[Updated with audio issues corrected.]
Yes, we've written about this one before but I'm a big, big fan of Korean animation house Studio Flying and director Gap Kim and a recent swing by the Studio Flying website had me falling in love with this one all over again and so here it is.
For those unfamiliar, Kim is the director of Aachi and Ssipak, the post-apocalyptic scifi comedy animation set in a world powered by feces - a film that was a big hit on the festival circuit and whose continued lack of North American distribution simply baffles me. Since Aachi, Kim has been working on a handful of other projects, including brothel-set martial arts fantasy Mad Monkey - promo here - and a rumored feature length expansion of 2005 short film Forest of Nemi. Expansion or not, there's a lengthy promo for Nemi online and the slightly more kids-oriented tale of giant robots run wild looks like just a fantastically good time. Check it out below the break!
I'm not getting any audio...
And I know it's not me because all the other clips have sound. Regardless, Mad Monkey looks great!
No sound for me too.
If I didn't know it's the director of Aachi and Ssipak I would have guessed - the animation style is very similar. And I loved Aachi and Ssipak, it was terrific beyond words. I am so looking forward for this one...
Audio issues fixed. That'll teach me to proof things with the computer of mute ...
Kim (Byung) Gap is the Animation Director for Aachi and Ssipak. The director is Jo/Cho Bum Jin.
I watched most of the Korean feature animation from 2000 on out, and I agree that Aachi and Ssipak stood out the most for me, and I'm eager to see Studio Flying's other works.
I'm just disappointed that more people don't know about these works - which would encourage the studio to go ahead and release theatrical features...not just OVAs.
I'm doing a paper on Korean Animation, particularly on Aachi and Ssipak, and I'm doing my best to promote this studio/director as well as Korean animation in general! :D