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Dark Moon: The Blood Altar | |
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DARK MOON: 달의 제단 Dakeu Mun: Dalui Jedan | |
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Author | HYBE |
Illustrator | HYBE |
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Original run | January 15, 2022 |
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar ( Korean: DARK MOON: 달의 제단; RR: Dakeu Mun: Dalui Jedan) is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by HYBE in collaboration with Naver Webtoon and a separate webnovel with an alternative storyline on Wattpad. An English physical version was published by Yen Press' imprint, Ize Press. [1] The Korean release was published by Haksan Publishing.
It ran from January 15, 2022 to August 12, 2023, consisting of 70 chapters.
The characters and storyline are based on the South Korean boy band Enhypen and their music videos. The original story began with their " Drunk-Dazed" music video released on April 26, 2021. [2]
It is the first story in the Dark Moon series, consisting of Dark Moon: The Blood Altar with Enhypen, the prequel Dark Moon: Children of Vamfield and the spin off prequel Dark Moon: The Grey City with the Japanese boy band &Team. [3]
Welcome to Riverfield, where the most popular boys at two rival schools happen to be vampires and werewolves. When a mysterious new student, Sooha, transfers to Riverfield, the rivals find themselves inexplicably drawn to her. As horrible incidents start to shake the town, the boys’ forgotten pasts slowly start to unravel... and their world turns upside down. [4]
Original
All songs are from Enhypen's special album Memorabilia unless otherwise stated.
Other
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar began publication on January 15, 2022, on the webtoon hosting services Naver and Line Webtoon. [5]
Simultaneously published alongside the Webtoon, HYBE and Naver Webtoons co-planned the Webnovel edition on Wattpad in which the storyline differentiates from the Webtoon version.
Ize Press published an English print edition of the webtoon Dark Moon: The Blood Altar on December 12, 2023. [1] [6]
The Korean version was published by Haksan Publishing (학산문화사) on December 15, 2023, as well as the webnovel on December 1, 2023.
The German version will be published by Manhwa Cult on June 6, 2024. The French version by Hugo Publishing and the Thai release by Amarin are set to be published soon.
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar is the most successful works among the HYBE Original Story Webtoons by HYBE and Naver. It exceeded 100 Million cumulative page views on Naver and is also highly evaluated in South Korea with a score of 9.78 out of 10. The webtoon ranked in the top five in the platform's chart in seven different language services including German, Spanish, French, Chinese and Indonesian, topping all Sunday series for 10 straight weeks. [7] [8] The Comic Book Resources similarly included the series in their "25 Top Manhwa You Need To Read". [9]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (May 2023) |
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar | |
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DARK MOON: 달의 제단 Dakeu Mun: Dalui Jedan | |
Genre |
|
Author | HYBE |
Illustrator | HYBE |
Publisher |
|
Original run | January 15, 2022 |
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar ( Korean: DARK MOON: 달의 제단; RR: Dakeu Mun: Dalui Jedan) is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by HYBE in collaboration with Naver Webtoon and a separate webnovel with an alternative storyline on Wattpad. An English physical version was published by Yen Press' imprint, Ize Press. [1] The Korean release was published by Haksan Publishing.
It ran from January 15, 2022 to August 12, 2023, consisting of 70 chapters.
The characters and storyline are based on the South Korean boy band Enhypen and their music videos. The original story began with their " Drunk-Dazed" music video released on April 26, 2021. [2]
It is the first story in the Dark Moon series, consisting of Dark Moon: The Blood Altar with Enhypen, the prequel Dark Moon: Children of Vamfield and the spin off prequel Dark Moon: The Grey City with the Japanese boy band &Team. [3]
Welcome to Riverfield, where the most popular boys at two rival schools happen to be vampires and werewolves. When a mysterious new student, Sooha, transfers to Riverfield, the rivals find themselves inexplicably drawn to her. As horrible incidents start to shake the town, the boys’ forgotten pasts slowly start to unravel... and their world turns upside down. [4]
Original
All songs are from Enhypen's special album Memorabilia unless otherwise stated.
Other
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar began publication on January 15, 2022, on the webtoon hosting services Naver and Line Webtoon. [5]
Simultaneously published alongside the Webtoon, HYBE and Naver Webtoons co-planned the Webnovel edition on Wattpad in which the storyline differentiates from the Webtoon version.
Ize Press published an English print edition of the webtoon Dark Moon: The Blood Altar on December 12, 2023. [1] [6]
The Korean version was published by Haksan Publishing (학산문화사) on December 15, 2023, as well as the webnovel on December 1, 2023.
The German version will be published by Manhwa Cult on June 6, 2024. The French version by Hugo Publishing and the Thai release by Amarin are set to be published soon.
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar is the most successful works among the HYBE Original Story Webtoons by HYBE and Naver. It exceeded 100 Million cumulative page views on Naver and is also highly evaluated in South Korea with a score of 9.78 out of 10. The webtoon ranked in the top five in the platform's chart in seven different language services including German, Spanish, French, Chinese and Indonesian, topping all Sunday series for 10 straight weeks. [7] [8] The Comic Book Resources similarly included the series in their "25 Top Manhwa You Need To Read". [9]