The World Webtoon Awards, established by the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), recently concluded its first ceremony. The awards aim to increase global awareness of webtoons, a significant part of South Korea’s cultural exports.

Award Highlights

Solo Leveling received the Grand Prize, further solidifying its global popularity. The award was accepted by Redice Studio’s CEO Jang Jung-sook, as the manhwa’s original artist, Jang Sung-rak (DUBU), passed away in 2022.
Other notable webtoons like Lookism and Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint were also recognized.
A complete list of winners is included below.

Solo Leveling’s Continued Success

Despite concluding three years ago, the original Solo Leveling manhwa continues to achieve widespread recognition. It has been read over 14 billion times and is poised for further success with the release of Solo Leveling: Ragnarok and the upcoming second season of the anime. Ragnarok debuted in Korea in August and launched in Japan on October 1st via Piccoma. Crunchyroll recently announced the release dates for Season 2 and the -ReAwakening- compilation film.

World Webtoon Awards 2024 Winners:

Garbage Time by 2Sazang
To Help You Understand by Lanyon and Ocean
The Great by Gwangjin and Jimin
The Boxer by Jeong Ji-hoon
Married Woman Killer by YOON and Black
The Remarried Empress by Alphatart and Sumpul
Hellbound by Yeon Sang-ho and Choi Gyu-seok
I don’t have a home by Wannan
Unemployed Gyebaeksoon by Delayed Action [Best New Comic]
Tomahawk Angel by Odysseas Theodoratos [Overseas Award]
Tastes of Horror: Ghost Story Feast by Story Plus and TOH Crew [Experimental Award]

Catch Up on Solo Leveling

Fans can watch the first season of Solo Leveling on Crunchyroll to prepare for the upcoming season. The platform describes the show as: “They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jinwoo came back with the System, a program only he could see, that’s leveling him up in every way. Now, he’s inspired to discover the secrets behind his powers and the dungeon that spawned them.”