{"id":13349,"date":"2026-05-12T03:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/13349\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T03:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:35:55","slug":"webtoon-entertainments-naver-webtoon-debuts-cuts-a-new-short-form-animated-video-feature-in-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/13349\/","title":{"rendered":"WEBTOON Entertainment’s NAVER WEBTOON Debuts Cuts, a New Short-Form Animated Video Feature in Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"

The launch of Cuts in Korea follows WEBTOON Entertainment\u2019s move into short-form video with Video Episodes on its English-language platform, released in August<\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES – WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: WBTN), a leading global entertainment company and home to some of the world\u2019s largest storytelling platforms, today announced Cuts, a new short-form animated video service that will be available to users on its NAVER WEBTOON Korean webcomic platform. <\/p>\n

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Cuts is a User Generated Content (UGC) feature that enables webcomic creators and fans to create, upload, and enjoy short-form animated videos about their favorite NAVER WEBTOON series. With each video under two minutes in length, the Cuts short-form video animation format reflects changing content consumption trends among Gen Z, offering users a creative new way to bring their ideas to life. <\/p>\n

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Cuts officially launched to all NAVER WEBTOON users on the app, PC, and mobile web on September 1, 2025.<\/p>\n

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While fans can create highlight clips of their favorite webcomic moments on Cuts, popular NAVER WEBTOON creators are developing new short-form video content related to fan-favorite series. Among Original Series creators, My Daughter is a Zombie creator Yun-chang Lee has released a new animated video series starring the webcomic\u2019s beloved cat, Aeyong. Cuts will also feature new series from well-known short-form video creators such as Leesamsip, Sokdoksannim, and Ketchup Mawang, along with winning selections from Korea\u2019s leading comic and webcomic contests.<\/p>\n

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As part of its global investment in short-form video, WEBTOON Entertainment recently launched Video Episodes<\/a>, a new feature that brings some of WEBTOON\u2019s most exciting series to life on the company\u2019s English-language platform. With dynamic motion, immersive sound and music, and real voice acting, Video Episodes let fans experience some of their favorite series in an immersive video format.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe anticipate Cuts will unlock a continuous stream of innovative storytelling, powered by the flexibility and creative potential of short-form animation.\u201d Hyo-jeong Kim, NAVER WEBTOON\u2019s Head of Business for Cuts said. \u201cBy integrating sound and movement into our existing webcomics, Cuts will serve as a bridge between even more readers and creators, generating meaningful synergies between webcomics and animated videos.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NAVER WEBTOON has successfully built a domestic webcomic ecosystem in Korea with Challenge Comics, a UGC service launched in 2006. Leveraging the experience and insights gained from nearly two decades enabling UGC creators, the company is now expanding into short-form animated video with Cuts. To support this effort, NAVER WEBTOON will roll out a series of creator-focused support programs throughout the remainder of the year, aimed at helping creators grow and thrive alongside Cuts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The launch of Cuts in Korea follows WEBTOON Entertainment\u2019s move into short-form video with Video Episodes on its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[623],"tags":[657],"class_list":{"0":"post-13349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-naver","8":"tag-naver"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}