‘Taejanggum’ Animation to Debut
October 12, 2005An animated version of the hit TV drama “Jewel in the Palace (Taejanggum)’’ will air at the end of this month.
According to broadcasting company MBC, the animation took two years to produce and will run 26 episodes later this month. It is the first domestic animated series based on a television drama.
Along with Hee Won Entertainment and toymaker Sonokong, MBC invested some 3 billion won to produce the animation.
A promotional still for the animated ‘Taejanggum’ series
Sonokong plans to release dolls of the main characters of the animation around Christmas.
Hee Won Entertainment said it is in the last stage of negotiations to export the animation to China and Japan even before the moving picture is aired.
MBC also plans to stage a musical version of the TV series at the end of next year. The broadcaster will produce the musical in commemoration of its 45th anniversary, it said.
Source: The Korea Times 11th October 2005
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I’d rather like it if Japan made it’s animation. Not that I hate Korean animation, it’s just that Japanese animation is real cool and popular and advanced. Or I just wish they put it into a comic book.
Comment by Kiyono — December 14, 2005 @ 2:12 pm
a very wonderful show
Comment by mark john — January 4, 2006 @ 4:55 pm