WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT!
March 14, 2025
Meet the Judges
CEO Kisai Ent & Editor-in-Chief
It’s truly exciting to see participation from various countries! We can really feel the effort and dedication behind each entry as they work hard to complete their stories. It’s definitely not easy to craft a well-rounded plot within a single episode.
In a one-shot competition like this, participants are challenged not only to create great artwork but also to structure their story’s pacing and flow effectively. It’s amazing to see works from beyond our home country, Indonesia—this proves how incredible the talent in Southeast Asia is! Hopefully, many of these artists will go on to become professional webtoon creators, and we’ll get to read their works in the future.
Art Director Action
Refreshing! I think that's the perfect word to desccribe my emotion as I read everyone's webtoon. This is our first webtoon competition and I think Southeast Asian artist create good webtoon!
I saw some cool paneling and very good sense of color. Everyone have done their best and I can feel everyone's love for webtoon!
Associate Editor-in-Chief
I can feel the enthusiasm of the participants. Even though the works are still rough, many of them explore themes and settings that I’ve never seen in other Webtoons. For those who won or made it to the top 50, congratulations! Your stories have great potential to be developed.
For those who didn’t make it, it doesn’t mean your work is bad. Keep going and stay motivated!
Top 50 champions
What is WebChamp and Why we make it?
The Kisai x Sorajima Southeast Asia Webtoon Championship 2024 is a collaboration between Kisai and Sorajima, one of the leading webtoon publishers in Japan. For the first time, a comic competition is open exclusively to Southeast Asian creators, aiming to support and discover the best talent from the region.
This competition invites creators across Southeast Asia to submit their best one-shot comics in their language. The winning entries will be translated into Japanese and released in Japan on Sorajima’s platform, granting creators an incredible opportunity to reach a wider audience.
Total for the prize pool
15 Winners Will Be Selected in this competition
Grand Winner
First Winner
2nd Winner
+ Drawing tablet worth $600 + 12-month Clip Studio Paint EX license
3rd Winner
+ Drawing tablet worth $400 + 12-month Clip Studio Paint EX license
4th Winner
+ Drawing tablet worth $400 + 12-month Clip Studio Paint EX license
5th Winner
excellence award 1
excellence award 2
excellence award 3
excellence award 4
Editor’s choice 1
Editor’s choice 2
Editor’s choice 3
Editor’s choice 4
general requirements
- Participants must be at least 18 years old at the time of registration.
- Can be done in teams or individually. (One person must register as the representative.)
- The work must be an original creation that has never been published before.
- No entry fee required for participation.
- AI-generated content is STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
- Applicable only to South East Asian citizens.
general requirements
The theme is not specifically determined as long as the main theme is related to the action genre. Suggested themes for participants include:
- “Interwoven Fates”
- “Echo of the Past”
- “Trial of the Heart”
Allowed Content
- Stories should be appropriate for readers aged 16 and older.
- Webtoon content may include moderate violence, mild language, mild sexual content without explicit depictions, mild nudity, and portrayals of alcohol or drug use. Topics such as bullying, self-harm, and abuse or torture may also be included.
- Content may be in English or in a language associated with Southeast Asian countries.
Story Content
- The theme must be the main focus of the story.
- The main character must have strong goals/motivations.
- The story must contain significant action scenes, in terms of scene impact rather than panel count.
- The world background (worldbuilding) should include fantasy elements—modern settings with added fantasy elements are allowed.
- The story should leave a “complete” impression but with the possibility for a longer continuation.
Illustration Content
- There is no restriction on the style used for webtoon illustrations.
- There is no restriction on the software used to create illustrations.
- Using image-generating machines, such as but not limited to Midjourney, Nijijourney, and others, is prohibited.
- The work must be fully colored, finished, and include speech bubbles, dialogue, and sound effects.
Format Guidelines
- Panel Count: The webtoon must have at least 40 panels and a maximum of 120 panels.
- File Format: The work must be submitted in JPEG format with a minimum resolution of 350 DPI.
- Page/Canvas Size: The canvas width must be 720 pixels, in a scrollable (vertical scroll) format suitable for online webtoon platforms.
- Script: A script in DOC or RTF format must be submitted, containing dialogues, sound effects, and all text in the Webtoon, with indicators for each panel. The script format is flexible as long as it meets the requirements.
- Webtoon Page Slicing: Since the webtoon format is vertically long, submissions can be split into multiple pages and different JPEG files, provided that:
- Each page must have at least 5 panels.
- Panels, dialogues, or important elements should not be cut in half.
