Post by richardvasseur on Jun 12, 2018 19:54:47 GMT
***TAPAS AND ALPHA GROUP’S U17 EXCLUSIVELY RELEASE ASIA’S WILDLY POPULAR
‘BLUE WINGS’ DIGITAL COMIC SERIES TO U.S. AND WESTERN MARKETS***
WHAT:
In a landmark deal, China’s largest digital comics firm has partnered with Tapas Media platform to bring the top Asian Comic titles to American audiences, as well as other English speaking countries. The latest exclusive is beautifully told anime comic saga, 'Blue Wings', which is written by Xu Lu Ako. The series in total has 240 chapter episodes. 'Blue Wings’ was previously released as a anime digital and physical comic book release, topping at #1 in countries such as China, and leading charts in South Korea, Thailand and Japan. Upon its launch in China, the web comic amassed over 3.4 Billion click impressions.
Synopsis:
Adopted into a strange family to replace their recently deceased daughter, Ming-lan—a previous slave warrior—hasn’t had it easy. Her brothers torment her daily and her new adoptive mother is terminally ill. When her mother passes away, their adoptive father abandons Ming-lan and her brothers. Soon after, Ming-lan is captured by Osiri Academy’s young principle who, through a cruel twist of fate, was also her slave master. Can Ming-lan survive and finally seize her own happiness?
This exclusive collaboration between Tapas and U17 has previously included titles such as:
o A Couple of Handsome Men
o Death, My Love
o Black Pupil
o Spores
o My Ancestor Is A Witch
WHEN:
'Blue Wings' Launches Today, Tuesday June 12th 2018 12pm PT / 3pm ET
WHERE:
Go straight to the Blue Wings series: tapas.io/series/bluewings
Available Now on iOS (iPhone & iPad), Android devices, and Tapas website (https://tapas.io/)
WHO:
Tapas Media is a next-generation digital publishing company specializing in bite-sized comic books and novels. Over the past year, Tapas has announced partnerships with Tencent, Kakao, Hachette Publishing Group, Penguin Random House, among others as part of its licensed content expansion. The firm recently announced a $5 Million USD series A-2 round of investment and a growth of $2.1 Million monthly active users and $3 Billion content views on its app and website platform. For more information, visit www.tapas.io, or download Tapas (search Tapas Media) from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
U17.com, the largest web-comic platform in China, is best known for its creation and publication of internet comics as well as a leader in original comic IPs. The U17.com website brings an average of 40 million hits a day and it has close to 7 million registered users and over 40,000 comics created by 20,000 cartoonists. U17 also has made a great achievement into the adaptation of its original comics into animations, movies, TV series and musicals. In 2015, U17 was acquired by Alpha Animation and Culture group, which is also the parent company of Audly toys North America. The deal between those 2 companies is worth 904 million RMB, which remains the largest merge and acquisition deal in Chinese animation history. After the collaboration, the Alpha group supports U17 comprehensively with the content production and development.
Richard Vasseur