20 Japanese students take intensive course on comics, webtoons at Sejong University
Sejong University offered 20 Japanese university students an intensive program focused on comics and webtoons — one of the university’s areas of expertise — from Aug. 10 to 23, the university said Tuesday. The short-term undergraduate course followed the National Institute for International Education’s selection of Sejong University as a participating institution in the 2026 Korea-Japan Joint…
Sejong University recently provided an intensive 20-day program for 20 Japanese university students, focusing on the creation of comics and webtoons. This course, one of the university's specialties, ran from August 10 to 23, 2023. The short-term undergraduate course was selected by the National Institute for International Education as part of the 2026 Korea-Japan Joint Higher Education Student Exchange Program, announced in February.
The Japanese students engaged in practical training, based on Sejong University's Department of Comics and Animation Technology curriculum. They experienced the entire webtoon production process, from developing intellectual property (IP) and designing characters to storytelling, direction, storyboarding, and manuscript production.
The university reported that the students created their own webtoon intellectual properties (IPs) and produced storyboards and manuscripts through five core classes and related hands-on sessions.
Unlike merely observing Korean webtoon content, the program emphasized the development of students' own ideas into original webtoon IPs.
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