''Timing'' () is a South Korean

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series written and illustrated by

Kang Full Kang Do-yeong (; born December 7, 1974), better known as Kang Full or Kang Pool (), is a South Korean webtoon artist and screenwriter. Kang began his career as a cartoonist in 1997, serializing comic reviews in Yeongseo Newspaper, then in 2002, ...

. Started in June 2005, this

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. The print publication of the first volume of ''Timing'' was released on August 5, 2006. The webtoon has been adapted into a film of the same name.

Synopsis

Kang Full's ''Timing'' is set in an unidentified city that is under a vague threat; a high school student committed

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for no apparent reason and children are generally scared. A group of people with

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appear on the scene to put an end to the silent threat. The concept has been compared to that of ''

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'' and has a fairly American style to it. ''Timing'' features a student that can freeze time, a

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who has the ability to turn back time for ten seconds, a fast-food employee who can predict the next ten minutes, and a teacher whose dreams serve as premonitions for what is to come. Sara Lawi of ''Orient-Extrême'' described ''Timing'' as a "deliberately simplistic"

Development

Kang took suggestions from his readership to determine the direction of ''Timing''s story.

Characters

* Park Ji-yoon * Kim Young-tak * Kang Min-hyuk * Jang Se-yoon * Baek Ki-hyung * Yang Sung-sik

Adaptations

In 2010, production on an animated film adaptation for ''Timing'' started. The film was originally scheduled to be released in 2012, but it was shelved for sponsorship reasons. The animated film eventually premiered in October 2014, when it was shown at the

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. This adaptation of ''Timing'' is directed by Min Kyung-jo, produced by Hyoin Entertainment, and features the voices of Park Ji-yoon,

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, Ryu Seung-gon, Yeo Min-jeong, Sim Gyu-hyuk, and Sung Wan-kyung. ''Timing'' was also shown at the 17th

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in May 2015, where it won the grand prize. The film was officially released in South Korea on December 10, 2015. In '' Moving'', Kim Young-tak made a special appearance. In ''

Light Shop ''Light Shop'' () is a 2024 South Korean mystery horror television series written by Kang Full and directed by Kim Hee-won. The series stars an ensemble cast led by Ju Ji-hoon and Park Bo-young along with Bae Seong-woo, Uhm Tae-goo, Lee Jung ...

'', Park Jeong-min made a special appearance as Kim Young-tak.

References

External links

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