Tommy Yune

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Speed Racer:
Born to Race

Tommy Yune is a Korean American comic book author who became known for his manga-style work on Speed Racer, which was followed by a comic industry revival of classic anime shows such as Transformers, Battle of the Planets and Robotech. His video game credits include FX Fighter, Robotech: Battlecry, and the award-winning The Journeyman Project series. He's also the brother of Steve Yun, a webmaster he brought to Harmony Gold to make the official Robotech webpage and one of the persorns behind the story of Robotech The Shadow Chronicles

Yune first began in comics with the 1992 cult anthropomorphic series Buster the Amazing Bear and joined Jim Lee at Wildstorm Productions after a number of years as a video game designer. After writing and illustrating Speed Racer in 1999, he followed up with two more manga-style miniseries, Racer X and the shameless cheesecake romp Danger Girl: Kamikaze. His original Speed Racer run was also re-released in 2000 as the graphic novel titled Born to Race. Wildstorm continued the manga trend after being bought by DC Comics by starting up the CMX imprint to handle more manga and manhwa titles.

Yune's first work in feature animation was creating the computer-generated opening sequence of Kevin Altieri's Gen¹³. In 2001, he left Wildstorm to join Harmony Gold USA as creative director for the relaunch of Robotech [1]. According to Harmony Gold's website, Yune is listed as director of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles.

1 Filmography
2 Games
3 Comics
4 Awards
5 External links

[edit] Filmography

Robotech:
The Shadow Chronicles

Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006) - Director
Robotech: Remastered Extended Edition (2003) - Opening and Episode Titles
Gen¹³ (2000) - Opening Title Animation

[edit] Games

Robotech: Invasion (2004) - Producer
Robotech: Battlecry (2002) - Producer, Character Design
The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time (1998) - Creative Director, Conceptual Design
The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime (1997) - Conceptual Design, Special Effects
FX Fighter (1995) - Character Design
The Journeyman Project (1992) - Conceptual Design

[edit] Comics

Robotech:
From the Stars

Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles (2005-06) - Story
Robotech: Invasion (2004) - Story, Cover Art
Robotech/Robotech: From the Stars (2002-03) - Story, Cover Art
Danger Girl: Kamikaze (2001) - Story, Art
Racer X (2000) - Story, Cover Art
Superman Y2K (2000) - CG Art
Speed Racer/Speed Racer: Born to Race (1999-2000) - Story, Art
Buster the Amazing Bear (1992-1995) - Story, Art

[edit] Awards

Book of the Month - August 1999 Wizard Magazine (Speed Racer)
Award of excellence: technical & creative excellence - 1997 NewMedia Invision Awards (Journeyman Project 3)
Gold medal: best overall design, animation - 1997 NewMedia Invision Awards (Journeyman Project 3)
Silver medal: best animation, graphics - 1996 NewMedia Invision Awards (Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime)
Finalist: best action/arcade software program - 1996 Codies Awards (FX Fighter)
Gold medal: best animation, graphics - 1993 NewMedia Invision Awards (The Journeyman Project)
Bronze medal: best production design - 1993 NewMedia Invision Awards (The Journeyman Project)
Award of Excellence - 1991 Society for News Design (Orange County Register)
1st place: best graphics - 1990 California Newspaper Publishers Association (UCLA Daily Bruin)
2nd place: best graphics - 1989 California Newspaper Publishers Association (UCLA Daily Bruin)