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Korean Animated Movies
1. Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Director: Mike Mitchell
Kung Fu Panda is a popular American media franchise created by DreamWorks Animation. It follows the adventures of a giant panda named Po Ping, who is accidentally chosen as a Dragon Warrior and becomes an expert in kung fu. The franchise is set in an alternate version of ancient China, where anthropomorphic animals inhabit the land. Po’s status as a Dragon Warrior is uncertain at first, but he works hard to prove his worth.
The first two films in the franchise were nominated for Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and numerous Annie Awards. The first television series was nominated for 11 Emmy Awards and won 2 Emmy Awards, while the first three films were both critically and commercially successful. The second film was the highest-grossing film directed by a woman until the release of Wonder Woman. The franchise is also popular in China as a great Western interpretation of the film genre Julia. – Korean Animated Movies
2. Sky Blue (2003)
Director: Kim Moon-saeng
Wonderful Days is a South Korean science fiction animated film directed and written by Kim Moons. The film features backdrops rendered with photo-realistic CG, similar to Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, as well as highly detailed models for several of the backdrops, into which CEL animated characters were animated. However, the film did not attempt to create a convincing CG animation of humans.
The backgrounds were shot using traditional motion control techniques and then processed to appear like computer graphics. All the vehicles were rendered, and the characters were also CEL animated. – Korean Animated Movies
3. Moana (2016)
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker
Moana is an American animated, musical, and fantasy adventure film, set on the ancient Polynesian island of Oceania. The story follows Moana, a courageous young woman, the daughter of the coastal village chief, who is selected by the ocean to retrieve a mysterious relic from the goddess, Te Fit, to return it to her people. When a plague-like plague affects her island, she embarks on a journey to find Maui, a mythical demigod.
Written by Clements and Musket, the film was produced by Disney Pictures and Disney Animation Studios, with co-directors Ron Clements, and Chris Williams, and producer Seat Schumer. The film features original songs, music, and orchestral scores, all written by Clements and co-director Chris Williams, and was co-written by Aaron and Jordan Cordell. Audi’s Carvalho provided the voice for Moana. The cast includes Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Tempera, and Jemaine Clement. – Korean Animated Movies
4. Mug Travel (2017)
Directed: Lim Ah-ron
Mug Travel is a South Korean computer-animated film, starring Lim Aaron, and based on the popular animated TV series, “Bernard”. On Christmas Eve, a lonely little girl, Bee, receives a magical pendant called “Mug Travel” from Santa Claus, which allows her to travel around the world in a mug that has the power of teleportation.
Bee’s journey takes her from the desert to the North Pole, where she meets a variety of characters, including Backlog, a polar bear, and King Kong, a penguin. She and her friends embark on a journey through an arctic tundra and desert oasis, encountering a sea monster, skiing adventures, and an evil cave along the way. – Korean Animated Movies
5. Space Thunder Kids (1991)
Director: Elton Reins
If you are a fan of Joseph Lai’s work, then you must have heard about Thunder Prince IN SPACE!, a hyper-comic pseudo-anime about three children who pilot giant robots in an attempt to defeat the evil empire known as the Dark Empire. There are also Space Opera elements in this film, with the use of advanced space stations and space dogfights.
This strange animated film is the result of Lai buying cheap South Korean cartoons and making “new” features out of them. The result is called a “Frankensteinian” after putting all the various shows together. – Korean Animated Movies
6. Koala Kid (2012)
Director: Kyung Ho Lee
The Koala Kid is a South Korean computer-animated action comedy film written, directed, and starring Hyung Ho Lee. It was released in January. Rob Schneider is the voice of the character, and the English dub cast includes Bret McKenzie and Frank Walker. The actors playing the roles of Johnny, Higgins, Alan Cumming, and Tim Curry are also featured in the film. In Australia, Johnny, a white Koala, has been teased about his color.
Amish, the Tasmanian Devil, and Higgins, the spider monkey photographer, help him join a traveling circus. Johnny is disappointed because he is not part of the main act in the big tent, but is part of the circus’s top act, “Wild Bushman”. Johnny accidentally becomes part of the show and is saved by The Wild Bushman. On their way to a new destination, the wagon train car becomes detached and crashes in the “Outback”. As they are on their way to the next location, they come across a Billabong. – Korean Animated Movies
7. Seoul Station (2016)
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Leon Sang-ho’s “Seoul Station” is a post-apocalyptic South Korean adult animated horror film. It is the second released installment in the “Train to Busan” film series, as well as a prequel to “Arena”. The “Arena” series explores the origins of the zombie epidemic in South Korea before its events. The main characters of the film are Shim EUN-Hyung and Lee John, who play SUK-guy and Issuing respectively, the father and daughter.
The story takes place in and around Seoul Station, where SUK-guy finds his daughter, who is alive and now a prostitute, through her friend, who tried to sell her to him. As he is about to reunite with his daughter, the zombie epidemic strikes the city of Seoul. The film was screened in Brussels at the International Fantastic Film Festival and was awarded “Best Animated Feature Film” at the 10th Edition of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. – Korean Animated Movies
8. Shark Bait (2006)
Directors: Howard E. Baker, John Fox, Kyung Ho Lee
Pisces is an orange wrasse who lives with his parents, Pike and Piper, in the polluted port of Boston, Massachusetts, until a fishing boat pulls them out of the ocean. His parents help him escape from the net, but they can’t escape themselves. His mother Meg and his porpoise friend, Percy, agree to take him in, but he refuses to leave because Meg tells him that once someone is caught in a net, they die. He is heartbroken because his parents are gone for good.
Meg and Percy take him to live with their aunt, Pearl, on an exotic reef, where he meets three old marlin, Moe, Jack, and Many, who lead him to Pearl’s home. Shark Bait is a Korean-language animated adventure film about a young wrasse named Pi and his attempts to win Cordelia’s heart. The plot centers around a tiger shark that terrorizes him and the people living on the reef. The movie was a co-production between the United States and South Korea, but it did not get a theatrical release. – Korean Animated Movies
9. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Director: Pete Docter
Pixar Animation Studios’ Monsters, Inc. is an American animated comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures for Walt Disney Animation Studios. The film stars John Goodman and Billy Crystal as two monsters, James P. “Sulla” Sullivan and Mike “Wazowski” Wazowski. They work at a factory that produces power by frightening human children, but the monster world thinks the children are poisonous.
When a human girl, Boo, infiltrates the factory, they must find a way to get her home before it’s too late. Written by Andrew Stanton with co-writer Daniel Gerson, Pete Doctor directs, co-produces, and co-animates. The story was originally conceived by Stanton and Jill Fulton with co-writers David Silverman and J. Robert Eggleston. The characters underwent numerous re-enactments over five years of production. – Korean Animated Movies
10. Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2019)
Director: Sung-ho Hong
Red Shoes is a South Korean-language animated fantasy film, based on the German-language Grimm Brothers Grimm story “Snow White”. It is also based on the Danish story “The Red Shoes” by Hans Christian Anderson. The film is directed by Soon Byung-soo and stars Chloe Grace Moritz, Sam Chaplin, and Gina Gershon, with Patrick Barberton and Jim Rash in the lead roles.
Seven years after the death of the King, the overweight but resilient Princess Snow White returns to her ancestral castle, where Queen Regina has taken over the reins. A group of brave princes, known as “the Fearless Seven”, save the Fairy Princess from being attacked by a dragon.
Upon seeing her green skin, Snow White curses them to turn into green dwarves whenever they look at her. The only way to lift the curse is for them to be kissed by the most beautiful woman on earth. – Korean Animated Movies
11. Daisy, a Hen Into the Wild (2011)
Director: Oh Sung-yoon
Lea Fie is an animated drama film about a chicken that lives on a farm with other hens in battery cages, where she dreams of becoming a mother but is unable to incubate her eggs. When Lea fie faints, the farmer mistakenly believes her to be dead and takes her away from the cage with the other hens. When Lea Fie wakes up, she is faced with a one-eye weasel called One-Eye and is in danger of being killed.
The film follows the story of Lea Fie and her adopted duckling as she struggles to find a way to escape from the clutches of her captor. The film was a huge success, with over 2 million viewers watching it, making it the highest-grossing domestic animated film of all time in South Korea, and was met with widespread critical acclaim. – Korean Animated Movies
12. My Beautiful Girl, Mari (2002)
Director: Lee Sung-gang
The story of My Beautiful Girl, Mari is a South Korean animated film that follows a young boy, Kim Nam-woo, as he goes on a journey of surrealistic fantasy during his summer vacation. In the English-language dub, director and producer Carl Mack directs and produces the film, while A.D.
Vision licenses the film. Kim’s best friend Jun-ho, who is going away to study in Seoul, and his widowed mother, who is spending more time with her new boyfriend, are the main characters of the story. Nam-woo’s journey of self-discovery and growth follows him as he meets a young girl named Mari. – Korean Animated Movies
13. Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox (2007)
Director: Lee Sung-gang
Yob Five Tailed Fox is a South Korean animated film directed by Lee Jung-gang and loosely based on Korean folk tales. The story begins with an alien landing on a mountain close to where a small white five-tailed fox lives. After being stuck on Earth for a century, the alien is ready to fly a test to see if it can come back home.
However, the test fails when one of the aliens makes a mistake and the other alien tells him to go away. The five-tailed fox finds its way to the foot of a mountain and is adopted by a group of students. A teacher named King is teaching students who don’t fit in at their regular school. The five-tailed fox changes into a human girl named Yogi, who joins the school and forms a friendship with a student, Game.
Over time, Yogi develops an affinity for humans and enjoys spending time with them. Eventually, a fox hunter shows up, and a shadow detective called Mr. – Korean Animated Movies
14. The Fake (2013)
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
The Fake is a South Korean Aeneas film directed and written by Soon Sang-ho, starring Hi Senghor. The film premiered in the world premiere of Leon’s directorial debut, “The King of Pigs,” at the prestigious TIFF in September, and then went on to be screened at several international film festivals. It was then released domestically in November.
The film won the Best Animation award at both the Sites Film Festival and the Gijón International Film Festival. Additionally, it was named the “Best Korean Independent Film” by the Association of Korean Independent Film & video. The Fake is a blistering indictment of organized religion, set in a small village where a powerful church minister plans to cheat his flock. – Korean Animated Movies
15. Mangchi (2003)
Director: Ahn TaeKeun
Hammer boy is a Korean-animated film. The film was first shown at the Big Apple Anime Fest in August of this year and then went into wide distribution in South Korea in August of the same year. The film was also released on DVD in North America by Central Park media, with an original Korean track and an English dubbed version.
Hammer boy is the story of a young boy named Malachi, who has a magic hammer that he uses to solve his problems. This gives him the nickname “Hammer boy.” He lives on the remote island of Candlestick, which has become uninhabitable due to a major disaster. When Princess Poplar from Genius is chased by Monk’s henchmen, Hammerboy takes her side, ready to use his latent powers to save humanity. – Korean Animated Movies
16. My Tyrano: Together, Forever (2018)
Director: Kōbun Shizuno
My Tyrant is an animated film co-produced by South Korea, North Korea, Japan, and China. It is a Japanese-Korean co-production and is the 11th film in the series based on the book “Tyrant”. The film is directed by Robin Shimano and features a score by the famous Japanese musician, Ryuichi Sakamoto.
The film’s world premiere took place in the open cinema section of the 23rd Busan International Film Festival. The story follows the adventures of a solitary tyrannosaurus Rex named “Tyrant” and the baby dinosaur “Pinon” as they search for an everlasting paradise on Earth. – Korean Animated Movies
17. The King of Pigs (2011)
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
King of Pigs is a South Korean Adult Animated Psychological Drama Thriller Film Directed by Yen Sung-ho. It is Sang-ho’s debut film and was inspired by many of his past high school experiences. This film was chosen to be shown in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the prestigious International Film Festival of South Korea’s “Cannes” and became the country’s first Korean film to be screened at the prestigious international film festival.
The film polarized the audience but mostly received positive reviews for its realistic depiction of bullying and violence, as well as systemic poverty. As the first adult animation film produced by South Korea, “King of Pigs”, along with “Leafier”, a film produced in the same year as “A Hen into the Wild”, helped South Korea gain more legitimacy in the world of animation. The film went on to win three awards at this year’s Busan International Film Festival. – Korean Animated Movies
18. Empress Chung (2005)
Director: Nelson Shin
Created by Nelson Shin, Empress Chung is an animated feature film produced in North Korea and South Korea. Based on a well-known Korean folk story, the story follows a daughter who makes a sacrifice to help her blind father regain his sight. The film was a personal passion project for Shin, who spent eight years on the project, including three-and-a-half years pre-producing the film.
He co-produced the film in North Korea with Chosen Children Film Studio and also recorded the score in North Korea with the Pyongyang Film and Broadcasting Orchestra. The South Korean dub of the film was used for the final international release, while the North Korean dub was used for the character voices due to dialect differences. – Korean Animated Movies
19. Green Days (2010)
Directed: Ahn Jae-hoon
Green Days: Dinosaur and Me is a South Korean animated movie. It was shot in pencil by 14 animators over 11 years, rather than the usual computer graphics and 3D techniques used in animation today. It was first shown at Busan’s 15th International Film Festival and went on to compete for the title of “Best Animated Movie” at Annecy’s prestigious Animated Film Festival.
Set in a small rural town, the story follows a high school student, Yi-rang, as she struggles to find purpose in her life and faces her greatest fears, including falling in love. She is all set to give up her athletic dreams, but then she meets a transfer student, Sheol-Sew, who wants to become an astronaut. The story follows the budding romance between the two, the ups and downs of growing up, and the hopes and dreams that come with growing up. – Korean Animated Movies
20. The Little Penguin Pororo’s Racing Adventure (2013)
Director: Park Young-kyun
Young KYU Park directs and edits the film, which is based on the South Korean-Chinese computer-animated TV series, “Poor the Little Penguin”. , an English-dubbed version of the film was released with Michael SIMCA directing and writing the script, starring Rob Schneider and Drake Bell as well as Anthony Anderson and Jon Header, Jerry Trainer and Dallas Lovato as well as Jay Moor and SIMCA.
Original songs by Bell and Smash Mouth are also featured. Poor has been dreaming of being a champion ever since he saw the white tigers winning the Super Sleigh Championship the year before on TV. His friend Eddy builds a sleigh for him to drive, but while he and his friends race in their handmade sleigh, Poor places the lollipop into the sleigh, causing it to soar up into the sky and crash into a plane piloted by Mango and Toto, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. – Korean Animated Movies
21. Aachi & Ssipak (2006)
Director: Jo Beom-jin
Each & speak is a South Korean Adult Animated Comic Sci-fi Action Movie Directed by JO Yeo-jin, starring the voices of RIO SOE-SUNG-BUM, I’m CHANGING, and HYMN YOUNG. In the future, humanity has completely run out of energy and fuel, but they have somehow figured out how to use human waste as fuel. Humans started to build a new city by using their waste as energy.
After that, the leaders of the city announced two laws to generate and regulate the new energy, including putting ID chips in the anus of each citizen to monitor the amount of defecation. In exchange for the ID chips, the citizens get a juice bar, which is highly addictive. Due to the addictive qualities of the juice bar, the city became full of addicts.
The juice bar trade became illegal, and the side effects of the juicy bar caused dumb pint-size mutants to be born. The mutants then formed a gang and started looting juicy bars, and they became known as the “Diaper Gang”. – Korean Animated Movies
22. Doggy Poo (2003)
Director: Kwon Oh-Sung
Doggy Poo is a South Korean animated film directed by Kwan Oh-sung. It is based on the children’s book “Doggy Poo”. Annie Rose Gods man illustrated the book, and it was the first Children’s Literature Award winner of the monthly Christian Education in the same year. The film is available in both English and Korean. In the summer, a dog sits on a dirt road and defecates. The dog, named “Doggy Poo”, is initially surprised by his new environment.
A sparrow dismisses him as “gross” and a nearby lump of soil laughs at him, telling him that the soil is “ugly and bad”. The soil then explains to Doggy Poo that it was from a nearby farm where the farmer used to grow tail flowers and potatoes every summer.
The previous day, the farmer had scooped the soil on his cart to make a house, but it accidentally dropped onto the road, and Doggy Poo was left to wait for another cart to run over him and die. – Korean Animated Movies
23. Underdog (2018)
Director: Lee Chun-baek,
Underdog is a South Korean animated comedy-drama about abandoned dogs. It was co-directed and co-starred in the lead role of Lee Chin-wag, Oh Sung-hymn. It was first released in theaters in January. The movie opened on July 22nd at the Luncheon International Film Festival. The tickets for the movie sold out in just 9 seconds, which is the shortest time in the history of an opening movie at BIF AN.
The film was selected to be shown in North Korea for the first time as part of South Korea’s film exchange program with North Korea. In October, the film was featured in Taiwan’s Kids Fantasy section of the K-pop Film Festival. In March, the film was the first Korean animation film to be featured in Tokyo’s Anime Award Festival. In June, the movie was the only one of eight Korean animation films to be featured at Annecy’s Animated Film Festival. – Korean Animated Movies
24. The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (2014)
Director: Chang Hyung-yun
A satellite picks up a ballad on its out-of-band antenna and flies to Earth to find out where it came from. On the way, it gets caught in a magical battle and turns into Satellite Girl. The balladeer, a loser 20-year-old at a coffee shop open mic, meets the fate of broken-hearted lovers everywhere: he gets transformed into a pig.
But love is limitless, and with the help of Merlin, a wizard who has been transformed into a tube of toilet paper, our couple must fight an all-powerful incinerator monster, a cunning pig witch, and a host of other evil creatures to be together. – Korean Animated Movies
25. Robot Taekwon V (1976)
Director: Kim Cheong-gi
Robot Taunton V is an animated South Korean film released in July. It was directed and produced by the well-known director of Balkan, Kim Cheongsam. The film was a huge success in the late ’80s and inspired a series of sequels in the years that followed. Not only was it a successful sci-fi animation for children, but it also served as a powerful political statement for ideologies like Nationalism and Anti-Communism in the ’70s under President Park ‘Chung-he’s military regime.
Decades later, the film was digitally restored and since then, the character of Robot Taunton V has gained its brand as a Korean sci-fi hero and has become a symbol of nostalgia among Korean people who have grown up with this film series. The film was also released in the US in a dubbed version as Volta ‘The Invincible’. – Korean Animated Movies
26. Speckles: The Tarbosaurus (2012)
Director: Han Sang-Ho
Speckles is a South Korean 3D computer-animated epic adventure film. In the United States, the film was released by Dino King. The film is a sequel to a 2-part documentary film that serves as a prequel/preceding film to Allosaurus. The film is followed by another 3D adventure film, “Journey to Fire Mountain”. In the fourth year of Speckles’s life, he scavenges and roams the nests of the Allosaurus.
One day, he tries to steal some food from one of the female Tarbosaurines named “Blue Eyes” and the two of them begin to hunt and live together. During this time, they try to keep a hunting area away from the aggressive One-Eye, who is constantly trying to take over their hunting grounds. One-Eye attacks Blue Eyes, but Speckles manages to defeat and drive away his old enemy. – Korean Animated Movies
27. Padak (2012)
Director: Dae-hee Lee
Swimming to Sea is a South Korean Adult Computer-Animated Musical Survival Horror Drama Movie directed and written by Degree Lee. The film stars Hence Kim, Youngkin Si, Young-mi AHN, Byung-soo Hymn, Hossein Lee, and others. It was first shown at Jean International Film Festival and then released in July; to South Korean theaters.
It was later released on Steam as Park by Egomania in June. The film received positive reviews in South Korea, but was not as well received in other parts of the world, mainly due to the low quality of the animation. – Korean Animated Movies
28. Pororo3: Cyber Space Adventure (2015)
Director: Park Young-kyun
Porous: The Little Penguin in the World of Video games, Porous wakes up from a nightmare after losing a game to Crony. Poly and Harry get honey from the bees, but Harry gets stung in the nose. Loopy trips and spills a drink on Eddy’s computer. The computer short circuits and causes a warp, teleporting Poor and friends to a video game world.
They meet Prince Chichi, who explains that he has been cursed, and the princess, who has been captured by the spider king and his gang. They must find the cave fairy, who will help them obtain more powerful weapons to fight the spider king. – Korean Animated Movies
29. Spark: A Space Tail (2016)
Director: Aaron Woodley
Spark is an animated sci-fi adventure comedy film directed and written by Aron Wooden. It stars Jessica Biel, Hilary swank, Susan Sarandon, Patrick Stewart, Jace Norman, and Alan c. Peterson. The film was first previewed on April 4, at the TIFF. It was then released on April 8 in the U.S. through Open Road Films. It was also distributed in the rest of the world through Double Dutch International.
In a galaxy where animals and humans live side by side, 13 years ago, General Zhang, an evil primate, used a special spacetime anomaly called “the slick” to take over the planet of Band and create black holes. The slicks were created by an animal known as a “space kraken”.
The black hole caused by the slick partially consumed the Band and consumed many of its subjects. The only survivors were a one-year-old monkey named Spark, a warrior fox called Six, and the boar mechanic Chunk. – Korean Animated Movies
30. Blade of the Phantom Master (2004)
Director: Jōji Shimura
Blade of the phantom master is a South Korea-Japan manga series written and illustrated by Soon In-wan. It is set in a world similar to that of ancient Korea. The story follows the adventures of one of the last guardians of the homeland, Must, as he struggles to find those who are responsible for destroying his homeland.
The manga was serialized in South Korea and Japan, and was later adapted into a theatrical-release anime in a unique collaboration between South Korea and Japan. In the United States, an English-language adaptation of the anime was released by ADV Films under the title of Blade of the phantom master, and it became one of the more than 30 ADV titles that were transferred into Funimation. – Korean Animated Movies
31. Beullu sigeol (1994)
Director: Oh Joongil
In ancient Chosun, a grave robber stole a Sword and took it to Japan. A courageous young man, Hail, fights against international criminals to recover the Sword. One day, in Japan, the Yakuza Boss, ohmikkami, is brutally murdered by the Mafia, and the Royal Sword is stolen from him. Hail is informed that the sword is in the Mafia’s possession, so he travels to Japan and to New York to retrieve it.
His friend Chaerin is also a car engineer in New York, attending a car show in New York. Chaerin tells Hail where the Sword is located in New York via his American assistant, Josie. Fearing for the safety of Josie, the Mafia kidnaps her, forcing Hail to confront them in order to retrieve her and the sword. – Korean Animated Movies
32. Beauty Water (2020)
Director: Kyung-hun Cho
Beauty Water is a Korean animated animated body horror film written, directed, and produced by Choi Hyung-Hun. Han Kanji is a young, fat makeup artist who works with famous actors. She finds a beauty product called “Beauty Water” that will help her get rid of her excess weight and change her body in a way she likes. After making her first purchase online, Han finds herself in a state of self-destructive panic as she finds out about the scary side effects that will affect her. – Korean Animated Movies
33. The Haunted House: The Secret of the Cave (2018)
Director: Kim Byeong-gab
Heir and DRI are siblings living in the apartment complex of Shinji, which is over old. They have a 102-year-old goblin living with them. One day they find a hidden cave in the woods and are swept away by the force of the cave. They are taken back 22 years when they find themselves back in their village, but their apartment does not exist. They meet Yujimi, who is still a child, and go on a treasure hunt with her. Furthermore, they meet Gumbo and start a scary journey together. The Haunted house: The secret of the cave is a South Korea movie directed by Kim bung gab. – Korean Animated Movies
34. Red Hawk: Weapon of Death (1995)
Director: Sang Il Sim
In the chaotic city of Chung won, the government is barely able to keep up with the warring gangs that are all out to make their own kingdoms, with the most powerful one being the Camilla Blossom. After witnessing the terror his enemies are capable of causing, the courageous martial artist known as “Dan young” from “The Five Dragons” decides to stand up for the people in Chungwon. – Korean Animated Movies
35. Super Kid (1994)
Director: Eom Yi-Yong
Super Kid is a South Korean sci-fi animated film that was produced by UM Productions over the course of three years and released directly to video. The film has been criticized for its unclear plot, low film quality, continuity issues, and similarities to Dragon Ball. The Earth is defended by a team of super-strong, space-traveling warrior children known as the Super Kids, who are tasked with protecting the planet from alien threats.
A reporter desperately wants to write a story about the Super Kids for her news program, so she embarks on a mission to find out more about them. Led by the 199-year-old child warrior, Gokdario, they find themselves in the midst of a battle against two villainous criminals who have captured one of their scientists. The battle between the Super Kids and the two criminals is largely one of torture and degradation, with Bazooka job losing his clothes and Wang do chi losing his teeth in the process. – Korean Animated Movies
36. Space Transformer (1985)
Director: Su-yong Jeong
The story centers around a cyborg named Ivy, who uses her built-in anti-evil-sensing computers to protect the entire universe from her enemies. She is infected with a virus by her enemies, and the only one who can save her is a Mecca called Patron 5. This Mecca has been shrunk down to a microscopic size and is used to fight off the bacteria. Two children, a space station called “Star Wars”, and the inventor of Patron join her in the fight against evil. Evil includes an androgyny woman named Mary, a blue-skinned brother named Spock, their fleet of robots, and forest-green demon-like invaders. – Korean Animated Movies
37. Mother Land (2022)
Director: Park Jae-beom
Motherland is an independent documentary film, directed and written by Vic Gerami, the editor-in-chief of the Armenian-American journal. The film chronicles the build-up and aftermath of the 2nd Karabakh War, primarily from the perspective of the Armenians of Artsakh. The war began in September 2020 and lasted for 44 days.
The film seeks to document the attacks on Artsakh Armenians by both Azerbaijan and Turkey during the war. Vic Gerami interviews journalists and activists who have been accused of war crimes by the state of Azerbaijan, such as the use of violence against civilians, chemical weapons, and the mistreatment of prisoners of war. In addition, Gerami interviews Armenian-Americans, as well as international political figures, refugees, and war veterans. – Korean Animated Movies
38. Defenders of Space (1984)
Director: Su-yong Jeong
Phoenix King is a South Korean anime movie. It was dubbed into English and was released in the US and Europe as “Defenders of Space”. Parts of its footage were used to make Space Thunder Kids. A small image on the movie poster shows a toy version of the movie that was released. It is the same as Disclose Toy No. 10 Fire Engine, which later became “Inferno of the Transformers”.
This is the first animated version of that toy. The movie is well known for imitating many of the designs from the Japanese Super Robot Series, such as “Malinger Z”, “Ippatsuman”, “Space Cruiser Yamato,” “Mobile Suit Gun dam” and “Meiji Matsumoto”. “China’s Astro Plan” is said to have imitated many more series. – Korean Animated Movies
39. Hong Kil-dong (1967)
Director: Shin Dong-Hun
On a day when hurricanes and evil spirits wreak havoc on medieval Korea, a mysterious boy is born. The people and the family soon find out that the boy has supernatural powers and a sharp mind. As he grows, the boy promises to his parents, the Emperor of Korea, and the high gods that he will rid Korea of evil and chaos caused by evil creatures. – Korean Animated Movies
40. Giovanni’s Island (2014)
Director: Mizuho Nishikubo
Mizuki nishikubo is the director of the historical drama film produced by production i.g and co-production and presentation by the Japan association of music enterprises released in Japan in February released in North America in March premiered at the New York international children’s film festival released on Blu-ray and digital in February licensed in North America by KIDS references to Kenji Miyazawa’s night on the galactic railroad borrows the name in the title from the name of the protagonist in the book. – Korean Animated Movies
