Yes, if the name is simply a personal brand used to manage your own work and you disclose that accurately. If the account will be shared by a legal entity, employees, a multi-person operating team, or client projects, it falls outside this program; please contact our business team.
Loomic Studio Manga Artist Support Program
Apply from now through Dec 31, 2026
Take your story
beyond language
Creating a manga already takes enormous time and effort. Translation, retouching, lettering, and producing multiple language editions add another major hurdle for independent creators.
Loomic believes great stories should never be buried behind language barriers. Through the Loomic Independent Manga Artist Support Program, eligible independent artists receive one year of Loomic Studio Professional Full at no cost, helping them create multilingual editions more efficiently, spend more time creating, and reach more readers.
This program is only open to individual independent manga artists. Publishers, translation companies, content agencies, incorporated studios, and other organizations should contact us through the business inquiry form so we can propose an arrangement based on the team's size and workflow.
Apply nowWhat you'll receive
Approved applicants receive the following after activation
1 Loomic Studio Professional Full seat
Free for 12 consecutive months. (The number of seats may be adjusted subject to available resources if you already work with a translator.)
8,750 Credits per month
Credits reset monthly and unused Credits do not roll over.
One-time bonus of 100,000 Credits
Bonus Credits are issued when your account is activated and remain available throughout the program's one-year term.
Manga text recognition, automatic translation, speech-bubble processing, and sound-effect handling.
Online translation review, image retouching, and publication-grade lettering controls.
Team glossaries, story context, and translation-rule management.
Layered PSD and other supported exports for further editing and final publication.
Other features and usage limits included in the Professional plan.
Limited
Professional editing support
Limited professional editing for multilingual editions, subject to availability
- ．Loomic assigns one professional manga editor.
- ．The editor uses Loomic Studio for translation review and professional refinement.
- ．Each service request covers one work or volume totaling no more than 50 source pages.
- ．Each service request covers one selected target language.
- ．There is no additional labor fee. Credits used in Loomic Studio are still deducted from the participant's plan allowance.
Who can apply
Applicants must meet all of the following requirements
- You are the original author, co-author, or primary creator of a manga, webtoon, graphic novel, or other sequential visual narrative.
- You hold the necessary copyright, licenses, or other lawful rights to use the submitted work and materials.
- The program will mainly be used to translate, localize, edit, pitch, promote, or publish your own work—not to provide commercial services to third-party clients.
- You agree to comply with the program rules, Loomic Studio Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and other applicable requirements.
You can also apply if
- Your work has previously been or is currently published by a publisher, platform, or agency, provided you apply personally and hold or have obtained the necessary rights to the work and materials.
- You operate under a pen name, circle name, or personal studio name, provided the program account is held, controlled, and used by you.
- You collaborate with assistants, co-authors, freelance translators, or editors, provided you remain the account's actual user and primary beneficiary and the collaboration does not substitute for company or organizational use.
- You create commercial work, fan work, or derivative work, provided you independently ensure that its creation, translation, publication, and commercial use comply with rights-holder policies and applicable law.
When the program does not apply
The following applications fall outside this program
- Applications submitted by publishers, translation or localization companies, content agencies, distribution platforms, production companies, incorporated studios, schools, nonprofit entities, or other organizations.
- Applications submitted personally by an owner, employee, contractor, or related party when the account will actually be used for an organization, client projects, or large-scale production work.
- Applications mainly intended to provide paid translation, lettering, agency, publishing, or other services for other people's work.
- Applications that cannot establish the applicant's identity as a manga creator, the source of the work, or the necessary rights.
- False applications, impersonation, unauthorized use of another person's work, duplicate applications, or attempts to resell, rent, share, or transfer program benefits.
- Works or uses that violate the law, Loomic Studio Terms of Use, third-party rights, or platform safety requirements.
If you represent a publisher, translation company, or another team, please use our business inquiry form to discuss an Organization, Enterprise, or custom plan.
How to apply
- 1
Submit the online form
Complete the Independent Manga Artist Support Program application with your creator and contact information.
- 2
Book an online meeting
After an initial review, Loomic will send a booking link for a 15–30 minute online meeting to introduce Loomic Studio, explain the program scope, and answer questions.
- 3
Sign the agreement
Once both parties confirm the arrangement, the program agreement will be signed electronically. Account activation begins after signing.
- 4
Activate your account and support channel
Loomic will activate Professional Full for 12 consecutive months from the activation date. Artists may request a dedicated Discord support group or use email as the primary support channel.
Application period: now through December 31, 2026 at 23:59 (Taiwan Time, UTC+8), with rolling review.
Applications successfully submitted before the deadline will continue through meetings, supplemental review, signing, and activation even after the application period closes. Capacity and system resources are limited; meeting the basic requirements does not guarantee acceptance, and qualified applicants may be waitlisted when the program is full.
After the application period ends, Loomic may extend submissions depending on translator, support, system, and other resource availability. Any extension will be announced on this page.
Loomic generally sends a meeting invitation, request for additional information, or application result within 10 business days after all materials are complete. Processing may take longer during periods of high volume or when further review is required. Applicants who receive an invitation must book the meeting and sign the agreement by the deadline in the notice. A place may be released if these steps are not completed on time without prior contact.
Full program rulesRepresenting a publisher, translation company, or another team? Please use the business inquiry form.