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The animation "Dark Moon: Altar of the Moon" has drawn favorable reviews from animation fans since the beginning of the broadcast, proving the global impact of Hive Original Story IP.
Hive announced on the 23rd that the animation "Dark Moon: Altar of the Moon" has become popular in major animation broadcasting channels and OTT platforms at home and abroad, showing its presence in the global animation market.
First of all, in Korea, episodes 1 and 2 were broadcast on the animation channel "ANIBOX" on the 10th and 17th, respectively, and at the time of the first broadcast, it ranked first in the animation viewership in the paid broadcast and satellite TV fields at the same time. In addition, it ranked first in female viewership in their 20s among all programs aired on the anime box during the week (January 5-11) and ranked third among domestic paid broadcasting channels in the animation genre.
On the OTT platform 'TVing', the Anivox channel ranked second on the 'This Visual Popular Channel' during the first broadcast, ranked 10th in real-time popular animation in TVing, 2nd in animation adventure and fantasy genre, and 7th in overall animation popularity in the second week of the broadcast. On the OTT platform 'LAFTEL', which specializes in animation, it ranked 4th in real-time popularity in the first week and 8th in the second week. Japanese streaming platform "ABEMA" also ranked 13th in the popular animation daily ranking at the time of its first broadcast, and it is said that it is doing well in the Japanese market, where a large number of other popular works were released.
Based on its solid story line and workability, it has received high ratings from major global platforms and animation communities and is well received by animation fans around the world. The world's largest animation streaming platform "Crunchyroll" scored 4.8 out of 5 points and 4.6 points in "Bahamut," the largest animation and pop culture community in China. In addition, "MyAnimeList," the world's largest English-speaking community that compiles information related to animations and cartoons around the world, drew attention immediately after the first episode was released, ranking 10th in "Now Watching," which means the ranking of works currently being watched, and 10th in "Trending," a topical indicator, and ranked 7th in "Trending" after the second episode was released. Ranking on Myanimelist is the first "standard of indicators" checked by animation fans and is evaluated as a measure of popular box office success.
A Crunchyroll official said, "As 'Dark Moon: The Altar of the Moon' has already secured a wide global fandom with webtoons, we are happy to present this animation in eight languages and subtitles for fans around the world to enjoy," adding, "We hope you will continue to watch this work with a fascinating story."
Online, fans around the world are responding enthusiastically to the animation. On social media channels such as X (formerly Twitter), reviews of each scene, including the first meeting of the main characters Suha and Heli, and the god of Suha's power, were uploaded in real time, and posts such as "It was a waste to end up with a webtoon, but it's so nice to see it with animation," and "I like animation more than the original cartoon, but it's good to see because Dark Moon is well made into animation." In addition, there were positive reactions to ENHYPEN's OST, which added to the immersion of the work, as well as favorable reviews for voice actors who were dubbed, such as "I'm so happy that Toya Kikunosuke voiced Helly."
With the popularity of animation and more fans looking for the original, the webtoon "Dark Moon: Altar of the Moon" has been backtracking on charts around the world in more than two years since its completion. According to Naver Webtoon's platform by language service, the webtoon "Dark Moon: Altar of the Moon" ranked first in Japan, Latam, Indonesia, and Germany respectively in terms of the highest ranking from the first broadcast date of the animation to the 20th, and ranked second in France and third in Thailand and North America. In Korea, she ranked 4th in women's popular webtoon in fantasy genre and 10th in fantasy genre.
A Hive official said, "Not only did the global search volume trend of 'Dark Moon: Altar of the Moon' soar 10 times during the first broadcast, but new fans who enjoy the story of 'Dark Moon' through animation such as the original webtoon's reverse chart are entering the market. Based on the positive initial response of animation, we plan to expand the Hive original story IP area in the global market in earnest."
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