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Merryweather Media
BornLucius J. Merryweather
Pseudonym(s)Merryweathery
Notable works
Everywhere & Nowhere, Internet Explorer, Stalker x Stalker, Minecraft Anime, Clinic of Horrors

Merryweather Media, also known as Merryweather Comics, is a digital content creation company specialising in webcomics, manga-style comics, and virtual entertainment (including animated web series). Founded by the webcomic author and VTuber Lucius J. Merryweather, known professionally as Merryweathery and later Merryweather, the company has gained recognition for producing viral webcomics and collaborating with various platforms and organisations including WEBTOON, Tapas, Discord, and Hololive.[1][2][3]

The Merryweather webtoon series Clinic of Horrors would win the 2022 Ringo Award for Fan Favorite New Series.[4][5]

Overview

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Merryweather Media creates and publishes webcomics across multiple platforms, with many of their works featuring anime and manga-inspired art styles. The company's content often incorporates internet culture, technology themes, and anthropomorphised versions of websites, apps, and concepts.[6]

The founder, Lucius J. Merryweather, usually known mononymously as Merryweather or Merryweathery, works as both a comic writer and a Virtual YouTuber (VTuber).[7] The company collaborates with various artists to produce its comics, with Merryweather typically handling writing duties while partnering with illustrators for the visual components.[8]

Works

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Animation

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Minecraft Anime

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Launched in 2020, the web series Minecraft Anime by Merryweather (also known as Minecraft: Anime Edition) adapts the events of Minecraft but if all the monsters Steve (voiced by A.J. Sparkx) were cute anime girls.[9] A crossover episode with the Dangoheart Animation web series of the same name was released on December 25, 2021,[10] while a feature film compliation/adaptation of the series, entitled The Minecraft Movie, was published on April 6, 2025.[11] A webtoon adaptation without the Minecraft branding called Mines & Monster Girls' was published to WEBTOON.

Other series

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Other animated web series produced by Merryweather, both original content and adaptation of their webcomic series, consist of Goth Girl & The Monster, How I Failed to Save the World, My Succubus Girlfriend, Rick & Morty 【ANIME VERSION】, Animal Girls, Digital Love Story, Orc Girl Goes To Human School, The Underworld Queen's Invasion of Earth, Virgin vs. Chad, Sadistic Gym Girl, Succubus x Delinquent, Tomboy Girlfriend, Goth Boy & The Jock, Demon King Girlfriend, Oni Girlfriend, Florida Girl Adventures, Internet Explorer, Console Girls, VShojo Mythos, Earth-Chan and the Universe, Winter Moon, Goth Girl & The Jock, Website Girls, Elf Girl x Orc Man, Everywhere & Nowhere ⌛️, Stalker x Stalker, Horror Anthology Shorts, Lovecraft Girls, Fox Girls Are Better!, Crawling Dreams, Vampire Gamer Girl, Coronavirus Girls, and Clinic of Horrors (the latter available in English and Japanese).[12]

Webcomics/webtoons

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  • Everywhere & Nowhere – webcomic series available on WEBTOON ORIGINAL[13]
  • Internet Explorer – webcomic series that anthropomorphizes web browsers as anime characters; available on WEBTOON CANVAS[14]
  • Winter Moon – webcomic series available on WEBTOON
  • Stalker x Stalker – following two stalkers hopelessly in love with one another as their families try to keep them apart; Johnny Bravo from Johnny Bravo is featured as a minor supporting character.
  • Meme Girls – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Clinic of Horrors – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Internet Explorer – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Fox Girls Are Better – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • The Steam Dragon Express – webcomic series available on WEBTOON ORIGINALS
  • Virgin vs. Chad – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • My Succubus Girlfriend – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Crawling Dreams – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • A City Called Nowhere – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Lovecraft Girls – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • My Incubus Boyfriend – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • One Million Gold – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Merry's Adventures – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Bunny Girl and the Cult – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • How I Failed to Save the World – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Weeb vs. Jock – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Spookman – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Succubus x Delinquent – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • A City Called Nowhere – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • The Underworld Queen's Invasion of Earth – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Vox Akuma – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Beyond Blood – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • The Empty World – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Crawling Dreams – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Chronicles of Deathslayer – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Lovecraft Girls – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • American Weeb in Japan – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Fox Girls Are Better – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Conspiracy Research – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Chloe in Japan – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • The Steam Dragon Express – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • The Crawling City – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • Magnolia Online – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS
  • London Vampire – webcomic series available on WEBTOON CANVAS

Collaborations

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Merryweather Media has collaborated with several major platforms and organizations:

  • Partnered with Discord to create Wumpus Wonderventures, a miniseries featuring Discord's mascot character Wumpus.[15]
  • Collaborated with VTuber agency Hololive to create Calli's Christmas Catastrophe, featuring the VTuber character Mori Calliope.[citation needed]
  • Partnered with the animation studio Dangoheart Animation behind the animated web series Minecraft Anime for a crossover episode with Merryweather Media's own animated web series also called Minecraft Anime (adapting their webcomic of the same name), entitled "Dangoheart X Merryweather: A Minecraft Special EP" and released on December 25, 2021.[10]
  • Partnered with the Canadian game developer Sad Panda Studios to create a webtoon based on the incremental game and dating sim Crush Crush;[16] in-turn the protagonist of the Merryweather webtoon Internet Explorer was added to the game as Explora (voiced by Mew Miya).

Critical eception

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In 2022, Merryweather reportedly received threats of violence and verbal harassment after publishing a comic that criticized NFTs (non-fungible tokens). The situation allegedly escalated to the point where the comic had to be removed from social media platforms.[17]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominee Author(s) Result Ref
2022 Ringo Awards Fan Favorite New Series Clinic of Horrors Merryweather and PokuriMio Won [4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Samantha Puc (2022-10-31). "Meet the winners of the 2022 Ringo Awards". gamesradar. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  2. ^ Burdette, Chad (2022-10-29). "NEWS WATCH: Digital Comics Platform WEBTOON Announces 2022 Ringo Award Winners". Comic Watch. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  3. ^ Brooke, David (2023-05-10). "WEBTOON and Discord team up for webcomic 'Wumpus Wonderventures'". AIPT Comics. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  4. ^ a b "Ringo Awards 2022 Nominations Announced, Ahead Of Baltimore Comic Con". Bleeding Cool. August 31, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "2022 Ringo Awards Winners Announced". Multiversity Comics. October 30, 2022.
  6. ^ Vincent, Brittany (2018-08-25). "Internet Explorer reimagined as a sad anime girl will break your heart". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  7. ^ "Merryweather brought webcomics back to life, then VTubing came along". Dexerto. 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  8. ^ "Wednesday Webcomics: "Everywhere and Nowhere" – The Geekiary". Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  9. ^ Merryweather Comics (2020-08-23). Minecraft Anime. Retrieved 2025-04-01 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ a b Dangoheart Animation (2021-12-25). Dangoheart X Merryweather: A Minecraft Special EP. Retrieved 2025-04-01 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ Merryweather Comics (2025-04-06). The Minecraft Movie. Retrieved 2025-04-07 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ Merryweather Comics (2020-08-23). Playlists. Retrieved 2025-04-01 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ "2022 Webcomic Roundup: Girl's Love August Edition! – The Geekiary". Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  14. ^ Vincent, Brittany (2018-08-25). "Internet Explorer reimagined as a sad anime girl will break your heart". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  15. ^ Brooke, David (2023-05-10). "WEBTOON and Discord team up for webcomic 'Wumpus Wonderventures'". AIPT Comics. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  16. ^ Merryweather Media (2021-12-14). "We teamed up with @SadPandaStudio to produce a comic for Crush Crush, the anime Idle Dating Sim!". Facebook. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  17. ^ "VTuber Merryweather forced to delete comic criticizing NFTs after violent threats". Dexerto. 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
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