JMC

What JMC does

J-MANGA CREATE Co., Ltd. (JMC) is a Tokyo-headquartered content production company founded on January 25, 2022, with paid-in capital of approximately ¥109.4M. The company operates four wholly-owned production studios located in Tokyo (Japan), Dalian (China, established 2023), Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam, established 2024), and Cairo (Egypt, established January 2025), providing it with a four-country creative production footprint.

Name

JMC

Legal name

株式会社J-MANGA CREATE

Website

https://promanga.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Short description

J-MANGA CREATE Co., Ltd. (JMC) is a Tokyo-based content production company, founded in 2022, operating four owned studios in Japan, China, Vietnam, and Egypt to deliver manga/anime production services, original IP development, and global content licensing to publishers and streaming platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anime and Manga Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (512110), Publishing Industries (513), Postproduction Services and Other Motion Picture and Video Industries (51219), Motion Picture and Video Distribution (51212)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)

akta.pro primary industry

Webtoon & Digital Comics Publishing Platforms (MPAJAMAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Anime Production (MPADACAF), Digital Comics, Manga & Serialized Reading Platforms (BPAMAJAJ), Manga Publishing (Japanese & Global) (MPAJAGAA), Animated Series Production (TV/Streaming) (MPADACAG)

Keywords

• Manga production outsourcing
• Anime production services
• Webtoon distribution
• Original IP licensing
• Digital creator training

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Anime Production Outsourcing: JMC provides contracted anime production services including second key animation (二原), overseas in-between animation (海外動仕), key animation checking (作監), and full animation production for Japanese anime studios facing labor shortages and cost pressures.
2. WEBTOON/Manga Production Outsourcing: Contracted manga and WEBTOON production services including storyboarding (ネーム), line art (線画), coloring (着彩), background art, text embedding (写植), and data delivery. Leverages overseas subsidiaries for cost-effective, high-quality production.
3. Original IP Development and Licensing: Creation and development of original manga IP from concept through to media mix expansion (anime adaptation, drama, film, events, merchandise). JMC develops, markets, and manages original content for global distribution across multiple platforms and regions.
4. Advertising/Marketing Manga Content: Corporate manga and illustration animation video production for business purposes including company introductions, recruitment booklets, product promotion videos, and landing page comics. Targets marketing, HR, and CSR departments seeking improved engagement and conversion rates.
5. Content Mix and Brand Collaboration: Brand experience expansion beyond core manga creation, including corporate tie-ins, fashion collaborations, NFT digital collectibles, music collaborations, and local tourism partnerships. Monetizes IP through cross-media brand extensions.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels9 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

JMC provides outsourced manga (webtoon) and anime production services—including storyboarding, line art, coloring, backgrounds, key animation, in-between animation, and finishing—to Japanese anime studios, publishers, and IP holders. The company also creates original manga IP, manages global distribution across major webtoon platforms, and operates wholly-owned production studios in Japan, China (Dalian), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City), and Egypt (Cairo) to deliver cost-effective, Japanese-standard creative output.

Product overview

J-MANGA CREATE (JMC) is a Japanese manga and anime production studio offering a comprehensive portfolio of services including original IP creation (オリジナル漫画IP創出), commissioned production of WEBTOON manga and animation (受託業務), content mixing through JMC Agent, and global IP expansion support. The company operates production studios in Japan, China (大連世漫文化伝媒有限公司), Vietnam (J-MANGA CREATE VIỆT NAM), and Egypt (J-MANGA CREATE EGYPT Inc.), providing drawing production, animation support, manga video creation, and music collaborations (MUSIC×Toon). JMC also runs digital creator education programs in Egypt using CLIP STUDIO PAINT.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JMC Agent: Content-mix division handling brand collaborations including corporate partnerships, fashion tie-ups, NFT issuance, music collaborations, and local government tie-ups for story-based tourism.
• MUSIC×Toon
• JMC ARTICLES

Products and services

• Commissioned Manga and Webtoon Production Contracted manga and webtoon production services covering storyboarding, line art, backgrounds, coloring, text embedding, and data delivery, delivered through JMC's overseas production studios in China, Vietnam, and Egypt for Japanese publishers and IP holders.
• Commissioned Animation Production Outsourced animation production services including second key animation, overseas in-between animation, key animation checking, finishing, background art, and 3DCG/VFX for Japanese anime studios and production committees facing domestic labor shortages.
• Original Manga IP Creation Creation and development of original manga IP from concept through marketing and media mix strategy, including anime adaptation, drama and film opportunities, events, and merchandise, distributed globally across multiple webtoon platforms.
• JMC Agent Content Mix Services Content mixing services including corporate tie-ins, fashion collaborations, NFT digital collectibles, music collaborations, and local government tourism tie-ups that monetize IP through cross-media brand extensions.
• Global IP Expansion Support Global IP expansion support leveraging 100% subsidiaries in China, Vietnam, and Egypt for animation/manga production, content distribution, event management, and merchandise sales across international markets including China, the Middle East, and Africa.
• Corporate Manga Video Production Manga and illustration-based animation video production for corporate clients including company introductions, recruitment booklets, product promotion videos, and landing page comics, primarily produced with After Effects for use on websites, YouTube, and exhibition materials.
• MUSIC×Toon Music Collaboration Label Music collaboration label combining webtoon visual content with music artists for cross-media entertainment experiences, with the first collaboration released in June 2024 pairing singer-songwriter Ueno Daiki's song 'Asuhi' with the webtoon 'Gyakuten x Renraku'.
• Egypt Digital Creator Training Program Digital creator training program in Egypt using CLIP STUDIO PAINT software, delivered in partnership with Celsys, targeting schools and educational institutions including Helwan University and Egypt Japan Schools to develop next-generation manga and anime creators across the MENA region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Black Angels NEO ranked as a popular ongoing series; original Black Angels achieved 8 million+ cumulative copies
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Mahrousaeg Publishing HouseflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 December 2025JMC and its Egypt subsidiary JMC-EGYPT signed a comprehensive MOU with Mahrousaeg Publishing House, a leading Egyptian publisher and research center founded in 1986, to serve as an intermediary for Japanese manga, light novels, and novels to enter the Arabic-language market. Mahrousaeg will provide editorial review and leverage its distribution network of 200+ bookstores across Egypt, while JMC-EGYPT's translation division handles Arabic localization including religious and cultural sensitivity reviews. The partnership targets the broader MENA region (490 million+ Arabic speakers) and also includes joint development of original manga content featuring Egyptian history, culture, and mythology for global distribution.
• Helwan University (国立ヘルワン大学)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 15 December 2025JMC and JMC-EGYPT conducted a special lecture at Egypt's Helwan University (approximately 236,000 students across 23 faculties), targeting approximately 120 students from the Faculty of Fine Arts aspiring to become professional creators. The lecture covered Japanese manga/anime culture, digital drawing skills, and career possibilities in the digital creative industry, using CLIP STUDIO PAINT and Japanese-made drawing tablets.
• Celsys (株式会社セルシス)coreTechnology or Integration · 6 November 2025JMC partnered with Celsys to introduce CLIP STUDIO PAINT — a digital illustration, manga, and animation software with 55 million+ global users — into Egyptian educational institutions for JMC's digital creator training project. Celsys provides the software platform while JMC leads curriculum development, instructor training, content creation, and workshop operations in Egypt. The partnership aims to expand across MENA region by 2026.
• Egypt Japan SchoolsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 6 November 2025JMC collaborates with Egypt Japan Schools to implement Japanese-style manga education programs for primary and secondary school students, combining Japanese creative methodologies with local Egyptian cultural backgrounds to develop next-generation content creators.
• Anime Midwest 2025minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 4 July 2025JMC participated as an exhibitor at Anime Midwest 2025, a 3-day anime/comic convention in Chicago, Illinois, attracting approximately 20,000 attendees. Co-founder and manga artist Britney Hamada conducted manga classes and portrait sketching workshops for American participants, promoting Japanese manga culture and JMC's global activities.
• Africa Market Vitality Utilization Support Program (経済産業省)flagshipOthers · 15 June 2025JMC's business plan for introducing Japanese-style manga education to Egypt was selected for the METI-led Africa Market Vitality Utilization Support Program, designed to facilitate Japanese companies' market entry into Africa. JMC will verify the effectiveness of an online education platform using Japanese manga production expertise in Egypt, conduct actual classes, and build a sustainable business model for MENA region expansion.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Webtoon Entertainment (Naver Webtoon): Global digital comics/webtoon platform and IP studio. Directly comparable to JMC's original webtoon creation, distribution and IP development model, especially across Asian and Western markets.
• Studio Pierrot: Long-established Japanese anime studio (Kinnikuman, Naruto). Comparable to JMC for the specific overlap on Kinnikuman Perfect Super Ancestor Edition, where JMC provided animation support.
• Piccoma (Kakao Piccoma): Japan's largest webtoon/manga distribution platform operated by Kakao. JMC distributes originals here, but the platform's mix of original IP curation and publisher partnerships makes it comparable as a Japanese-market webtoon aggregator.
• Lezhin Comics: Korean digital comics/manga platform with original IP and global distribution. Direct comparable on the webtoon-publishing-side of JMC's business, particularly for serialized reading platforms.
• MAPPA: Major Japanese animation production studio. Comparable to JMC on the production-services and animation-studio dimension, with similar in-between/second-key animation workflows.
• Studio Mir: Korean animation production studio that provides outsourced animation for global anime and streaming productions. Directly comparable to JMC's overseas animation production outsourcing model.
• Madhouse: Established Japanese anime production studio with outsourced production workflows. Similar to JMC in providing contracted anime production and key/in-between animation services to Japanese IP holders.
• Production I.G: Japanese anime production studio with extensive outsourced production infrastructure including overseas studios. Comparable to JMC for the international production management and contracted animation services model.
• Kuaikan (快看): China's largest webtoon platform with 300M+ users. JMC has a translation/adaptation partnership with Kuaikan for the Japanese market, making it both a content source and the most direct comparable to JMC's China-facing business.

Emerging players

• Tappytoon: Digital comics/manga platform focused on translated and original webtoon-style content in English and Asian markets. Adjacent comparable to JMC on cross-border webtoon distribution and original IP development.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/jmanga_official
• TikToktiktok.com/@jmanga_official

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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