[THE INVESTOR] South Koreans have recently been in a frenzy over characters created by two rival mobile messenger apps -- whether it is Line’s blank-faced bear named Brown or Kakao’s Muzi, who looks ...

Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...

Netflix will turn a cast of characters made popular by Japanese messaging app into an original animated series. The streamer is working with Line Friends, the character brand that started as Brown & ...