"entities":[{"id":"Q9176","name":"Korean","type":"place"}],"image":"https://newsimg.koreatimes.co.kr/2026/09/28/cc1c5078-05e1-41f7-b2eb-b184e642df8e.jpeg","mentions":2,"story":"st_2fvmrseom5xqhqnp4yxq","category":"arts-culture-entertainment","category_p":0.4000000059604645,"category2":"science-technology","sentiment":"positive","tone":0.44999998807907104,"political":0.07000000029802322}]}