Park Han-sol reports on Korea's financial regulators, along with fintech and insurance. She previously wrote about the art world, from biennales and exhibitions to fairs and auctions, with a focus on Seoul and the figures shaping the scene. Before joining The Korea Times, she spent a year at ABC News' Seoul bureau, contributing to coverage of major Asia-Pacific events.
ENHYPEN-inspired webtoon 'Dark Moon: The Blood Altar' surpasses 100 million views
ENHYPEN-inspired webtoon “Dark Moon: The Blood Altar” / Courtesy of HYBE
By Park Han-sol
By Park Han-sol
The ENHYPEN-inspired webcomic series, “Dark Moon: The Blood Altar,” has reached 100 million views worldwide, the boy band's agency HYBE announced, Wednesday.
The fantasy romance series features characters designed after each member of the K-pop septet. Each turn out to be vampires and werewolves in the story. Last September, the boy group unveiled “One in a Billion” as an original soundtrack for the webtoon.
The digital comic, which began its run on WEBTOON, the global arm of Naver Webtoon, in January 2022, has ranked in the top five in the platform's chart in seven different languages, including German, Spanish, French, Chinese and Indonesian, according to the agency.
“Dark Moon” is part of the K-pop entertainment giant's Original Story project, which aims to develop original contents, or story-based intellectual property (IP), to expand its artists' brand beyond the realm of music.
In addition to “Dark Moon,” “7FATES: CHAKHO” and “The Star Seekers,” both released in January of last year, have been produced in collaboration with boy bands BTS and Tomorrow X Together (TXT), respectively.
After seeing success with these titles, the company went on to roll out “Crimson Heart” and “Dark Moon: The Grey City” at the end of last year ― each inspired by the rookie girl group Le Sserafim and the predominantly Japanese boy band &TEAM.