Building the First Webtoon Academy in Indonesia, Kisai Entertainment Invests IDR 5 Billion

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Collaboration to establish the first webtoon academy in Indonesia. (Special)

INDUSTRY webtoon It is currently projected to continue growing rapidly from a value of US$5.4 billion in 2023 to US$67.6 billion in 2032 (Market Research Future). Based on this, Kisai Entertainment announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with YLAB Academy South Korea, to establish an academy webtoon The first in Indonesia, KY Academy.

Kisai Entertainment will invest more than IDR 5 billion over the next 5 years. Together with YLAB Academy, Kisai is targeting 500 new professional creators within 5 years who can contribute to the potential export of creative services worth more than US$2 million per year to reach US$10 million in 5 years, both through Kisai Entertainment production and graduates’ independent businesses. academy.

“KY Academy answers one of the biggest challenges in developing content webtoon in Indonesia, by providing international standard information, insight and skills for Indonesia’s future talents,” said Kisai Entertainment Founder and CEO, Tessa Yadawaputri, in her official statement, Friday (18/10).

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Through this collaboration, Kisai Entertainment is committed to expanding its contribution to the local creative industry.

“The KY Academy that will be established aims to be a means for prospective webtoon industry players in Indonesia to learn work flow and production methods webtoonso that it can prepare them to work professionally. “YLAB Academy will provide the curriculum and training materials that will be used at KY Academy, which is scheduled to start operating in early 2025,” said Tessa.

Meanwhile, the Director General of National Export Development, Ministry of Trade, Mardyana Listyowati, who was present at this collaboration process, welcomed this initiative positively.

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“The creative industry has great potential to develop and bring the work of the nation’s children to the international arena. Investment in human resources is one of the keys to ensuring this potential,” said Mardyana.

Meanwhile, YLAB Academy CEO, Kim Daewook, added that this collaboration was YLAB’s first collaboration. He hopes that this collaboration can produce talented individuals who are able to create new works.

“This is the first collaboration in the history of YLAB Academy, and I am sure that this webtoon academy will produce many talented individuals who are capable of creating extraordinary works,” added Daewook. (J-3)