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 .

Service [ edit ]

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]

See also [ edit ]

• Kakao Webtoon
• KakaoPage
• LINE Manga

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Official website (in Japanese)