Piccoma (Japanese: ピッコマ, romanized: Pikkoma) is a Japanese digital comic app that is available on smartphones, tablets, and personal computers. It was developed and released by Kakao piccoma Corp., the Japanese subsidiary of Kakao.
Developer(s) | Kakao piccoma Corp. |
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Initial release | April 2016 |
Operating system | iOS, Android |
Available in | Japanese, French |
Type | webtoon, manga |
Website | piccoma |
When the service was first launched, it offered a regular model of buying each individual manga and volume similar to other online shops but it has since moved to adopt the webtoon model where a user can purchase individual chapters and wait 24 hours to read some for free.[1] Korean webtoons that are offered on Kakao's services (Daum Webtoon & KakaoPage) are offered through Piccoma in Japanese.[2] Kakao Japan announced that it will start offering original Japanese, Korean, and Chinese webtoons for Piccoma in the summer of 2018.[3] Kakao Japan changed its name to Kakao Piccoma Corporation in Nov. 2021[4]
in 2018 they founded the manga award "Piccoma AWARD"[5]
in November 2021, it announced its expansion in Europe and North America, and in September of the same year, it also revealed that it had established a local subsidiary in France .[6] On March 17, 2021, Kakao launched its French language service of Piccoma which includes translated webtoons as well as translated manga.[7]
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