AKOM Production, Ltd. (Animation Korea Movie; Korean: 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. It is most notable for 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.

AKOM Production Ltd.
(주)애이콤프로덕션
IndustryAnimation
Founded1985 (1985)
FounderNelson Shin
Headquarters
Songpa-gu, Seoul
,
South Korea
Websitewww.akomkorea.com

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

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TV series

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Title Year Client Notes
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series 1987 Marvel Productions
Robocop: The Animated Series 1988
Tiny Toon Adventures 1990–1992 Warner Bros. Animation 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
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".[3])

Feature films

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Title Year Client Notes
My Little Pony: The Movie 1986 Marvel Productions
Sunbow Productions
with Toei Animation
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure 1994 Universal Cartoon Studios
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving 1995
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists 1996

Short films

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Title Year Client Notes
2012 The Longest Daycare Gracie Films
2020 Playdate with Destiny
2021 The Force Awakens from Its Nap
The Good, the Bart, and the Loki
Plusaversary
2022 When Billie Met Lisa
Welcome to the Club
The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad"
2023 Rogue Not Quite One

References

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  1. ^ "'The Simpsons' rides on the Seoul train". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Kindred, Christopher (June 1993). "Batman: The Animated Series - Cat Scratch Fever". Animato!. Ventrella. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
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