Creator / Dong Woo Animation

Dong Woo Animation (also known as Dong Woo A&E Co. Ltd. since 2013) is a Seoul based South Korean animation studio. It's has been the main outsourcing firm of owner Studio Gallop since 1994.

Since its inception in 1991, Dong Woo has made a name for itself in animating both western cartoons and Anime. Since 2002, Dong Woo Animation has been the main overseas animation production house for Warner Bros. Animation, along with Lotto Animation, Yeson Entertainment, Digital eMation and MOI Animation. It has also collaborated with Tatsunoko Production in recent years.

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Shows worked on by Dong Woo:

Original work

• Africa.a.F.r.I.c.A
• BASToF Syndrome
• Bristol Expedition
• Mateo, The Great Pig Pirate
• Olympus Guardian (with SBS)
• Sinarak
• Uniminipet

Anime, identified

• Akazukin Chacha
• Animal Yokocho
• Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (Key Animation)
• Demonic Armor Psybuster (Finish & In-Between Animation for episode 6)
• Dooly the Little Dinosaur (Movie and recent series)
• Hime-chan's Ribbon (Animation Cooperation)
• Initial D (Finish & In-Between Animation)
• Kikou Keisatsu Metal Jack (Key Animation)
• Kochikame (Finish & In-Between Animation for the series. In-Between Animation for UFO Shurai! Tornado Daisakusen)
• Kodocha (Animation Cooperation)
• Legendz
• Nurse Angel Ririka SOS (Animation Cooperation)
• Piano (Key & In-Between Animation)
• Pretty Series
  • Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future and Rainbow Live (With Tatsunoko Production, also provided Production Assistance to Aurora Dream)
  • PriPara (the successor to Pretty Rhythm, also with Tatsunoko Production)
  • Kiratto Pri☆Chan (also with Tatsunoko)
  • Waccha PriMagi! (also with Tatsunoko)
  • Himitsu no AiPri (with OLM Incorporated)
• Rurouni Kenshin (In-Between Animation; Final Line; Color)
• Scan 2 Go (Backgrounds; Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
• Steamboy (In-Between Animation)
• Tank Knights Portriss (with Sunrise)
• Tetsujin 28-go Gao! (In-Between Animation)
• Transformers: Robots in Disguise (Animation Cooperation)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! (Animation Cooperation for all series, uncredited for 5Ds)
• Zoobles

Anime, Unspecified work

• Ah! My Goddess (First OVA series)
• Cyborg 009 (2001 series)
• Genji Tsuushin Agedama
• La Corda D'Oro - primo passo
• Moldiver

Korean Animation

• The Haunted House: The Secret of the Ghost Ball (support animation)

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Western Animation

• Baby Looney Tunes (season 2 with Yearim)
• The Batman (30 episodes)^List"The Bat in the Belfry", "The Man Who Would Be Bat", "The Big Heat", "Topsy Turvy", "Clayface of Tragedy", "The Laughing Bat", "Meltdown", "JTV", "Ragdolls to Riches", "Batgirl Begins Part 1", "A Fistful of Felt", "RPM", "Brawn", "Fleurs de Mal", "Thunder", "Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind", "A Matter of Family", "Clayfaces", "Strange New World", "Artifacts", "Seconds", "The Joining Parts 1 & 2", "The Batman/Superman Story Part 2", "White Heat", "Joker Express", "Ring Toss", "The Metal Face of Comedy", "The End of Batman", "Lost Heroes Part 1"
  • The Batman vs. Dracula
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold (13 episodes)^List"Evil Under the Sea!", "Dawn of the Dead Man!", "Return of the Fearsome Fangs!", "Trials of the Demon!", "Duel of the Double Crossers!", "When OMAC Attacks!", "Revenge of the Reach!", "Clash of the Metal Men!", "The Power of Shazam!", "Requiem For a Scarlet Speedster!", "Menace of the Madniks!", "Cry Freedom Fighters!", "The Malicious Mr. Mind!"
• Batman: Gotham Knight (Additional Animation for Deadshot, with Madhouse)
• Bee and Puppycat (with OLM Incorporated)
• Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (6 episodes) ^List "Really Big Guy", "Donovan's Brainiac", "Patriot Games", "Nephew of Neugog", "Double Time Parts 1 & 2"
• Black Dynamite (9 episodes)^Listall episodes from season 1 except "Seed of Kurtis AKA Father Is Just Another Word for Motherf*cker", which is done by Hanho Heung-Up instead (replaced by Moi Animation in season 2)
• Blood of Zeus
• The Boondocks (Season 1 and Season 2, with Lotto Animation, Moi Animation and Madhouse, 19 episodes)^List"The Garden Party", "The Trial of R. Kelly", "Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner", "The Story of Gangstalicious" (with Lotto), "A Huey Freeman Christmas" (also with Lotto), "The Real", "Let's Nab Oprah", "Wingmen", "The Passion of Reverend Ruckus" in Season 1; "Thank You for Not Snitching", "Stinkmeaner Strikes Back", "The Story of Thugnificent", "Attack of the Killer Kung-Fu Wolf Bitch", "Shinin'", "Invasion of the Katrinians", "Home Alone", "The Story of Catcher Freeman", "The Hunger Strike", "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show" in season 2
• Bravest Warriors (Frederator Cartoon Hangover shorts)
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers (First project; DiC seasons)
• Chaotic (M'arillian Invasion)
• Dante's Inferno: The Animated Epic (The "Gluttony" and "Greed" segments. Movie animated alongside Moi, Digital eMation, Production I.G, Big Star, Manglobe, JM Animation and Film Roman)
• Dawn of the Croods (8 episodes) ^List"Wet Hot Ahhh! Valley Summer Grug Vs. The Moon", "The Eep-Over/Thunkytown", "Night of the Living Croods/A Spoonful of Soo-gar", "A Gran Day Out", "The First Picture Show", "The Crood Who Knew Too Much/Scent of a Thunk", "It Crushes/Rebel Without a Paws", "Croodtopia/Hands on a Hard Egg"
• Dead Space: Aftermath
• Dragon Tales
• Geronimo Stilton (season 2, with Toon City, Snipple Animation and Bang On Animation)
• Godzilla: The Series (6 episodes)^List"Bug Out", "What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been", "Metamorphosis", "The Twister", "Where Is Thy Sting?", "Tourist Trap"
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)
• Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (4 episodes)^List"The Collector", "The Skaar Whisperer", "The Trouble With Machines", "For Asgard"
• Imaginext: Fortress of the Dragon
• Jackie Chan Adventures (50 episodes)^List"The Dark Hand", "The Mask of El Toro Fuerte", "Shell Game", "Tough Break", "The Rock", "The Dog and Piggy Show", "Day of the Dragon", "Through the Rabbit Hole", "Mother of All Battles", "The Stronger Evil", "Jade Times Jade", "Rumble in the Big House", "Shanghai Moon", "The Lotus Temple", "Armor of the Gods", "Agent Tag", "Tale of the Demon Tail", "Danger in the Deep Freeze", "The King and Jade", "The New Atlantis", "The Eighth Door", "Demon World Parts 1 & 2", "Enter the Cat", "Pleasure Cruise", "Chi of the Vampire", "The Good, the Bad, the Blind, the Deaf, and the Mute", "Re-Enter the J-Team", "Viva Las Jackies", "Monkey a Go-Go", "Rabbit Run", "The Invisible Mom", "Little Valmont, Big Jade", "Re-Enter the Dragon", "A Night at the Opera", "Attack of the J-Clones", "The Mask of the Shadowkhan", "The Amazing T-Troop", "The Demon Behind", "Half a Mask of Kung Fu", "The Good Guys", "Deja Vu", "The J-Tots", "Relics of Demon Past", "Black and White and Chi All Over", "The Demon Beneath My Wings, "Antler Action", "Stealing Thunder", "The Powers That Be Part 2, "J2 Revised" (including the title animation)
• Justice League
• Justice League Unlimited
• Khuda Yana
• Krypto the Superdog (with Top Draw, Studio B Productions, Mercury Filmworks, Lotto and Starburst Animation)
• Legion of Super Heroes (13 episodes) ^List"Man of Tomorrow", "Legacy", "Champions", "Brain Drain", "Child's Play", "Chain of Command", "Sundown Part 2", "The Man from the Edge of Tomorrow Part 2", "Chained Lightning", "Who Am I?", "Message in a Bottle", "Trials", "Dark Victory Part 1"
• Loonatics Unleashed (13 episodes)^List"Loonatics on Ice", "The Cloak of Black Velvet", "Going Underground", "The World is My Circus", "Sypher", "Acmegeddon, pts. I & II", "A Creep in the Deep", "I Am Slamacus", "Apocalypso", "Cape Duck", "It Came From Outer Space", "The Music Villain" (plus the title sequences for both seasons)^NoteThe former season title sequence is also done by DR Movie
• Magi-Nation
• Men in Black: The Series
• Mummies Alive!
• Oggy and the Cockroaches (season 4, with Armada TMT)
• Ozzy & Drix (with Wang Film Productions) (13 episodes) ^List"Home With Hector", "A Lousy Haircut", "Oh, My Dog", "Where There's Smoke" "The Globfather", "Sugar Shock", "An Out of Body Experience Parts 1 & 2", "The Conqueror Worm", "Tricky Ricardo", "Aunti Histamine" , Supplements, "Journey to the Center of the Tooth"
• ProStars (With Sei Young)
• The Spectacular Spider-Man (6 episodes) ^List"Interactions", "Market Forces", "The Invisible Hand", "Persona", "Destructive Testing", "Opening Night"
  • Ultimate Spider-Man
• Static Shock (17 episodes) ^List"The Big Leagues", "Power Play", "Duped", "Hard as Nails", "Gear", "Shebang", "Showtime", "Toys in the Hood", "The Parent Trap", "Blast From the Past", "Future Shock", "Out of Africa" "Army of Darkness", "Linked", "Wet and Wild", "Now You See Him", "Power Outage" (including the main title animation for seasons 3 & 4)
• Teen Titans (40 episodes)^List"Divide and Conquer", "Final Exam", "Forces of Nature", "Nevermore", "Deep Six", "Mad Mod", "Apprentice Parts I & II", "How Long is Forever?", "Terra", "Only Human", "Date With Destiny", "Transformation", "Winner Take All", "Betrayal", "Aftershock Part 1", "Deception", "Bethrothed", "Crash", "Spellbound", "Revolution", "The Beast Within", "Can I Keep Him?", "Titans East Parts I & II", "The Lost Episode" (with Lotto), "Cyborg The Barbarian", "The Quest", "TROQ", "Stranded", "Mother Mae-Eye", "The End Parts II & III", "Homecoming Part I", "Trust", "Snowblind", "Hide and Seek", "Revved Up", "Calling All Titans", "Things Change" (the rest of the episodes by Lotto)
  • Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) (157 episodes; with uncredited assistance by SEK Studio and Triple A)
  • Turtles Forever
• Turbo F.A.S.T.
• Ultimate Avengers
• W.I.T.C.H. (Second season, replacing Wang Film and Hong Ying)
• What's New, Scooby-Doo? (with Wang Film, Lotto and Starburst, 16 episodes) ^List"There's No Creature Like Snow Creature", "3-D-Struction", "Riva Ras Regas", "She Sees Sea Monsters by the Sea Shore", "Lights Camera Mayhem", "Big Appetite in Little Tokyo", "High Tech House of Horrors", "A Scooby-Doo Halloween", "The San Franpsycho", "Recipe for Disaster", "Its All Greek to Scooby", "Fright House of a Lighthouse", "A Scooby-Doo Valentine", "Ready to Scare", "Block-Long Hong Kong Horror", "E-Scream"
  • Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (19 episodes, alongside Lotto Animation, Digital eMation, Saerom and Rough Draft) ^List"The Secret of Ghost Rig", "The Song of Mystery", "In Fear of the Phantom", "The Secret Serum", "Mystery Solvers Club State Finals", "Escape from Mystery Manor", "The Siren's Song", "A Haunting in Crystal Cove", "Pawn of Shadows", "Web of the Dreamweaver", "The Gathering Gloom", "Night Terrors", "Wrath of the Krampus", "Aliens Among Us", "Dance of the Undead", "Stand and Deliver", "Nightmare in Red", "Dark Night of the Hunters", "Come Undone"
  • All the 2004-2006 made-for-video Scooby-Doo animated movies.
  • Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! (6 episodes) ^List"More Fondue for Scooby-Doo", "Party Arty", "Lightning Strikes Twice", "Chefs of Steel", "Almost Ghosts", "Big Trouble"
  • The 2014-2015 13 Spooky Tales mini-movies
• What About Mimi? (season 3, with Mercury Filmworks)
• Yvon of the Yukon (season 2, with Mercury Filmworks)
• The Zeta Project (2 episodes)^List"Cabin Pressure", "The Wrong Morph"
• Zig & Sharko (with Armada TMT)

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Tropes associated with Dong Woo:

• Animation Bump: Ninja Turtles and Dante's Inferno are the best examples.
• Animesque: Some of its western works, partially due to being owned by an anime company.
• International Co Production: Plenty, with TMNT 2003, the later Pretty Series entries and Yvon of the Yukon among the highlights.
• Latex Perfection: They're usually better at animating this than other Korean studios.

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