Women's Reality Webtoons "Born in 1985" and "Art of Girls" Get Drama Adaptations

Two webtoons about the reality of women are being made into dramas; "Born in 1985", which is about the concerns and romance of women in their 30s, and "Art of Girls", which is about a writer who dreams of a world where men and women are equal. These two webtoons have recently signed a licensing agreement and a joint production contract for web drama production.

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"Born in 1985" (drama title "How To Be Thirty") is the romantic story of a woman webtoon artist named Ji-won meeting her first love, Seung-yoo, in a meeting with her publisher. The story of their friends unfolds at the same time, showing them overcoming their 20s and becoming just a little bit smarter and more cunning. The honest and interesting story continued to season 3 on Comic Cube and season 4 was published on Naver Books and Kakao Page. It's also been released into Indonesia, Japan, America and France.

One episode is made up of 4 cuts in "Art of Girls", which speaks for the women in Korea who have experienced uncomfortable situations at least once in their lives. The webtoon has a lot of support from women and naturally became a 'feminist webtoon', gaining itself media attention. It was published in the popular webtoon platform Just Toons and recorded an accumulation of 4 million viewers. In addition, it was published as a book in 2018 and proved that paper book readers still exist.

Merry Christmas, which signed contracts with these two webtoons, is a film and drama contents investment company which was established in 2018 in collaboration with Huayi Brothers, one of the biggest Chinese entertainment businesses run by Yoo Jung-hoon, who has been in charge of Show Box for the last ten years.

"Webtoons are being accepted as a part of Korean public culture", said president Yoo Jung-hoon. "The production of "Born in 1985" and "Art of Girls" is consistent with the company's vision to discover good original IPs and expand them through content production in various formats".

Jaedam Media, in charge of managing the two webtoons, is responsible for the image making of "Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul-ho" and "The Man In My House".

"The transfer of various webtoons to dramas is encouraging not only in webtoons, but also in the entire cultural and industrial landscape. It is hoped that the symbiotic relationship between webtoons and video genres will be further expanded through the two works", said president Hwang Nam-yong.