Korean animation
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The art of Korean animation, manhwa-yeonghwa (만화 영화) in Korean, has gone from small hand held flip books in early times, through to studios that produce most of the work for the major American, Japanese, and Australian animation companies. Notable examples of Korean animation include many episodes from the Simpsons and Justice League Unlimited television series, which were made and drawn in Seoul, South Korea.
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles is a new feature film that was animated by DR Movie in Seoul, although the original series was previously produced in Japan (being comprised of three marginally related series). DR Movie also took on the in-between animation and paint for other well-known anime such as Macross Plus.
Major players describe the Korean animation industry as in a period of crisis or transition. During the 1990s, a period of explosive growth for the industry, Korean studios made the lion's share of their profits from "OEM animation," or animation production deals, mostly from the United States. Nelson Shin's AKOM studio struck the prototypical Korean OEM deal in 1989, when it animated the first season of The Simpsons television series. Although some studios, notably DR Movie, remain busy, Korean OEM deals have been on the decline in the past half decade, leaving Shin and other studio heads without work.
Many animators see the salvation of the industry in original projects. But efforts to make up the shortfall in orders with original works have been mixed. These include My Beautiful Girl, Mari, Wonderful Days and Empress Chung. Some Korean animators blame the booming Korean game industry for draining the animation industry's talent pool.
In contrast to Japan, Korea rarely adapts its manhwa into animated form. However, Korea has been responsible for countless animated series from around the world, most coming from Japan.
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^ - Animators gather as industry faces transition - JoongAng Daily newspaper
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[edit] List of Korean animation
- Aachi & Ssipak (아치 와 씨팍) (2006) official site
- Armageddon (1986)
- BASToF Lemon (26-episode series; original title: BASToF Lemon)
- Blue Seagull (1994)
- Diatron-5 (다이아트론5)
- Elysium (2003)
- Empress Chung (왕후심청) (2005)
- The Fourth King (work-in-progress) [2]
- The Great Pig Pirate Mateo (2004)
- Guardians of Olympus (2005)
- Hammerboy (2004)
- If You Were Me: Anima Vision (2005)
- Ki-Fighter Taerang (기파이터 태랑) (26-episode series) (1998)
- The King (2001)
- The Little Dinosaur Dooly (아기공룡 둘리)
- My Beautiful Girl, Mari (마리 이야기) (2002)
- Oseam (오세암) (2003)
- Phantom Master: Dark Hero from Ruined Empire (2004)
- Phoenix-bot Phoenix King (피닉스킹) (1985)
- Robot Taekwon V (로보트 태권브이) (1976)
- Run=Dim (2001)
- Solar I II III (초 합금 로보트 쏠라 원, 투, 드리) (1983)
- Space Gundam V (스페이스 간담브이)
- Turtle Hero (2001)
- Wonderful Days (원더풀 데이즈) (2003)
- Yobi the Five-Tailed Fox (천년여우 여우비) (2007)
[edit] External links
- Animation Museum in Chuncheon, South Korea
- History of Korean animation (long English article)
- History of robot anime of South Korea (in Japanese, with images & video clip)