SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The renowned Hong Kong noir film, ‘A Better Tomorrow 2,’ starring Zhang Guorong and Chow Yun Fat, is set to be remade as an animated movie in South Korea. According to industry reports on Tuesday, the animation studio Meditation with a Pencil has inked a contract with Hong Kong’s Fortune [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The theatrical version of “Slam Dunk,” a popular comic in the 1990s, is catching the hearts of Koreans in their 30s and 40s. Japanese basketball animation film “The First Slam Dunk” recorded a cumulative audience of 501,864 as of Wednesday, ranking second at the box office, according to the [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to invest 50 billion won (US$44 million) in a fund specializing in animation investment as part of efforts to boost the industry, the culture ministry said Thursday. The investment is part of a five-year plan aimed at increasing the local animation industry’s revenue to 1 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The sensational Walt Disney animation “Frozen 2″ has topped the milestone of 4 million ticket sales less than four days after its release in South Korea, data showed Sunday. “Frozen 2″ sold 1,661,967 tickets on Saturday alone after it was released in South Korea last Thursday to top the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Charcters from South Korean animation series “Robocar Poli” will be designated as honorary firefighters. The National Fire Agency designated the Robocars Roy, Amber, Helly, and Poli as honorary firefighters on Wednesday. It is the first time that animation characters have been designated as firefighters. “We have decided to designate [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An international cartoon and animation festival will open in Seoul next month, showcasing the changing environment and paradigms of the industry, the event’s organizer said Monday. The 23rd Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (SICAF) will start July 17 for a five-day run at the Convention and Exhibition Center [...]
JEUNGPYEONG, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — On April 2, Kang Yeon-hui, a 51-year-old female paramedic from the Iksan Fire Station, was hit in the head by a drunken man in his 40s. Four days later, Kang was hospitalized after suffering from vomiting and dizziness before undergoing surgery for cerebral hemorrhage and pulmonary angioneurotic edema. She [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea launched an international computer animation center on its southern resort island Thursday as part of efforts to expand its cultural presence in China and other Asian markets. The Asia CGI Animation (ACA) Center, located on Seogwipo, Jeju Island, is expected to serve as a hub for cooperation [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Disney animation “Frozen” continues its box office hit in Korea marking 9 million viewers. Not only mentioning it has most viewers among animations, the only foreign film attracted more viewers than “Frozen” in Korea is “Avatar,” which drew some 13.3 million moviegoers in 2009. According to the Korean Box [...]