7. Potential of Korean Animation Industry

Although we are familiar with Japanese and American animation companies, we can not name a single Korean animaton producer. Nobody was aware of Korean animation until Profossor told us there are Korean made animations and cartoons that are exported different places of the world. Who are these animators? Which animations and cartoons did they make? Until I found out about a team called Dr.Movie, I used to think Korean level of animation was at least ten years behind japanese animation. Yesterday, I have watched an animation called 'The sword of a Stranger'. As a student of department of industrial design, I was amazed by the visual effects and other art works. What amazed me more was the Korean names at the credits, after the movie. Although they are unknown to Koreans, they have been in the animation industry since 1990 working mainly with Japanese and American animation entertainments. These are some names of animation they worked on and most of them were major success and watched world wide.

From the Development to the Post-Production

Alexander - OVA, 13 animations, Mad House (Japan), 1998~1999
G-Police (Game, US)- opening pictures/CF, directed by peter Jeong, 1998
FORGOTTEN SAGA (Game)-opening pictures, Sonnori, 1998
Wonderful Days - Pilot animation for the feature. Co-Produced with 'Tinhouse',1999
Nongshim Kellogg, Lotte Dooley Soda - CF, 1999
Top Blade - 51 episodes TV series, Co-produced with Japan, SCM(Japan), 2001
Final Fantasy Unlimited - 46 episodes TV series, Digimation (Japan), 2001
Michelle -26 episodes TV series, Co-Produced with 'ICONIX', 2001 ~2003
RAGNAROK (Game) - opening pictures, Gravity, 2002
Dragon Drive-38 episodes TV series, Badai Visual(Japan), 2002
Mutineer's Moon - Trailer of OVA, ADVision(USA), 2003
Odette & Bootoo - Pilot animation of the original feature, 2003 From the Layout to the Post-Production

Wing Commander - TV series, Universal Pictures (USA), 1996
SPAWN - TV series, HBO (USA), 1997~1998
Godzilla, Men In Black - TV series, Sony Columbia (USA), 1999
X-MEN - TV, Film Roman (USA), 2000~2003
Zeta Project - TV series, Warner Bros. (USA), 2001
JLA - TV series, Warner Bros. (US), 2002~ 2003
Dragon Drive - TV series, Bandai Visual (Japan), 2002~
Bat Man - DTV, Warner Bros.(USA), 2002~2003
etc. In-betweens, Ink/Paint, and Digital Shooting

The Legend of Island Rodos - OVA, Mad House, 1991
Samurai Jugei - Animation Feature, Mad House, 1992
Macross Plus - Animation Feature, Triangle Staff, 1994
Memories - Animation Feature, Mad House, 1994
Princess Mononoke - Animation Feature, Studio Ghibli, 1997
Vampire Hunter D - Animation Feature, Mad House, 1999~2000
Card Captor Sakura - Animation Feature, Mad House, 2000
Metropolis - Animation Feature, Mad House, 2000~2001
Spirited Away - Animation Feature, Studio Ghibli, 2001
Cowboy Bebop - Animation Feature, Sunrise, 2001
Steam Boy - Animation Feature, Production IG, 2001
The Cat Returns - Animation Feature, Studio Ghibli, 2002
Ghost in the Shell II - Animation Feature, Production IG, 2003

Official DrMovie Site : http://www.drmovie.biz/index.html

They proved the level of Korean animation and with their technology and investment, I believe Korea will soon be able to produce top level animations.

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