Shall We Go Fandom-ing... Gimhae Webtoon Festival Held
October 28-29, at Jangyu Yulha Cafe Street Area
MindC, Choi Kyuseok, and Kim Botong Talk Concert Also
The 2023 Gyeongnam Gimhae Webtoon Festival will be held from the 28th to the 29th at Jangyu Yulha Cafe Street.
According to Gimhae City on the 26th, the Gimhae Webtoon Festival is the first webtoon festival in Gimhae, created as part of the youth complex cultural street project, bringing together youth, webtoon creators, content youth entrepreneurs, and citizens in one place.
The city announced that it has selected the webtoon "Will You Marry Me" by artist MindC as this year’s webtoon.
The festival, held under the theme "Walking into the Webtoon (WWW)," will take place mainly around the Yulha Stream Meeting Square.
▲Cosplay performances ▲Exhibitions of webtoon works such as Lee Hyun-se’s "The Horror Foreign Baseball Team Special Exhibition" ▲Webtoon artist talk concerts and autograph sessions featuring MindC, Choi Kyu-seok, Kim Botong, and others ▲Screening of webtoon teaser movies ▲Webtoon experience and promotion booths ▲Performance by Gimhae City’s ambassador "Pixy" will be held.
Nine cafes around Yulha Cafe Street will be decorated with webtoon-related atmospheres, and the Toon Theme Space "Toon The Land" will offer a free webtoon content experience zone (XR experience).
Additionally, citizen participation programs such as AR-based webtoon sculptures, webtoon resting areas, webtoon shops, illustration caricatures, webtoon sand art coloring, webtoon mood lamp making, webtoon costume experiences, and photo card decorating will be operated.
Content Festa for promotion and experience by local content youth entrepreneurs, a metaverse non-face-to-face consultation gamification challenge, and an MZ-led festival will also be held together.
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Anyone interested in webtoons can participate, and detailed schedules can be found on the official Gimhae Webtoon Festival website or the official Instagram account.
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