Korean Wave: (Style) In early 200X, an increase in the popularity Korean live-action dramas, music and mixed-media cultural exports was given the slang-term: The ↗Korean wave (or Korea fever). Japan has long been outsourcing their animation production to Korea, so it was just a matter of time before Korea began creating their own animation and ↗CGI titles for the local and export markets. (example: Wonderful Days). Even Korean manga (called ↗manhwa) has been swept up in the wave, proving to be increasingly popularity to such an extent that certain select manhwa titles have been licensed by Japanese Producers as source material for anime series (ie: Freezing and Kurokami.)
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| B | ||
 Birthday Boy |
Unevaluated | In 1951 during the turmoil of the ↗Korean War, a small boy in a little village finds escape in playing soldier and watching the passing trains carrying tanks and war material to the front. |
| E | ||
| Escuela de Escorpiones (Spanish) | Watch | See Volcano High |
| H | ||
| Hwasango (Korean) | Watch | See Volcano High |
| M | ||
 Mari Iyagi |
Buy |
Namoo is a twelve-year-old boy who has lost his father and lives with his grandmother and mother. His only friends are Junho, who is the same age as he is, and Yeo, his cat. When Namoo discovers a mysterious white marble, he and Junho begin a chain of events that lead them to a fantasy world inhabited by a beautiful white-gowned girl named Mari. But as they continue their wonderful encounters with Mari, Namoo`s grandmother collapses from illness and their village is engulfed by a storm and Junho`s father falls in danger.... |
| My Beautiful Girl Mari | Buy | See Mari Iyagi |
| O | ||
 Oseam |
Buy |
This animation is based on a Korean fairy tale of the same name with the local sale over 100,000 copies by Jeong Chae-bong, a writer well known for his innocent and heart-stirring tales. It is a story about two orphans, Gilson, a five-year-old boy, and his blind sister Gami who are brought up by a charitable monk at a secluded temple in Mt. Seorak. Gilson, a mischievous boy, is the guide for this hour-long travel in search of innocence. Having a pure heart, he befriends all living things and communicates with clouds, birds and flowers. One snowy day, however... (Source: ANIDB) |
| R | ||
 Red Hawk: Weapon of Death |
Watch |
The Camellia Blossoms gang (think of the Mafia in fictional ancient times and you will get the picture) plague the innocent with fires, death and using counterfeit coins to cripple the economy. Within this gang are the Five Dragons, a group of men and women trained in deadly martial arts. When the youngest and fifth ranking member of the group simply can‘t take anymore of the death, he rebels. With the aid of his brother, Muklyong, he escapes certain death. However, his brother must pay the price; with his soul... |
| S | ||
| Sky Blue | Rent | See Wonderful Days |
| V | ||
 Volcano High |
Watch |
After being expelled from his previous school, Kim Kyung Soo is sent to "Volcano High" where he hopes he will be able to control his supernatural powers along with students with similar abilities. Before long he is exchanging blows with the local bully, trying to win the affections of the school beauty, and all the while fighting off the five lords of discipline, five vigilante teachers set out to control even the most disorderly of students. (Source: ANN) |
| W | ||
 Wonderful Days |
Rent |
In the year 2142, the survivors of the devastated earth have retreated to an isolated high-tech colony called “ECOBAN”. But their continued survival is dependent on the efforts of the “diggers” - those 2nd class citizens who harvest the critical energy supplies, while struggling to survive in the squalor and the pollution outside of the city. At a time when dwindling energy reserves and rebellious strike activity of the diggers have raised tensions to a boiling point, an ECOBAN police officer finds herself fighting an intruder who has managed to sneak into the very heart of the city’s computer core. Officer Jay is shocked to discover that the intruder is Shua, her childhood friend and someone who died some ten years ago. |
| Y | ||
 Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox |
Watch |
One hundred years ago, aliens landed on a mountain near where a small, white five tailed fox lived. After being stranded on Earth for one hundred years, they are ready for a test flight to see if they can return home. The test fails as one of the aliens makes a mistake, and the other aliens tell him to leave. |
| ワンダフル・デイズ (Japanese) | Rent | See Wonderful Days |
| 火山高 (Japanese) | Watch | See Volcano High |
| 생일 소년 | Unevaluated | See Birthday Boy |
| 원더플 데이즈 (Korean) | Rent | See Wonderful Days |
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