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[http://www.akomkorea.com AKOM] (short for '''A'''nimation '''KO'''rea '''M'''ovie Productions) is a South Korean animation studio formed in 1985 by Nelson Shin, a former animator at [[Depatie-Freleng Enterprises]] and creator of the Lightsaber effects in ''[[Star Wars]]'', as well as producer of the original Transformers TV Series and director of the show's [[Transformers the Movie|(first) full-length toy commercial]].
[http://www.akomkorea.com AKOM] (short for '''A'''nimation '''KO'''rea '''M'''ovie Productions) is a South Korean animation studio formed in 1985 by Nelson Shin, a former animator at [[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises]] and creator of the Lightsaber effects in ''[[Star Wars]]'', as well as producer of the original Transformers TV Series and director of the show's [[Transformers: The Movie|(first) full-length toy commercial]].


The studio is also responsible for publishing a South Korean magazine called "Animatoon" since 1995. You can probably tell from the title [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|what the magazine's about]].
The studio is also responsible for publishing a South Korean magazine called "Animatoon" since 1995. You can probably tell from the title [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|what the magazine's about]].


See also [[Toei Animation]], [[Mook DLE]], [[Mainframe Entertainment]], [[Production Reed]], [[Studio Gallop]], [[Dong Woo Animation]], [[Actas]], [[Wang Film Productions]], [[GONZO]], [[Sunwoo Entertainment]], [[Industrial Light and Magic]], [[Digital Domain]] and [[Studio 4 C|Studio 4°C]], other studios involved with Transformers.
See also [[Toei Animation]], [[Mook DLE]], [[Mainframe Entertainment]], [[Production Reed]], [[Studio Gallop]], [[Dong Woo Animation]], [[Actas]], [[Wang Film Productions]], [[GONZO]], [[Sunwoo Entertainment]], [[Industrial Light and Magic]], [[Digital Domain]] and [[Studio 4°C]], other studios involved with Transformers.
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=== Amongst the series they animated: ===


{{creatorworks|with animation}}
* ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' - 61 shorts and a handful of bumpers.
* ''[[Animaniacs]]'' - 61 shorts and a handful of bumpers.
* ''[[Arthur (Animation)|Arthur]]'' - Worked on the first eleven seasons before being replaced by [[Animation Service HK]].
* ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' - Worked on the first eleven seasons before being replaced by [[Animation Service HK]].
* ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]'' - Hired for the first season before being replaced by (a surprisingly inferior) in-house team.
* ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]'' - Hired for the first season before being replaced by (a surprisingly inferior) in-house team.
* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' - 11 episodes. Fired after the episode "Cat Scratch Fever" aired.
* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' - 11 episodes. Fired after the episode "Cat Scratch Fever" aired.
* ''[[The Brothers Flub]]''
* ''[[The Brothers Flub]]''
* ''[[Bucky O'Hare and The Toad Wars (Comic Book)|Bucky O Hare and The Toad Wars]]''
* ''[[Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars|Bucky O Hare and The Toad Wars]]''
* ''[[Conan the Adventurer (Animation)|Conan the Adventurer]]''
* ''[[Conan the Adventurer (animation)|Conan the Adventurer]]''
* ''[[Dilbert (Animation)|Dilbert]]'' - Done alongside [[Rough Draft Studios]] (also their partner on The Simpsons) and [[Yeson Entertainment]].
* ''[[Dilbert (animation)|Dilbert]]'' - Done alongside [[Rough Draft Studios]] (also their partner on The Simpsons) and [[Yeson Entertainment]].
* ''[[Dino Riders]]'' - Hired for the remainder of the show's run after the first two episodes, replacing [[Hanho Heung Up]].
* ''[[Dino Riders]]'' - Hired for the remainder of the show's run after the first two episodes, replacing [[Hanho Heung Up]].
* ''[[Doctor Rabbit]]'s World Tour''
* ''[[Doctor Rabbit]]'s World Tour''
* ''[[Earthworm Jim (Animation)|Earthworm Jim]]''
* ''[[Earthworm Jim (animation)|Earthworm Jim]]''
* ''[[Empress Chung (Animation)|Empress Chung]]'' - AKOM's first major production for the Korean market, worked alongside the North Korean [[Studio SEK]].
* ''[[Empress Chung]]'' - AKOM's first major production for the Korean market, worked alongside the North Korean [[Studio SEK]].
* ''[[Exo Squad (Animation)|Exo Squad]]'' - Replaced [[Sunrise]] after the initial stages of planning.
* ''[[Exo Squad]]'' - Replaced [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] after the initial stages of planning.
* ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' - Animated Adaptation.
* ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' - Animated Adaptation.
* ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'' - Subcontracted by ''[[Disney]]'', of all companies. Six episodes
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'' - Subcontracted by ''[[Disney]]'', of all companies. Six episodes
* ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' & ''[[G.I. Joe Extreme]]''
* ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' & ''[[G.I. Joe Extreme]]''
* ''[[Huntik Secrets and Seekers]]''
* ''[[Huntik Secrets and Seekers]]''
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* ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' - From Season four to the series' end.
* ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' - From Season four to the series' end.
* ''[[My Little Pony]]'' - First two generations and [[The Movie]] (With [[Toei Animation]]).
* ''[[My Little Pony]]'' - First two generations and [[The Movie]] (With [[Toei Animation]]).
* ''[[The Oblongs (Animation)|The Oblongs]]'' - 7 episodes. Remaining six were by [[Rough Draft Studios]].
* ''[[The Oblongs]]'' - 7 episodes. Remaining six were by [[Rough Draft Studios]].
* ''[[Peter Pan and The Pirates]]'' - Amongst other companies, 9 episodes.
* ''[[Peter Pan and The Pirates]]'' - Amongst other companies, 9 episodes.
* ''[[Pinky and The Brain (Animation)|Pinky and The Brain]]'' - certain episodes.
* ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' - certain episodes.
* ''[[Rescue Heroes]]'' - Replaced [[Wang Film Productions|the first company]] from season 2 on.
* ''[[Rescue Heroes]]'' - Replaced [[Wang Film Productions|the first company]] from season 2 on.
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' - Over 200 episodes. The company's most noticeable work and one they still do. They also helped animate the [[The Simpsons Movie (Film)|movie]].
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' - Over 200 episodes. The company's most noticeable work and one they still do. They also helped animate the [[The Simpsons Movie|movie]].
* ''[[Spiral Zone (Animation)|Spiral Zone]]'' - 15 episodes only, the others by [[Visual 80]].
* ''[[Spiral Zone]]'' - 15 episodes only, the others by [[Visual 80]].
* ''[[Teen Days]]''
* ''[[Teen Days]]''
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)|Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' - 22 episodes. One of their episodes had Ink and Paint shipped off to [[Fil Cartoons]] and <ref> Sawdust and Toonsil</ref> mistakenly credited to Wang.
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' - 22 episodes. One of their episodes had Ink and Paint shipped off to [[Fil Cartoons]] and <ref> Sawdust and Toonsil</ref> mistakenly credited to Wang.
* ''[[The Tick]]''
* ''[[The Tick (animation)]]''
* ''[[The Transformers (Animation)|The Transformers]]'' - The company's first noticeable work, 22 episodes (Three ''Season 2'' episodes, sixteen ''Season 3'' episodes and ''The Rebirth'' 3-parter). Done uncredited.
* ''[[The Transformers (animation)|The Transformers]]'' - The company's first noticeable work, 22 episodes (Three ''Season 2'' episodes, sixteen ''Season 3'' episodes and ''The Rebirth'' 3-parter). Done uncredited.
* ''[[Winx Club (Animation)|Winx Club]]''
* ''[[Winx Club]]''
* ''[[X-Men (Animation)|X-Men]]'' - seasons 1-4, and the first five episodes of season 5, later episodes done by [[Philippine Animation Studio Inc]] and [[Hong Ying]].
* ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]'' - seasons 1-4, and the first five episodes of season 5, later episodes done by [[Philippine Animation Studio Inc]] and [[Hong Ying]].


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=== Tropes associated with this Company: ===
* [[Animation Bump]]: Occurs occasionally in some of their shows (''Batman'', ''Transformers'', and ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'') and [[Word of God]] points out that they did the good animation in ''Spiral Zone''. Also appears in ''The Simpsons Movie'' for [[Big Budget Beef Up|obvious]] reasons.
* [[Animation Bump]]: Occurs occasionally in some of their shows (''Batman'', ''Transformers'', and ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'') and [[Word of God]] points out that they did the good animation in ''Spiral Zone''. Also appears in ''The Simpsons Movie'' for [[Big-Budget Beef-Up|obvious]] reasons.
* [[Limited Animation]]: Not to the extent of [[Filmation]] But still present. Of course the founder first worked at such a company<ref>[[De Patie Freleng Enterprises]]</ref>.
* [[Limited Animation]]: Not to the extent of [[Filmation]] But still present. Of course the founder first worked at such a company<ref>[[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises]]</ref>.
** Averted on ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' and ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'', which utilized full animation.
** Averted on ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' and ''[[Animaniacs]]'', which utilized full animation.
* [[Off-Model]]: The studio was fired from ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' because of this.
* [[Off-Model]]: The studio was fired from ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' because of this.
** "Some Enchanted Evening" of ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' had to be reanimated for this very reason; James L. Brooks even said of it, "This is shit." However, it's unknown how much of the blame can be attributed to AKOM, or to Klasky Csupo, the first domestic studio to work on the show.
** "Some Enchanted Evening" of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' had to be reanimated for this very reason; James L. Brooks even said of it, "This is shit." However, it's unknown how much of the blame can be attributed to AKOM, or to Klasky Csupo, the first domestic studio to work on the show.
** "Carnage In C-Minor" is often considered to be one of the worst ''[[Transformers Generation 1 (Franchise)|Transformers Generation 1]]'' episodes, animation wise. Though it can't (and doesn't) do their [[Sarcasm Mode|quality]] justice. It's hard to explain ''what'' extreme AKOM's TF episodes go to without [[Walls of Text]]<ref>Though it's generally agreed amongst the fandom that [[Actas]] [[Transformers Armada|was]] almost as bad</ref>. Each episode is filled to the ''brim'' with errors, such as the wrong character model being used (think "Alice's voice is heard but we see Bob talking; Dave is walking past in the background, but isn't Dave ''dead?!''), layers done wrong that a character will ''''''disappear behind'''''' something that's ''behind him,'' three shots of a group of characters will have three different versions of the roster, including an Autobot with Decepticons or vice versa, and so on. It wasn't just aesthetically displeasing, it was honestly plot-altering sometimes<ref> Of the two Bobs in two places doing different things, which actions were intended as having been Alice's? Did Dave really survive or was that an error?</ref> With AKOM, get used to wondering this kind of thing. They keep getting work because they're cheap, but they are the ''embodiment'' of "You get what you pay for."
** "Carnage In C-Minor" is often considered to be one of the worst ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' episodes, animation wise. Though it can't (and doesn't) do their [[Sarcasm Mode|quality]] justice. It's hard to explain ''what'' extreme AKOM's TF episodes go to without [[Walls of Text]]<ref>Though it's generally agreed amongst the fandom that [[Actas]] [[Transformers Armada|was]] almost as bad</ref>. Each episode is filled to the ''brim'' with errors, such as the wrong character model being used (think "Alice's voice is heard but we see Bob talking; Dave is walking past in the background, but isn't Dave ''dead?!''), layers done wrong that a character will ''''''disappear behind'''''' something that's ''behind him,'' three shots of a group of characters will have three different versions of the roster, including an Autobot with Decepticons or vice versa, and so on. It wasn't just aesthetically displeasing, it was honestly plot-altering sometimes<ref> Of the two Bobs in two places doing different things, which actions were intended as having been Alice's? Did Dave really survive or was that an error?</ref> With AKOM, get used to wondering this kind of thing. They keep getting work because they're cheap, but they are the ''embodiment'' of "You get what you pay for."


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AKOM (short for Animation KOrea Movie Productions) is a South Korean animation studio formed in 1985 by Nelson Shin, a former animator at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and creator of the Lightsaber effects in Star Wars, as well as producer of the original Transformers TV Series and director of the show's (first) full-length toy commercial.

The studio is also responsible for publishing a South Korean magazine called "Animatoon" since 1995. You can probably tell from the title what the magazine's about.

See also Toei Animation, Mook DLE, Mainframe Entertainment, Production Reed, Studio Gallop, Dong Woo Animation, Actas, Wang Film Productions, GONZO, Sunwoo Entertainment, Industrial Light and Magic, Digital Domain and Studio 4°C, other studios involved with Transformers.

with animation created by AKOM include:
Tropes used in AKOM include:
  • Animation Bump: Occurs occasionally in some of their shows (Batman, Transformers, and Tiny Toon Adventures) and Word of God points out that they did the good animation in Spiral Zone. Also appears in The Simpsons Movie for obvious reasons.
  • Limited Animation: Not to the extent of Filmation But still present. Of course the founder first worked at such a company[2].
  • Off-Model: The studio was fired from Batman the Animated Series because of this.
    • "Some Enchanted Evening" of The Simpsons had to be reanimated for this very reason; James L. Brooks even said of it, "This is shit." However, it's unknown how much of the blame can be attributed to AKOM, or to Klasky Csupo, the first domestic studio to work on the show.
    • "Carnage In C-Minor" is often considered to be one of the worst Transformers Generation 1 episodes, animation wise. Though it can't (and doesn't) do their quality justice. It's hard to explain what extreme AKOM's TF episodes go to without Walls of Text[3]. Each episode is filled to the brim with errors, such as the wrong character model being used (think "Alice's voice is heard but we see Bob talking; Dave is walking past in the background, but isn't Dave dead?!), layers done wrong that a character will 'disappear behind' something that's behind him, three shots of a group of characters will have three different versions of the roster, including an Autobot with Decepticons or vice versa, and so on. It wasn't just aesthetically displeasing, it was honestly plot-altering sometimes[4] With AKOM, get used to wondering this kind of thing. They keep getting work because they're cheap, but they are the embodiment of "You get what you pay for."
  1. ↑ Sawdust and Toonsil
  2. ↑ DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
  3. ↑ Though it's generally agreed amongst the fandom that Actas was almost as bad
  4. ↑ Of the two Bobs in two places doing different things, which actions were intended as having been Alice's? Did Dave really survive or was that an error?
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