Shares of Webtoon jumped more than 40% in one trading day following the announcement of a much larger Disney deal. This work in progress brings more than 35,000 Disney-owned cartoons to a new format.

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Webtoon has announced a collaboration with AI firm Genies to create interactive 3D avatars of characters from top manhwa series, enabling fans to chat with them and unlock exclusive lore as they read.

Webtoon Entertainment, which describes itself as the world's largest web comic platform, has set its market value at $2.67bn (£2.11bn) ahead of its US listing. Its shares are due to start trading on ...