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Integrity, respect for creators, rights governance and social value guide our long-term operations.
Way Wave · WWSE
Bring creativity into the market,
and return cultural value to society.
Way Wave is a cultural and social enterprise centered on animation, comics and original IP. We connect creator development, academia-industry collaboration, local culture, digital technology and business mechanisms so good ideas can become finished works, sustainable IP value and measurable social impact.
Original Content · Talent Development · IP Growth
FOUNDING MOTTO
“Rooted in integrity, gathering into a wave, creating social value through the original spirit of animation and comics.”
01 · About
Starting from original works,
we build an ecosystem for long-term content growth.
Our first year is positioned as a foundation-building year, focused on talent, content, collaboration mechanisms, AI assets, policy resources and representative cases to establish an operating base for sustainable original IP development.
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WAVE
潮｜WAVE
We bring together talent, content, technology and cross-sector collaboration into a sustainable cultural wave.
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SOCIAL
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We connect creators with communities, academia, industry and public resources so cultural and market value can grow together.
02 · First Year Policy
First-year focus: talent, content and collaboration infrastructure.
Build core assets steadily for sustainable growth.
Way Wave builds long-term operating assets around people, works, partner networks, rights governance, reusable tools and cases that can be validated by the market.
01
Talent & Story Discovery
Create a pipeline for discovering creators and original stories, continuously building a pool of promising talent and content.
02
Academia-Industry Collaboration
Use talks, workshops, hands-on practice and co-development to connect talent cultivation with real industry work.
03
Policy & Resource Integration
Integrate cultural, youth, innovation, placemaking and content-industry resources into executable development plans.
04
CSR / ESG Brand Partnerships
Translate corporate issues through comics, characters and storytelling into participatory content with social value.
05
Portable AI Model Assets
Build versioned, licensable and maintainable model assets for characters, scenes and objects.
03 · What We Do
Original IP at the core, integrating creation, operations and licensing.
Starting from people and stories, Way Wave connects content development, production, IP operations, commercial licensing and cross-sector partnerships into a continuous content development system.
Comics Creator Development
From character and story design to paneling, serialization rhythm and market understanding, we help creators build sustainable professional capability.
Comics & Script Development
We develop original and commissioned projects with worldbuilding, characters, story structure and expandable content foundations.
Film & Animation Originals
For works with screen potential, we develop concepts, character settings, stories and early-stage proposals.
IP Operations
We plan positioning, content cadence, audience development, merchandising and long-term partnership paths.
Commercial Licensing
We structure collaborations by term, territory, medium and rights scope, balancing creator rights and commercial viability.
Grants & Project Structuring
We organize creative goals, work plans, budgets, deliverables and resources into executable proposals.
CSR Theme Collaborations
We combine public interest, education, local culture and corporate themes into socially meaningful content partnerships.
AI Models & Rights Governance
We manage AI assets by version, medium, term, rights scope and quality standards to improve consistency and licensing efficiency.
04 · Social Enterprise Practice
Sustainable operations that grow creativity, talent and social value together.
For Way Wave, social enterprise does not mean replacing the market with charity. It means professional services, commercial collaboration and cultural mission supporting one another. Creator rights, knowledge transfer, local connection and risk governance turn each project into cultural infrastructure that can endure.
Our Social Value
Complete good work, support creators, and turn one generation’s experience into resources the next generation can use.
Public reporting in 2026 documented the team’s path from reader engagement, school revisits and local cultural dialogue toward transforming the memory of classic IP into talent development, new works and cross-sector collaboration.
Read public report | Fresh Weekly ↗01 · SOCIAL VALUE
Respect Creative Autonomy & Rights
Creator intent, intellectual property and a reasonable working pace are preconditions for collaboration. Rights, resources and execution conditions are clarified before development begins.
02 · SOCIAL VALUE
Pass Experience to the Next Generation
Story rhythm, character design, paneling, commercial collaboration and market experience are translated into learnable, hands-on mechanisms for developing creators and completed works.
03 · SOCIAL VALUE
Reconnect Cultural Memory with Place
Reader engagement, schools, local culture and academia-industry collaboration help classic content become an entry point for local participation, Taiwanese originals and new cross-sector work.
04 · SOCIAL VALUE
Advance Commercial Work Responsibly
Before publishing, licensing, crowdfunding or large collaborations, we assess copyright, production cost, budget sources, delivery capacity and exit mechanisms to protect creators, partners and supporters.
05 · Key People
Creative leadership and operational execution, working in parallel.
Way Wave combines two complementary axes: creative expertise and operational execution, supported by the core team’s long-term experience in creation, IP, technology, projects and cross-sector integration.
LIN, CHENG-TE | Creative Director
Creative Direction
LIN, CHENG-TE 林政德
Creative Director | Comic Artist · Animation Director · Cultural IP Creator
40+ Years of CreationClassic Comics IPCross-media ExpansionCreator DevelopmentInternational Content Exchange
He began studying under Tsai Chih-chung at age 18 and has worked extensively in comics, characters and cross-media content. His signature work YOUNG GUNS built experience across publishing, the market and cross-industry extensions. In 2000, he worked on the officially licensed comic adaptation of Jin Yong’s The Deer and the Cauldron. Today he also turns decades of creative practice into expertise for work diagnosis, talent development and original IP development.
- Selected works: YOUNG GUNS, The Deer and the Cauldron, Dou Zhen and others.
- Market case: A 2026 CNA report stated that a single volume of YOUNG GUNS reached over 200,000 copies.
- Role at Way Wave: Creative direction, character and story quality, AI model output standards, work diagnosis and creative review.
WANG, BO-REN | CEO
Execution & Integration
WANG, BO-REN 王伯仁
CEO | Engineer · Digital Transformation & Local Collaboration Advocate
Technical DeliveryCross-sector IntegrationCommercial District DigitalizationPublic ProgramsTech for Good
He has long translated engineering, resource integration and project governance into tools and programs that local businesses, commercial districts, creators and organizations can actually use. Public records show work in placemaking, digital transformation, policy programs and technology for public benefit. At Way Wave, he turns creative goals into executable collaboration terms, resource allocation and risk management.
- 2021: Public reporting recorded support for seven Kaohsiung commercial-district digital transformation projects totaling NT$4.95 million in subsidies.
- 2023: Received a special contribution award for improving data workflows with APIs and sharing technical methods.
- Role at Way Wave: Company operations, project management, academia/business/government coordination, budgets, AI asset management and commercialization.
06 · Public Track Record
Publicly verifiable results from the core team.
The cases below are compiled from public reporting, official event pages and traceable sources, covering content creation, IP development, digital transformation and cross-sector projects.
From Classic IP Memory to Comics Incubation and Local Co-creation
Fresh Weekly documented the team’s work from reader engagement, archive organization and school revisits to YOUNG GUNS reunions, reader surveys, local cultural dialogue and youth arts-cluster concepts, while turning senior creators’ experience into more systematic talent and work development.
View source｜Fresh Weekly ↗YOUNG GUNS as a Long-life-cycle IP
Serialized since 1990. A 2026 CNA report said peak sales exceeded 200,000 copies per volume, with extensions into animation, games, professional baseball collaborations and motorcycle endorsements.
View source｜CNA ↗Officially Licensed Comic Adaptation of The Deer and the Cauldron
In 2000, Lin Cheng-Te worked on the comic adaptation of Jin Yong’s The Deer and the Cauldron, demonstrating cross-domain capability in translating established literary IP into comics.
View source｜Content Universe Korea 2026 ↗Invited to Content Universe Korea 2026
Participated as a comic artist, animation director and cultural IP creator in a Creator Economy program discussing platforms, AI and the creator economy.
View source｜Content Universe Korea Program ↗Kaohsiung Cloud Generation Commercial District Program
Public reporting recorded Wang Bo-Ren and the team helping Kaohsiung commercial districts and stores secure seven projects totaling NT$4.95 million, bringing digital tools into local commerce.
View source｜Fresh Weekly ↗Cloud Generation Digital Transformation Special Contribution Award
Reporting noted that Wang Bo-Ren improved program data workflows with API tools and shared source code, receiving a special contribution award for digital transformation.
View source｜Fresh Weekly ↗Wenshan Commercial District / HI Home Digital Transformation
A feature by Manager Today and Taiwan’s Administration for Digital Industries described Wang Bo-Ren’s role in website development and cited results of 13% more page views and 10% growth in online inquiries within months.
View source｜Manager Today × Administration for Digital Industries ↗07 · AI as IP Infrastructure
AI as a manageable, maintainable foundation for digital IP assets.
AI IP MODEL ASSET
Portable, versioned model assets with licensing governance.
Way Wave incorporates AI into its IP asset management system, establishing controls for character appearance, world settings, model versions, licensing scope and quality standards. Digital human models are created and used only with explicit authorization from the person and relevant rights holders.
2D Comic Character Models3D Comic Character ModelsDigital Human ModelsScene & Object Models
08 · Public Sources
Public sources and documented outcomes.
This section brings together official pages, media coverage, government collaboration features and other traceable public sources related to the core team.
Way Wave | Joint Work
Fresh Weekly | Lin Cheng-Te and Wang Bo-Ren: from a YOUNG GUNS reunion toward a comics incubation vision↗LIN, CHENG-TE | Public Links
Fresh Weekly | Comics incubation vision and team collaboration↗CNA | Comic artist Lin Cheng-Te returns and calls for a YOUNG GUNS reunion↗Content Universe Korea 2026 | Lin Cheng-Te speaker profile↗Content Universe Korea 2026 | Full official program↗Hsinchu City Cultural Affairs Bureau | Young Guns collection entry↗Sanmin Online Bookstore | Lin Cheng-Te publications↗WANG, BO-REN | Public Links
Fresh Weekly | Comics incubation, resource integration and risk management↗2019 | Shopping for Good: commercial district charity e-commerce initiative↗Executive Yuan | Policy background for SME digital transformation↗2021 | Meinong community Cloud Generation project video↗Fresh Weekly | 2021 Kaohsiung Cloud Generation: seven commercial district projects↗2022 | Sanmin Recognition Card video↗2022 | Kaohsiung Smart Commercial District Digital Transformation Forum↗2023 | Hedi Commercial District digital transformation video↗Fresh Weekly | 2023 Digital Transformation Special Contribution Award↗Manager Today × Administration for Digital Industries | 2024 Wenshan digital transformation↗Passionate Engineer | Free QR Code digital service tool↗Source note: Information on this page is compiled from public materials. Project outcomes, data, titles and collaboration details remain subject to original publishers, formal contracts and applicable rights documents.
WAY WAVE
Give promising content
09 · Contact
Give promising content
the right path to grow.
Way Wave welcomes collaboration in original content, comics talent development, academia-industry programs, local cultural co-creation, IP licensing, CSR/ESG, AI model assets and cross-sector projects. Each opportunity is evaluated by goals, rights scope, resources, social value and execution conditions to build a model that supports creators, partners and long-term growth.
COMPANY
Way Wave Social Entrepreneurship Co.
EMAILbios@ikh.tw
PHONE+886-987836132
ADDRESS
3F, No. 526, Hedi Rd., Sanmin Dist., Kaohsiung, Taiwan