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

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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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'', '' The Tick'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Batman: The Animated Series'', '' The Transformers'', the first 11 seasons of ''Arthur'', and six of '' The Land Before Time'' films.

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'' (Seasons 1–4 and ''Back In Style'') *''

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'' (Seasons 1–11) *'' Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series'' (1st season only) *'' A Bunch of Munsch'' *'' 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'' *''

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'' *'' Conan the Adventurer'' (1st season only) *'' Crash Bandicoot'' (cancelled advertisement and cutscene) *'' Defenders of the Earth'' *''

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'' (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 o ...

'' *'' 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'' *'' Jim Henson's Muppet Babies'' (the fourth to eighth seasons) *'' Kelly's Dream Club'' *'' The Land Before Time'' (films II–VI) *'' Little Clowns of Happytown'' *'' Little Wizards'' *'' The Longest Daycare'' - A ''

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'' theatrical short *''

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'' *'' McGee and Me!'' *''

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'' *''

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'' (Opening Titles) *'' My Little Pony'' *'' My Little Pony Tales'' *'' My Little Pony: The Movie'' (with

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) *'' The Oblongs'' *'' Peter Pan and the Pirates'' *''

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'' *'' Problem Child'' *'' The Real Ghostbusters'' ("Slimer Come Home", "When Halloween was Forever", "Station Identification", "Fright at the Opera") *'' Red Planet'' (uncredited) *'' Rescue Heroes'' *'' Road Rovers'' *'' Robocop: The Animated Series'' *''

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'' *'' Savage Dragon'' *''

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'' ("

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" season 22 remake, ''Simpsons'' cameo) *'' Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles'' *''

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'' *''

'', the movie, and the game animated cutscenes *'' Skeleton Warriors'' *'' Spiral Zone'' (15 Episodes) *'' The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper'' *''

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'' *''

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'' ("Grybyx", uncredited) *'' The Tick'' *''

'' (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''. *'' Toad Patrol'' *'' The Transformers'' (3 episodes of Season 2, 14 episodes of Season 3, all of Season 4) *'' Ultimate Book of Spells'' *'' Wheel Squad'' *'' Wunschpunsch'' *''

'' (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")

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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