The Rise of Manhwa and its Counterparts

the underdog along with manhua, amerimanga,la nauvelle manga etc etc.

though not really underdog as to say...

anyways we see our first major manwha in Lee Myung-jin's Ragnarok along with a few other titles not present...

manhwa has come along way compared to japan's large manga industry
its first record was around 1908, younger than japan's manga in terms by almost 2 centuries, referring to woodblock prints of course
like manga, manhwa was influenced by american comics when american soldiers were still occupying korea after WW2
unlike japan's manga, however, manhwa was rarely put into animation adaptations,
if none at all.
however, what is really intriguing is that the most popular manwha were put into live adapations, which were mostly 'shoujo' category anyways haha
some of you who live in the philippines may have had watched those dramas yourselves with the most terrible voice overs imaginable! haha!

though rare in most cases, manhwa has produced some truly great stories, some you might have read through a now defunct tokyopop productions sometime ago when manga was really starting up

titles such as Priest or Ragnarok or Model, I.N.V.U., Honey Mustard, Rebirth, Blade of Heaven, Dragon Hunter and such and such



so...with the rise of manhwa and 'manhwa-ka(?)', now we come to more recent manhwa, or should i say particular 'anime', especially with the confusing title 'Kurokami' aka Black God

why is it confusing?

its creators were Korean, Lim Dal-young and Park Sung-woo, which makes KuroKami manhwa

but, it was published and serialized by Square Enix manga productions, so it makes it manga as well(?)

quite confusing there ehhh? well this the rise of manwha and their creators, a much more spearheaded starting point (imho)

2 other titles share this as well

the titles known as Freezing and Onihime VS, both made by korean manhwa creators, both published and serialized in Comic Valkyrie, which is part of Kill Time Communications publisher in japan

so... from here on out, what are you thoughts on this? and maybe list some manhwa faves haha!

While I'm not going to say what you've mentioned is bad (I specifically like Black God), I would like to mention that I believe the best two manhwa are:

Immortal Regis / Cavalier of the Abyss
&
Witch Hunter

Especially the character, Depore.

If we're talking about manwha, I'll highly recommend The Breaker.


Oh yeah, and Need A Girl for love/comedy. No, it's a title, I'm no desperate virgin.

ahahaa nice

i was worried people might not have read chavalier and the breaker or either WH

right now i am putting up a list of manhwa to be edited into the first post

oh and shaman warrior and the great catsby

shaman for its art and catsby for its story

and no one read priest? T_T

Right....
Immortal Regis is great...
Rebirth is kinda great... but sucks in Apocalypse part (the art and the story looks like the writer hasten it for no good reason)

You manhwa lovers know APPLE don't you? DON'T YOU!?

WELL THEN, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! CHECK IT OUT!

PS: Like the cover? Here's the full picture.

Awwww yeah.

My experience with manhwa is quite limited but i think Im Dal Young is the best writers for Unbalance and Orihime VS. Its a shame that theyre not as widley circulated as mainstream japanese manga.





Fucking badass

wha?! nobody mention YUREKA (Id:entity) this is blasphemy~~~!! ROFL /jk

loved almost all "main stream" ones, need to continue reading UnbalanceX2 I somehow Ragequit because of the characters... need to try to read Freezing too.

did anyone read (or see) they're C77 short manga compilation which is quite ero and sexy? lol

1/2 Prince, Chinese manhua

UnbalancexUnbalance is prety good, even if the story develops very slowly.
Rebirth is teh fucking shit, and the little mini manhwa at the end is pretty hilarious too.

This is kinda off topic but was Ragnarok Online based off the manhwa or the other was around?

Ragnarok Manhwa came out first obviously.

Yea. He's right. Ragnarok manhwa was first, starting as far back as '95. Gravity Co. ltd. created the game RO and came out in august of 2001 in Korea, with Lee Myung-jin
as a major helping hand in creating it as well.

As of the manhwa, it has stopped on volume 10 and is apparently on hiatus. No idea when his studio, Dive to Dream Sea, will start it up again.

Also: "In 2004 Ragnarok achieved a new milestone, becoming the first Korean manhwa to inspire a Japanese anime series. Based on the character designs and sensibilities of the online Game, Ragnarok: The Animation is currently running on TV Tokyo."

fyi: Lee Myung-jin also worked on other manhwa as well, though not as good since it was back then haha. 2 of his manhwa come to mind. Lights Out, which was also published by Tokyopop (read this myself when no one else read it haha!), and 'It's Going to be a Wonderful Night', which was never published outside of Korea but mentioned in Lee's back notes in one of the Ragnarok volumes.

btw: almost done with list. just tracking down some other manhwa I think i may have forgotten haha.