AKOM
AKOM Production, Ltd. (Animation Korea Movie 애이콤 프로덕션) is a South Korean animation studio in Songpa-gu, Seoul that has provided much work since its conception in 1985 by Nelson Shin. Its biggest claim to fame is the overseas animation of more than 200 episodes of The Simpsons, a total which continues to increase.[1] In 2007, the studio produced a portion of the overseas animation for The Simpsons Movie.
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| Industry | Animation |
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| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | Nelson Shin |
| Headquarters | Songpa-gu, Seoul , South Korea |
| Website | www |
Other well-known series that AKOM has been involved in including X-Men, The Tick, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Batman: The Animated Series, The Transformers, the first 11 seasons of PBS's Arthur, and five of The Land Before Time films.
Animation production
- Animaniacs (Seasons 1–4 and Back In Style)
- Arthur (Seasons 1–11)
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series (first season only)
- A Bunch of Munsch
- Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1993) - 13 half-hour episodes: "Christmas with the Joker", "The Last Laugh", "Be a Clown", "The Cat and the Claw: Part 2", "Prophecy of Doom", "Feat of Clay: Part 1", "Mad as a Hatter", "Cat Scratch Fever", "The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne", "Joker's Wild", "Moon of the Wolf", "What Is Reality?" and "The Mechanic". (AKOM was eventually fired due to its inconsistent animation in many episodes such as "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Moon of the Wolf".[2])
- Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars
- C Bear and Jamal
- Conan the Adventurer (first season only)
- Crash Bandicoot (cancelled advertisement and cutscene)
- Defenders of the Earth
- Dilbert
- Dino Riders (episodes 3–13)
- Dooly the Little Dinosaur (opening, Season 1 episode 1, 2[3])
- Dr. Rabbit's World Tour (educational film)
- Dragon Flyz
- Earthworm Jim
- Exosquad
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
- G.I. Joe Extreme (Season 1)
- Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (Opening Titles)
- Gargoyles
- Huntik: Secrets & Seekers
- Invasion America
- Jackie Bison Show
- Jem
- Jim Henson's Muppet Babies (Seasons 4-8)
- Kelly's Dream Club
- The Land Before Time (Films II–VI)
- Little Clowns of Happytown
- The Little Lulu Show
- Little Wizards
- The Longest Daycare - A Simpsons theatrical short
- Marsupilami
- McGee and Me!
- Mission Hill
- Mosaic (Opening Titles)
- My Little Pony
- My Little Pony Tales
- My Little Pony: The Movie (with Toei Animation)
- The Oblongs
- Peter Pan and the Pirates
- Pinky and the Brain
- Problem Child
- The Real Ghostbusters ("Slimer Come Home", "When Halloween was Forever", "Station Identification", "Fright at the Opera")
- Red Planet (uncredited)
- Rescue Heroes
- Road Rovers
- Robocop: The Animated Series
- Rude Dog and the Dweebs
- Savage Dragon
- Sesame Street ("Monster in the Mirror" celebrity version only, Simpsons cameo)
- Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles
- Silver Surfer
- The Simpsons (including the movie, the ride, and the video game's animated cutscenes)
- Skeleton Warriors
- Spiral Zone (15 Episodes)
- The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
- Taz-Mania
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ("Grybyx", uncredited)
- The Tick
- Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1992) - 24 half-hour episodes: Cinemaniacs!, Furrball Follies, Life in the 90's, Stuff That Goes Bump in the Night, The Wacko World of Sports, Sawdust and Toonsil, A Quack in the Quarks, Animaniacs!, Psychic Fun-Omenom Day, Whale's Tales, Weirdest Story Ever Told, The Acme Home Shopping Show, Playtime Toons, Pledge Week, Elephant Issues, Toon Physics, Hog-Wild Hamton, A Cat's Eye View, Toons from the Crypt, Sports Shorts, Sepulveda Boulevard, Grandma's Dead, Fox Trot and Washingtoon.
- Toad Patrol
- The Transformers (3 episodes of Season 2, 14 episodes of Season 3, all of Season 4)
- Ultimate Book of Spells
- Wheel Squad
- Wunschpunsch
- X-Men (Seasons 1–5, except for the final six episodes and the 'Out of the Past' two-parter, and an early broadcast version of "No Mutant Is An Island")
References
- "'The Simpsons' rides on the Seoul train". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- Kindred, Christopher (June 1993). "Batman: The Animated Series - Cat Scratch Fever". Animato!. Ventrella. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- 아기공룡둘리 오프닝 노래 : 오승원 ( STEREO 1.2절) [Dooly the Little Dinosaur Opening Song: Oh Seung-won (STEREO Section 1.2)] (in Korean). 오승원 김지호 (published 7 October 1987). 26 February 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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