New version compresses rhythmic narrative; new features, full-color illustration cover
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Naver Webtoon announces Takehiko inoueLegendary basketball comics Dunk New Edition made its digital debut in South Korea on August 29 in the Naver Webtoon and Naver series.
Dunk The new version was released digitally in Japan in June. The series is available as a limited two-month service on Naver Webtoon, and the Naver series will continue to offer a full set of digital volumes.
The new version contains 20 volumes, and Inoue personally reorganized the process of the initial 31 volumes of running stories. While the content remains true to the original, the re-editing compresses the rhythmic narrative and features a brand new full-color illustration cover.
Originally serialized from 1990 to 1996, Takehiko inoue‘ Dunk During the period when Japan triggered a basketball boom, people were widely praised and remained one of the best-selling comic series of all time, with more than 170 million copies in circulation worldwide.
The comic inspired TV anime in 1993 and received four anime movie sequels. Comics have been inspired recently The first major slam dunk Which anime movie Open December 2022 in Japan. Netflix start flow The film was in the United States in August 2024. Inoue directed the movie himself toei animation And wrote a script.
Source: Naver Webtoon Press release
