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AKOM
AKOM Production, Ltd. (Animation Korea Movie; ) is a South Korean animation studio in Songpa-gu, Seoul that has provided much work since its conception in 1985 by Nelson Shin. It is most notable for the overseas animation of more than 200 episodes of ''The Simpsons'', a total which continues to increase. In 2007, the studio produced a portion of the overseas animation for ''The Simpsons Movie''. 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'' *'' Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars'' *'' C Bear and Jamal'' *'' Conan the Adventurer'' (first season only) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Shin
Shin Neung-kyun (; born 1939), also known as Nelson Shin, is a South Korean animation director who is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., in Seoul, South Korea. He founded Akom in 1985. Career In the 1970s, Shin worked as an animator at the DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and Marvel Productions, where he worked on the '' Pink Panther'' films and '' Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends''. While at DFE, he also contributed to the animation of the lightsaber blades in the original ''Star Wars''. Much of the animation Shin's studio has produced has been for American television series. Some of Akom's credits are: ''The Simpsons'', '' Batman: The Animated Series'', ''X-Men'', '' Invasion America'' and ''Arthur Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Ital ...''. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Transformers (TV Series)
''The Transformers'' is an animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro and Takara's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformers'' franchise, it depicts a war among giant robots that can transform into vehicles and other objects. The series was produced by Marvel Productions and Sunbow Productions in association with Japanese studio Toei Animation for first-run syndication. Toei co-produced the show as the main animation studio for its first two seasons, having been tasked with creating and finalizing animation models, designing transformation schemes, storyboarding some episodes, and general direction. In the third season, Toei's involvement with the production team was reduced and the animation services were shared with the South Korean studio AKOM. The show's supervising producer ( Nelson Shin) was also AKOM's founder. The fourth season was entirely anima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crash Bandicoot
''Crash Bandicoot'' is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console. It has seen numerous installments created by various developers and published on multiple platforms. The series consists predominantly of platform games, but also includes spin-offs in the kart racing and party game genres. The series was originally produced by Universal Interactive, which later became known as Vivendi Games; in 2008, Vivendi merged with Activision, which currently owns and publishes the franchise. The games are mostly set on the fictitious Wumpa Islands, an archipelago situated to the south of Australia where humans and mutant animals co-exist, although other locations are common. The protagonists of the series are a pair of genetically enhanced bandicoots named Crash and Coco, whose quiet lives on the Wumpa Islands are often interrupted by their creator and the games' main antagonist, Doctor Neo Cortex, who attempts to eliminat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jem (TV Series)
''Jem and The Holograms'', also known as simply ''Jem'', is an American animated musical television series that ran from 1985 to 1988. The series is about record company owner Jerrica Benton, her singer alter-ego Jem, and the adventures of her band Jem and The Holograms. The series was a joint collaboration by Hasbro, Sunbow Entertainment, Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions, the same team responsible for ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series), G.I. Joe'' and ''The Transformers (TV series), Transformers''. The creator of the series, Christy Marx, had also been a staff writer for the aforementioned programs. The animation for most of the episodes was provided by Japanese animation studio Toei Animation. Eleven episodes and the opening sequence were instead provided by the South Korean studio AKOM. Premise Characters The series revolves around Jerrica Benton, the owner and manager of Starlight Music, and her alter-ego Jem, lead singer of the rock group Jem an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invasion America
''Invasion America'' is an American animated science fiction television series that aired in the prime time lineup on The WB from June 8 to July 7, 1998. Produced by DreamWorks Television Animation (then part of DreamWorks proper, now owned by Universal Studios), the series was created by Steven Spielberg and Harve Bennett, who also served as executive producers. The show involves an attempt by aliens from the planet Tyrus to overthrow the Earth. Plot The story of ''Invasion America'' begins in the early 1980s, when humanoid aliens from the planet Tyrus begin to initiate their plans for making contact with Earth. Cale-Oosha, the ruler of Tyrus, looks into his uncle's project with Earth. However, his uncle, The Dragit, claims that their dying planet ought to invade Earth and take hold of its resources. Cale refuses, and a civil war breaks out. Cale and Rafe, his bodyguard, trainer, and trusted friend, escape to Earth, disguising themselves as humans. Cale meets Rita Carte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets & Seekers
Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controversial, depending on the content or nature of the secret, the group or people keeping the secret, and the motivation for secrecy. Secrecy by government entities is often decried as excessive or in promotion of poor operation; excessive revelation of information on individuals can conflict with virtues of privacy and confidentiality. It is often contrasted with social transparency. Secrecy can exist in a number of different ways: encoding or encryption (where mathematical and technical strategies are used to hide messages), true secrecy (where restrictions are put upon those who take part of the message, such as through government security classification) and obfuscation, where secrets are hidden in plain sight behind complex idiosyncrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gargoyles (TV Series)
''Gargoyles'' (also known as ''Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles'' for season 3) is an animated television series co-produced by Disney Television Animation, Walt Disney Television Animation, Walt Disney Animation Japan for its first two seasons and Nelvana Limited for its final, and originally aired from October 24, 1994, to February 15, 1997. The series features a species of nocturnal creatures known as Gargoyle (monster), gargoyles that Petrifaction in mythology and fiction, turn to stone during the day. After spending a thousand years in an enchanted petrified state, the gargoyles (who have been transported from Scotland in the Middle Ages, medieval Scotland) are reawakened in modern-day New York City, and take on roles as the city's secret night-time protectors. ''Gargoyles'' was noted for its relatively dark tone, complex story arcs, and melodrama; character arcs were heavily employed throughout the series, as were William Shakespeare, Shakespearean themes. The series also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tail Of Two Kitties
''Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties'' (released in some countries as ''Garfield 2'') is a 2006 adventure comedy film directed by Tim Hill and written by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow. It is the sequel to '' Garfield: The Movie'' (2004), and stars Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Bill Murray reprising their respective roles as Jon Arbuckle, Dr. Liz Wilson, and the voice of Garfield. New cast members include Billy Connolly, Ian Abercrombie, Roger Rees, Lucy Davis and Oliver Muirhead in live-action roles and Tim Curry, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, Vinnie Jones, Joe Pasquale, Richard E. Grant, and Jane Leeves as the voices of the film's new animal characters. In the film, Garfield, Odie, Liz and Jon travel to the United Kingdom, where Prince, another cat that looks exactly like Garfield, is ruling over a castle after the death of his owner. His reign is soon jeopardized by an evil aristocrat, who plans to remodel the castle into condominiums, destroy the estate, and get rid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exosquad
''Exosquad'' is an American science fiction animated television series created by Universal Cartoon Studios for MCA TV's Universal Family Network syndicated programming block. The series ran for two complete seasons in syndication from 1993 to 1994. Reruns later aired on USA Network. Premise At the beginning of the 22nd century, an interplanetary war takes place between humanity and Neosapiens, a fictional race artificially created as workers/slaves for the Terrans. The narrative generally follows Able Squad, an elite Terran unit of exoframe pilots, on their missions all over the Solar System. Plot The series is set in the years 2119–2121 AD,Dates on the tombstone of Nara Burns' parents. decades after humanity ("Terrans") has expanded beyond Earth, terraforming and colonizing Venus and Mars. These three planets are "the Homeworlds", the core first of the Terran interplanetary state and later of Neosapien Commonwealth. Not all Terrans are affiliated with the Homeworld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earthworm Jim (TV Series)
''Earthworm Jim'' is an American animated television series based on the video game series of the same name that aired on The WB's Kids' WB block for two seasons from September 9, 1995, to December 13, 1996. A co-production between Universal Cartoon Studios and Flextech Plc and based on the video game series of the same name from Playmates and Shiny Entertainment with characters created by Doug TenNapel, the series follows the adventures of the titular character who battles the forces of evil through using a robotic suit. Premise Most episodes involve the series' numerous villains attempting to reclaim the super suit or conquer the universe. However, some episodes have Jim facing more mundane issues, which include returning his neighbor's eggbeater and finding a new power source after his suit's battery runs out. Also, the show breaks the fourth wall with characters often talking to the audience and the narrator. Episodes begin with a cold opening of Earthworm Jim and Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon Flyz
''Dragon Flyz'' is an Animated series, animated television series created by Savin Yeatman and produced by Gaumont (company), Gaumont Multimedia in association with Abrams/Gentile Entertainment. The show, based on a toy line by Galoob, ran for two seasons, in syndication in the United States and Europe, from 1996 to 1997. 26 episodes were produced. The series, set in a world following an event called the Cataclysm follows the Dragonators, who ride on dragons in search and rescue operations. David Perlmutter's ''Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows'' calls ''Dragon Flyz'' "a very transparent ad for a toy line, much like some of the other productions the Abrams/Gentile Studio was involved in at this time (see ''Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch'' and ''Van-Pires'' for other examples)." Plot and setting The setting is a post-apocalyptic version of the 41st century. The disaster responsible for the world's state is called the Global catastrophic risk, Cataclysm and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colgate (toothpaste)
Colgate is an American multinational brand principally used for oral hygiene products such as toothpastes, toothbrushes, mouthwashes and dental floss. Manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive, Colgate's oral hygiene products were first sold by the company in 1873, sixteen years after the death of the founder, William Colgate. The company originally sold soap. History Colgate toothpaste was sold in glass jars since 1873. Tubes, as pioneered by Kalodont, Johnson & Johnson (Zonweiss) and Sheffield, were introduced in 1896. Colgate became popular in the 1950s, with the slogan "It Cleans Your Breath While It Cleans Your Teeth", written by copywriter Alicia Tobin. In 2007, the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK told Colgate that it could no longer make the claim that four out of five dentists recommended Colgate. The investigation showed that the study had telephone surveyed dentists to list the toothpaste they recommended, and their competitors were recommended at similar rat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
