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South Korean TV series production company
Mega Monster Corporation
Mega Monster's logo
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Formerly
| Story Plant Co., Ltd.
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Company type
| Privately held company
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Industry
| entertainment and media production
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Founded
| November 20, 2014
; 9 years ago
(
2014-11-20
)
in
Goyang-si
,
Gyeonggi-do
,
South Korea
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Founder
| Kim Yang
Koo Bon-geun
[
ko
]
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Headquarters
| Sangam
DMC
Digital Cube 20/F, 34 Sangamsan-ro,
Sangam-dong
,
Mapo-gu
,
,
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Key people
| Kim Yong-jin (President & CEO)
[3]
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Products
| Dramas
Variety shows
Soundtracks
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Services
| Production, marketing and distribution of
Korean dramas
and other entertainment programs
Management of writers and directors
Soundtrack
production
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Owner
| As of March 31, 2022
:
[3]
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Parent
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Korean
:
메가몬스터 株式會社
;
RR
:
Megamonseuteo Jusikhoesa
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Website
| megamon
.co
.kr
[a]
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Mega Monster
[b]
(
Korean
:
메가몬스터
;
RR
:
Megamonseuteo
) is a South Korean TV series production company and a subsidiary of
Kakao Entertainment
.
[4]
The company was founded in 2014 as Story Plant by
Kim Yang
and
Koo Bon-geun
[
ko
]
, and was a subsidiary of
CJ E&M
(known now as
CJ ENM
). In 2017, it was fully acquired by Kakao Entertainment's predecessor
Kakao M
. Since then, a portion of the stake has been acquired by
KakaoPage Corp.
(another predecessor of Kakao Entertainment) and
Studio Dragon
, a subsidiary of
CJ Group
.
[5]
History
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- November 20, 2014
(
2014-11-20
)
:
Story Plant
was founded in
Goyang City
by former
SBS
and
MBC
producers Kim Yang and Koo Bon-geun (who was the company's first CEO).
CJ E&M
acquired it later on.
- January 9, 2015
(
2015-01-09
)
:
Heart to Heart
, a 16-episode TV series, premiered on
tvN
. It was the company's first production, in cooperation with
Chorokbaem Media
.
- May 4, 2015
(
2015-05-04
)
:
A Bird That Doesn't Sing
, a 100-episode TV series, was aired on tvN.
- June 29, 2015
(
2015-06-29
)
:
We Broke Up
, a 10-episode web series based on the same-titled
Naver
WEBTOON
, was distributed by
Naver TV
, and later aired on
OnStyle
. It was produced in association with then-parent CJ E&M and
YGKPlus
.
- February 27, 2016
(
2016-02-27
)
:
Happy Home
, a 51-episode TV series, was aired by
MBC
TV
.
- May 10, 2017
(
2017-05-10
)
: LOEN Entertainment (now
Kakao Entertainment
), a subsidiary of
Kakao
, acquired Story Plant from CJ E&M, as well as the distribution and licensing rights to its productions (from the latter's subsidiary
Studio Dragon
). The amount of the deal was not disclosed, and co-founders Kim and Koo decided to leave the company.
[6]
Later on, LOEN's sister company Podotree (now
KakaoPage
) and Studio Dragon acquired 21.90% and 10.95% of the company's shares, respectively, for strategic investment.
[7]
LOEN's Video Content Company head Lee Jun-ho became its new CEO. It also moved its headquarters from Goyang City to
Seoul
.
- July 11, 2017
(
2017-07-11
)
: The company's name was officially changed from
Story Plant Co., Ltd.
to
Mega Monster Corporation
.
[8]
- November 21, 2018
(
2018-11-21
)
:
Children of Nobody
, a 32-episode
[c]
TV series, was aired on MBC TV. It was the company's first production since the management and name change. Former SBS and
JS Pictures
executive Kim Yong-jin co-executive produced the series with Lee, marking his first project since becoming the company's vice-president and COO the same year.
- February 6, 2019
(
2019-02-06
)
:
Touch Your Heart
, a 16-episode TV series based on the KakaoPage web novel of the same title, aired its first episode on tvN. It was co-produced by
Zium Content
, and developed by Studio Dragon.
[10]
- April 1, 2019
(
2019-04-01
)
: The company became the newest
sponsor
of the
"Find the Desert's Shooting Star" Drama Screenplay Competition
organized by the
Broadcasting Content Promotion Foundation
(BCPF).
[11]
- April 3, 2019
(
2019-04-03
)
:
Children of Nobody
was nominated for
Best Drama
and
Best Television Screenplay
in the
55th
Baeksang Arts Awards
, being the only drama from a free-to-air broadcast network to get these nominations. These are also the first-ever nominations got by Mega Monster as a production company.
[12]
- June 11, 2019
(
2019-06-11
)
: Mega Monster, Daum Webtoon Company (a division of KakaoPage) and the
KBS
Drama Production Group signed a memorandum of agreement and understanding (MOAU) for drama production at the KBS
Yeouido
office. The MOAU states that the three camps will produce dramas based on
Daum
webtoons
for three years. The first project under this agreement, the TV drama adaptation of GAR2 and Teacher Oh's webtoon
Dead Man's Letter
, will be aired in 2020.
[13]
[14]
- March 30, 2020:
Fatal Promise
, a 100-episode daily TV series, premiered on
KBS 2TV
. Kim Yong-jin and his former SBS colleague Sohn Jae-sung (who joined the company a few months earlier) are the executive producers.
- April 6, 2020:
How to Buy a Friend
, an eight-episode miniseries, aired its first two episodes also on KBS 2TV. It is based on Kwon Laad's webtoon of the same title, which was first published in 2018 on Daum Webtoon.
- May 4, 2020:
Mom Has an Affair
(co-produced by Studio S), a 120-episode daily morning drama about a single mom looking for a rich man that can be a father to her kids, premiered on SBS TV. Singer-actress
Hyun Jyu-ni
(on her first-ever TV series leading role throughout her career) and actor
Lee Jae-hwang
portray the lead roles.
- August 21, 2020: Former Studio Dragon chief finance officer Jang Sai-jung was appointed as the company's new president and chief executive officer, replacing Lee Jun-ho.
[15]
Production works
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Non-scripted programming
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Year
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Title
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Network
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Associated Production
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Note
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2020
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Miss Back
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MBN
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Space Rabbit
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first non-scripted program production
[21]
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Current managed people
[
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Directors
[
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Screenwriters
[
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See also
[
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Notes
[
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- ^
Formerly megamon.dweb.co.kr until December 30, 2019. Changed to the current web domain after the end of the company's contract with a local website operator. However, the email addresses related to the company use the @megamon.co.kr domain.
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Also credited as
MEGA MONSTER by kakao M
on on-air credits since episode 16 of
Children of Nobody
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In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between them.
[9]
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Developed by
Studio Dragon
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Listed as a writer on the company's homepage.
[22]
References
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"오시는길 (company address)"
. Mega Monster
. Retrieved
January 28,
2019
.
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"메가몬스터(週) (Mega Monster Corp.)"
.
SaraminHR
. Retrieved
January 28,
2019
.
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a
b
"메가몬스터/監査報告書/2022.03.31"
[MEGA MONSTER/Audit Report/2022.03.31].
DART
(in Korean).
Financial Supervisory Service
. Retrieved
April 23,
2022
.
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"Video Contents"
.
kakao-m.com
.
Kakao M
. Retrieved
February 21,
2019
.
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Song, Jin-shik (July 28, 2017).
드라마에 욕심내는 카카오, ‘스튜디오 카카오’ 나올까
[Kakao becomes newest addition to drama (industry), "Studio Kakao" coming soon].
News Kyunghyang
(in Korean).
Kyunghyang Shinmun
. Retrieved
January 28,
2019
.
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Jung, Young-ho; Kim, Byung-gun; Lee, Dong-hoon (May 10, 2017).
"카카오 子會社 로엔, CJ 드라마 製作社 引受"
[Kakao subsidiary LOEN acquires drama production company from CJ].
Korea Economic Daily
(in Korean)
. Retrieved
January 28,
2019
.
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Kim, Hyun-sik (May 11, 2017).
로엔, 스튜디오드래곤과 드라마 製作社 設立
[LOEN, Studio Dragon to start drama production partnership].
No Cut News
(in Korean).
CBS and CBSi
. Retrieved
January 28,
2019
.
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"카카오엠/半期報告書/2017.08.14"
.
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Park, Jin-hai (May 16, 2017).
"Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks"
.
Press Reader
. The Korea Times
. Retrieved
February 3,
2019
.
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Jung, Yoo-hyun (December 21, 2018).
"카카오M, 메가몬스터에 60億 支援... 映像事業 '드라이브'
"
[Kakao M lends \660M to Mega Monster, "drives" content production].
The Bell
(in Korean)
. Retrieved
January 28,
2019
.
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"第11回 드라마劇本公募展 '沙漠의 별똥별 찾기' 公告(마감)"
[Announcement of the 11th "Find the Desert's Shooting Star" Drama Screenplay Competition].
BCPF.or.kr
(in Korean). Broadcasting Content Promotion Foundation. April 1, 2019
. Retrieved
November 19,
2019
.
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"55th Baeksang Arts Awards Announces Nominees For Television Categories"
.
Soompi
.
Rakuten
Viki
. April 4, 2019
. Retrieved
August 31,
2019
.
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a
b
Choi, Young-joo (June 12, 2019).
다음웹툰, 메가몬스터가 만들고 KBS가 放送한다
[Daum Webtoon, Mega Monster partner with KBS for drama production].
No Cut News
(in Korean).
CBS and CBSi
. Retrieved
June 14,
2019
.
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Lee, Jae-lim (June 13, 2019).
"KBS inks deal with Daum Webtoons"
.
Korea JoongAng Daily
.
JoongAng Ilbo
. Retrieved
June 14,
2019
.
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"메가몬스터/임원의變動/2020.11.27"
.
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a
b
"더쿠 이미지 업로드"
.
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Lee Yoo-na (February 4, 2020).
[公式]박하나X고세원 '危險한 約束' 主人公 確定 '一日劇 最强 組合 出擊'
[[OFFICIAL] Park Ha-na X Go Se-won, confirmed to reunite in daily drama
Dangerous Promise
].
The Chosun Ilbo
(in Korean)
. Retrieved
February 4,
2020
.
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Ban, Seo-youn (January 23, 2020).
[單獨] 신승호, 웹툰 原作 드라마 '契約友情' 主人公
[[OFFICIAL] Shin Seung-ho, confirmed to star in webtoon-based drama
Friendship Contract
].
YTN
(in Korean).
YTN Group
. Retrieved
January 23,
2020
.
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"엄마가 바람났다"
.
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"김미정室長 on Instagram: "12/11프로필투어가 傳達完了되어 後記올립니다. . 드라마 메가몬스터 성암山로34 디지털큐브20層 프로필함에 넣었습니다. . TVN 팬엔터테인먼트 월드컵北路 58길10 12層 . 映畫 디엠씨尖端産業센터 5層…"
"
. Archived from
the original
on 2021-12-24.
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https://m.mediajob.co.kr/recruit/recruit.htm?cmd=view&rec_idx=198784
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"AUTHOR & DIRECTOR - Park Jin-pyo"
.
megamon.co.kr
(in Korean). Mega Monster Corporation
. Retrieved
August 8,
2022
.
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Scripted
| 2014?2016 (as Story Plant)
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2018?present (as Mega Monster)
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Non-scripted
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Artists
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Labels
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Partners
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Filmography
| TV series
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Web series
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Reality shows
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Film
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