Toonsutra Leverages Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash for AI-Powered Comic Translation

Toonsutra, India's #1 Webtoon App is Featured on Google's DeepMind Website For its AI Innovation as a Gemini 2.0 Flash Developer!

~ Toonsutra's Quest is to Bring the Best Comics & Webtoons Across all of India in Every Regional Language ~ Toonsutra, India's homegrown webtoon comic app, announced today that the Company was featured today in the Developer Showcase Carousel of Google's DeepMind website for its current prototyping with translation capabilities of Gemini 2.0 Flash (currently available in experimental preview only) to make their vast library of comics accessible to a diverse, multilingual audience. Toonsutra's mission is to empower fandom across India by bringing the joy of comics and webtoons to every corner of India in all its regional languages. Their app boasts over 3100+ titles and 250,000+ episodes, spanning global hits and domestic favorites. With a user base exceeding hundreds of thousands, Toonsutra is committed to providing a premium reading experience where language is never a barrier. Before the advent and proliferation of generative AI tools, Toonsutra would've faced several challenges in its translation workflow to translate hundreds of thousands of comic episodes into across multiple languages with a high quality and consistency. "In our early prototyping, we've been impressed with Gemini 2.0 Flash's advanced multi-modal translation capabilities. comic translation is uniquely challenging - it's not just about the text in speech bubbles, but understanding the context, the tone, and the narrative within each panel. Gemini's ability to provide accurate and culturally relevant translations has allowed us make global stories truly accessible to India's diverse, multilingual audience" - Vishal Anand, Co-Founder and CEO of Toonsutra Toonsutra plans to continue using Gemini 2.0 Flash to expand its multilingual offerings and personalize the reading experience for its users. The Company envisions a future where language is no longer a barrier to accessing compelling narratives, and where millions of Indians can enjoy their favorite comics in their native languages, fostering a deeper connection with the stories and characters. This will allow readers across India to connect with stories from around the world, and it will provide Indian creators with a platform to share their work with a global audience. Co-Founder and Chairman, Sharad Devarajan says: "Toonsutra's mission is to build the biggest community of passionate fandom across comics and webtoons, by bringing together the largest youth market in the world - India's 700 million+ mobile market. With Gemini 2.0 Flash we finally have AI tools to help make that vision a reality and allow Indian readers the power to experience the best comic stories from India and the world, regardless of their language." Toonsutra is backed by a leading group of investors including the Sony Innovation Fund, Maiora Capital, Gen Fukunaga (Founder, Funimation); Kun Gao (Co-Founder, Crunchyroll); Jeremy Liew (partner, Lightspeed); Kevin Lin (Co-Founder, Twitch); Patrick Lee (Co-Founder, Rotten Tomatoes); Holly Lui (Co-Founder, Kabam); Benjamin Grubbs (Co-Founder, CreatorPlus); Steve Chung (fmr. CEO of Americas, CJENM); and others. Link to Google DeepMind Blog post on Toonsutra Link to Google DeepMind Developer Showcase ABOUT TOONSUTRA Toonsutra is India's #1 webtoon comic platform with a mission of connecting fandom and shaping pop-culture for India's 700 million+ mobile youth market - the largest youth market in the world. Founded by veteran media entrepreneurs, Sharad Devarajan andVishal Anand who bring decades of Indian startup and media experience. Toonsutra has become a trusted source by global partners for bring their top content to Indian audiences with the highest quality webtoon formatting and translation, ensuring that Indian languages audiences can experience the very best of the world's comic storytelling. The Company has locked up partnership deals with over 3,100+ titles and 250,000+ episodes of content into Hindi, Tamil, Telegu and other Indian languages - the largest offering of premium, high-quality, webtoon comic content ever assembled for this market. International partnerships include Valiant Comics, Webtoon Factory, Kenaz, Archie Comics, Boom! Studios, Top Cow Productions, Liquid Comics, and numerous others. In addition to award winning and bestselling comics from global creators, Toonsutra also has exclusive webtoon comics available based on some of the biggest Indian franchises, including the film sensation, Baahubali, and the hit streaming series, The Legend of Hanuman, and hundreds of Indian episodes from leading Indian comic publisher Graphic India.

Toonsutra featured on Google DeepMind for AI-Driven multilingual comic translation

This calls attention to Toonsutra's current work with the Gemini 2.0 Flash translation capabilities, which have the objective of making its library of comics available to a diverse, multilingual audience. The webtoon comic app wants to continue to employ Gemini 2.0 Flash to increase its language options and tailor the reading experience for its consumers. Toonsutra, India's homegrown webtoon comic app, announced today that it was featured in the Developer Showcase Carousel on Google's DeepMind website. This recognition highlights Toonsutra's current work with the Gemini 2.0 Flash translation capabilities (available in experimental preview), aimed at making its vast library of comics accessible to a diverse, multilingual audience. Toonsutra's mission is to empower fandom across India by bringing the joy of comics and webtoons to every corner of the country, in all its regional languages. The app boasts over 3,100 titles and 250,000+ episodes, spanning both global hits and domestic favorites. With a user base in the hundreds of thousands, Toonsutra is dedicated to offering a premium reading experience where language is never a barrier. Before the emergence of generative AI tools, Toonsutra would have faced significant challenges in translating its vast collection of comic episodes into multiple languages with high quality and consistency. "In our early prototyping, we've been impressed with Gemini 2.0 Flash's advanced multi-modal translation capabilities. Comic translation is uniquely challenging -- it's not just about the text in speech bubbles, but understanding the context, tone, and narrative within each panel. Gemini's ability to provide accurate and culturally relevant translations has allowed us to make global stories truly accessible to India's diverse, multilingual audience," said Vishal Anand, Co-Founder and CEO of Toonsutra. Toonsutra plans to continue leveraging Gemini 2.0 Flash to expand its multilingual offerings and personalise the reading experience for its users. The company envisions a future where language is no longer a barrier to enjoying compelling narratives, enabling millions of Indians to experience their favorite comics in their native languages, fostering a deeper connection with the stories and characters. This also opens up opportunities for readers across India to connect with stories from around the world, while providing Indian creators with a platform to share their work with a global audience. Sharad Devarajan, Co-Founder and Chairman, adds: "Toonsutra's mission is to build the biggest community of passionate fandom around comics and webtoons by bringing together the largest youth market in the world -- India's 700 million+ mobile market. With Gemini 2.0 Flash, we now have AI tools that are making that vision a reality, enabling Indian readers to experience the best comic stories from India and the world, regardless of language." Toonsutra is backed by a leading group of investors, including the Sony Innovation Fund, Maiora Capital, Gen Fukunaga (Founder, Funimation), Kun Gao (Co-Founder, Crunchyroll), Jeremy Liew (Partner, Lightspeed), Kevin Lin (Co-Founder, Twitch), Patrick Lee (Co-Founder, Rotten Tomatoes), Holly Lui (Co-Founder, Kabam), Benjamin Grubbs (Co-Founder, CreatorPlus), Steve Chung (Former CEO of Americas, CJENM), and others.