Forum - View topicKorean animation/manga
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Fuzzgun
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I'm a little curious to know if anyone has seen korean animation or have read korean manga (or manhwa) before. How is it diff from Japanese anime or manga and whether it's worth checkin 'em out. I hope it's all right to post this here.
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Stupidman007
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Hmm, I've never heard of Korean anime/manga. What does seem to be popular is the Korean dramas tho. It seems to be very big in east Asia and the actor/actresses are quite popular too.
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Azathrael
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There's a lot of Korean animation and manga out there (in Korea). Not as internationally as popular as anime or manga though.
Sky Blue is one Korean animation that's listed in ANN's database. I guess it portrays the "typical Korean style" since love tragedies is what makes Korean dramas sell. Koreans actually don't call it manga; it's called "manhwa" as given by ANN's lexicon. Again, not as popular as manga so you'll have trouble looking for them in foreign places but they do exist. The Korean anime/manhwa industry is not even comparable to Japan's so I wouldn't bother trying too hard to see if they're any better or not. If you want some really good romance/drama entertainment then I suggest you check out Korean drama shows instead. Any such Korean drama is an equal if not a better of Kimi ga Nozomu Eien. |
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Randall Miyashiro
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Imaginasian TV airs the Korean series Spheres during their anime block. I only had the patience to sit through a couple of minutes of the show which seemed fairly juvenile to me. There are a couple of other series like Hamos and Michel, that just don't interested me, but you can check it out if you get IATV. My parents also love the popular Korean dramas.
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Gauss
 Posts: 519 Location: Finland |
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Mmm, I've seen some animation and read some manhwas but they have two strikes against them:
1) The average quality is lower than Japanese equivalents. 2) They don't get that much international distribution (whether we are talking fansubbers/scanlators or legitimate distributors). Basically all the Korean animation I've seen was at film festivals and for what was supposed to be the cream of Korean productions they felt rather average. I've read some manhwas but there are still relatively few Koreans who can draw well consistently. Among what I've read Ragnarok and Goong would be my pick of the bunch. Ragnarok has good art and is the biggest commercial manhwa success worldwide so far. I don't think the story is that special though. Goong is the opposite with artwork that is more typical of manhwa, uneven and not as tehnically proficient as most Japanese manga. Despite that there are unusual features in the art that appeals to me, and the story is more interesting than Ragnarok's. Goong was even turned into a popular Korean drama series, which I intend to watch soon(-ish). That said, Goong is the manhwa equivalent of a shoujo manga so I dare say it won't appeal to most males. Basically it's an alternate history setting where the Korean royal house still exists. By an old agreement she didn't know about, the heroine reluctantly ends up married to the bishie heir to the throne. Palace intrigues abound in an environment she still has to master and somewhere in there love has to find the opportunity to blossom. |
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chaos_epitaph
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Not sure but Tokyopop have a fairly good amout of Korean manga, I have three Korean manga's without even realizing it.
1: King of Hell {action/adventure/ and funny as Hell) 2: Faeries' Landing (Romance/Comedy) 3: Chronicels of the Cursed Swords (Action/Adventure) (If you havn't cheaked these out I strongly recomend all of them.) I just thought they were good manga's then I noticed that they were Korean, I think that would explane why they are read from right to left instead of the traditional right to left. I like these Korean manga but haven't seen any of there anime but can't imagine there that bad. |
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CyberViper
Posts: 218 Location: Matsumoto, Nagano Japan |
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I believe one example of a Korean anime movie is Shin Angyou Onshi, aka Shin Amen Osa. I don't know if it was made in Korea...or made in Japan by a Korean team.
Either way I watched it and it was pretty awesome, however I can't really say how it differs from any Japanese anime. |
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DarkTenshi90
 Posts: 440 Location: Nebraska |
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Another manwha that Tokyopop has put out is called "Demon Diary," the art is gorgeous in it, but it has shounen-ai references.
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Fuzzgun
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I've watched rangnarok and didn't even realised that it was actually korean. Can't really tell the difference between Japanese anime tho. I'll probably check "Demon Diary" if I can get my hands on it. Thanks for the reference.
Although I've never watched korean animation, I've watched quite a bit of korean films. I think they have come up with some pretty good stuff over the recent years. |
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herzog
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Manga entertainment released 2 korean films. Armageddon (which sucked) and Red Hawk which was a fair to middling kung fu story. The quality is about the same as any mid budget anime so I never knew there was a difference until much later.
I also know that animerica ran an article on manwha a while back and mentioned some authors who were quite respectable in their craft. If you have the time to hunt through back issues that could help. |
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TranquilSlogan
 Posts: 25 Location: Columbia, SC |
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there is one korean anime that I know of, i believe its called hammerboy, i'm not sure but the ideas are similar and that animation styles also have some common thread.
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