NHN Japan Corporation has confirmed that its pioneering digital manga app, Comico, will discontinue operations on January 6, 2027. The shutdown marks the end of a thirteen-year run for the service, which originally launched in 2013 and expanded into various international markets, including Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The wind-down process begins in earnest on August 31, 2026, when the platform will halt new account registrations, coin sales, and the addition of new content. Users will also lose the ability to post their own works to the service at that time. By September 28, all sales and rentals will conclude, rendering existing tickets unusable.
To mitigate the loss for long-term users, NHN Japan has arranged for a migration path to the digital bookstore Mecha Comic. Between January 7 and April 30, 2027, users will be able to transfer their virtual bookshelves and request refunds for unused coins. However, the company noted that some specific titles may be excluded from the transfer process depending on the licensing agreements held by the original publishers.
The closure follows a broader trend of contraction for the brand. The global webtoon platform Pocket Comics, which brought hits like ReLIFE, How to keep a mummy, Momokuri, and Nanbaka to English and French-speaking audiences, shuttered its international operations in October 2025. Despite initial success in markets like France, the transition from print-dominated reading habits to digital-first webtoons proved difficult to sustain long-term.
