AKOM Production, Ltd. (Animation KOrea Movie 애이콤 프로덕션) is a South Korean

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studio in Songpa-gu,

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

that has provided much work since its conception in 1985 by

Nelson Shin Shin Neung-kyun (born 1939), also known as Nelson Shin, is an 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 th ...

. Its biggest claim to fame is the overseas animation of more than 200 episodes of ''

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'', a total which continues to increase. The studio also produced a portion of the overseas animation for ''

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''. Other well-known series that AKOM has been involved in include ''

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'', '' Animaniacs'', '' Batman: The Animated Series'', '' The Transformers'', the first 11 seasons of ''Arthur'', and six of ''

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'' films.

Animation production

*'' Animaniacs'' (Seasons 1–4 and ''Back In Style'') *'' Arthur'' (Seasons 1–11) *'' Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series'' (1st season only) *''

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'' *'' 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".) *'' Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars'' *''

C Bear and Jamal ''C Bear and Jamal'' is an German-American animated musical comedy children's television series that originally aired on the Fox Kids programming block from 1996 to 1997. It centers on an elementary school-aged boy named Jamal, whose constant com ...

'' *'' Conan the Adventurer'' (1st season only) *'' Crash Bandicoot'' (cancelled advertisement and cutscene) *'' Defenders of the Earth'' *'' Dilbert'' *'' Dino Riders'' (episodes 3–13) *''

Dooly the Little Dinosaur ''Dooly the Little Dinosaur'' ( ko, 아기공룡 둘리) is a cartoon serialized from 1983 to 1993 by South Korean cartoonist Kim Soo-jung with a little dinosaur as the subject, and it refers to animations and other media mix works based on the ...

'' *'' Dr. Rabbit's World Tour'' (educational film) *'' Dragon Flyz'' *'' Earthworm Jim'' *'' Exosquad'' *'' Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series'' *''

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'' (Season 1) *'' Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties'' (Opening Titles) *'' Gargoyles'' *'' Huntik: Secrets & Seekers'' *'' Invasion America'' *'' Jackie Bison Show'' *'' Jem'' *''

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'' (the fourth to eighth seasons) *'' Kelly's Dream Club'' *''

'' (films II–VI) *'' Little Clowns of Happytown'' *''

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'' *''

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'' - A ''

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'' theatrical short *'' Marsupilami'' *''

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'' *'' Mission Hill'' *''

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'' (Opening Titles) *''

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'' *'' My Little Pony Tales'' *'' My Little Pony: The Movie'' (with

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) *'' The Oblongs'' *'' Peter Pan and the Pirates'' *'' Pinky and the Brain'' *'' Problem Child'' *''

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'' ("Slimer Come Home", "When Halloween was Forever", "Station Identification", "Fright at the Opera") *'' Red Planet'' (uncredited) *''

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'' *'' Road Rovers'' *'' Robocop: The Animated Series'' *''

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" season 22 remake, ''Simpsons'' cameo) *''

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'' *'' Silver Surfer'' *''

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, and the game animated cutscenes *'' Skeleton Warriors'' *''

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'' (15 Episodes) *''

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'' *'' Taz-Mania'' *'' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' ("Grybyx", uncredited) *''

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'' (1990–1992) - 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''. *''

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'' *'' The Transformers'' (3 episodes of Season 2, 14 episodes of Season 3, all of Season 4) *'' Ultimate Book of Spells'' *''

Wheel Squad ''Wheel Squad'' is an animated television series produced by France Animation, Praxinos Animation, Rai Fiction and Energee Entertainment. The show was broadcast on M6 in France between 2000 and 2002. 39 episodes were produced. Plot Set in a la ...

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'' (Seasons 1–5 except for the last six episodes and the 'Out of the Past' two-parter, and an early broadcast version of "No Mutant Is An Island")

References

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co-productions database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Akom South Korean animation studios Entertainment companies of South Korea Mass media companies established in 1985 South Korean companies established in 1985