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company. headquartered in Guro-Dong
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. established in 1994. It is a
Korean animation South Korean animation, or ''aeni'' (; ko, 애니), has become an industry that produces characters for other countries' companies, exports its creations globally and generates billions of dollars in profits. Etymology The word ''aeni'' comes ...
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Beyblade is a line of spinning-top toys originally developed by Takara, first released in Japan in July 1999, along with its debut series. Following Takara's merger with Tomy in 2006, Beyblades are now developed by Takara Tomy. Various toy companies ar ...
animation, and a called
Jang Geum's Dream ''Jang Geum's Dream'' (hangul: 장금이의 꿈, ''Jang Geum ieui Kkum'') is a Korean animation. It is a production by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. The animation was done by Sonokong and Heewon Entertainment. The animation centers on Jang Ge ...
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Anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
). Heewon's animates were confined to South Korea until a contract with based
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group. The contract allowed animation works. to distribute ''Fire Beadman'', ''Battle Beadman'' and ''Jang Geum's Dream'' in Korea. who hold a 50% stake in Heewon. A final contract in 2000, signed with
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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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Sonokong Sonokong Co, Ltd. (hangul: 손오공주식회사) is a Korean toy/ game entertainment company. It was established in 1974. The corporate headquarters are located in Sugung-dong Guro-gu Seoul, Korea. The technical license of the company is owned by ...
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Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC; ) is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. ''Munhwa'' is the Sino-Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television station MBC TV broadcasts as channel 11. Es ...
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Group companies

* Heewon Art Flower *Heewon's Beyblades


Productions


Made in Korea

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Jang Geum's Dream ''Jang Geum's Dream'' (hangul: 장금이의 꿈, ''Jang Geum ieui Kkum'') is a Korean animation. It is a production by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. The animation was done by Sonokong and Heewon Entertainment. The animation centers on Jang Ge ...
(MBC) *
Fire Beadman is a Japanese manga series by Eiji Inuki which ran in CoroCoro Comics by Shogakukan from 2002 to 2005. An anime adaptation was released in January 2004. It premiered in the United States in April 2005. It is the first show of the '' B-D ...
(KBS) * Juka Juka * The Sweet Little Comi (MBC) *
Turning Mecard Turning Mecard (, a transliteration), released as Mecard in the United States, is a South Korean toyline and media franchise launched in 2014, developed for toy company Sonokong by Choirock (Sonokong's multimedia production arm). The toyline invo ...
(KBS) * Viva Music * Road To Friendship (MBC) *
Dragon Rising ''Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising'' is a tactical shooter video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 developed and published by Codemasters. Codemasters has advertised the game as a tactical shooter designed to represent mod ...
(MBC) * Animal Academy (MBC) *
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(Netflix) * Choro The Pro Fighter (Netflix)


Assistant production

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Sunbow Productions Sunbow Entertainment (known as Sunbow Productions until 1995) was an American animation studio and distributor, founded on June 23, 1980, and owned until May 4, 1998, by Griffin-Bacal Advertising in New York City and in the United States. Griffin ...
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B-Daman is a marble shooting toy franchise produced in Japan by Takara. It was originally based on the Bomberman series, but later expanded into other franchises and its own original designs. The toy's design is a humanoid figure, with a round cavity in ...
( Magicverse, Japan) * Law of Sun (
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Studio Deen is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1975 by Sunrise producer Hiroshi Hasegawa and ex-Sunrise animators. The studio owns three subsidiaries: Danny Donghua (丹尼動画), a Chinese sub-contracting studio; Megumi (め組), a digital work sub-c ...
, Japan) *
Beyblade is a line of spinning-top toys originally developed by Takara, first released in Japan in July 1999, along with its debut series. Following Takara's merger with Tomy in 2006, Beyblades are now developed by Takara Tomy. Various toy companies ar ...
(SBS) *
Battle Beadman is a Japanese manga series by Eiji Inuki which ran in CoroCoro Comics by Shogakukan from 2002 to 2005. An anime adaptation was released in January 2004. It premiered in the United States in April 2005. It is the first show of the '' B-D ...
(KBS, Japan) *
Element Hunters is a 2009 Japanese-Korean anime series that began airing in Japan and South Korea as a science-fiction adventure to generate more awareness in chemistry and other sciences. The series is set in the year 2089. A manga series began at the same ...
(NHK Enterprises, Japan)


See also

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Sonokong Sonokong Co, Ltd. (hangul: 손오공주식회사) is a Korean toy/ game entertainment company. It was established in 1974. The corporate headquarters are located in Sugung-dong Guro-gu Seoul, Korea. The technical license of the company is owned by ...
*
Contemporary culture of South Korea The contemporary culture of South Korea developed from the traditional culture of Korea which was prevalent in the early Korean nomadic tribes. By maintaining thousands of years of ancient Korean culture, with influence from ancient Chinese cult ...
*
Korean animation South Korean animation, or ''aeni'' (; ko, 애니), has become an industry that produces characters for other countries' companies, exports its creations globally and generates billions of dollars in profits. Etymology The word ''aeni'' comes ...
*
List of South Korean companies A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...


External links


Heewon Entertainment HomepageDi Gi Charat Korea HomepageHeewon Art Flower Homepage
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