Creator / Sei Young

Sei Young (founded in 1981, and later known as Sei Young Anitel) was a Seoul based South Korean Animation studio, mostly hired to do work on shows by other companies (whether North American or Japanese, usually with Toei Animation). In 1993, it merged with Island Animation to form Animagic Studio, which worked on The Rugrats Movie (uncredited), The Ripping Friends, Alex and Alexis, The Maroons, Carnaby Street, and The Beatles, among others before it too went defunct and merged with Dong Woo Animation.

See also DR Movie and JM Animation, other South Korean studios doing work from other companies.

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Sei Young's work includes (Works outsourced by Toei marked with *) :

Original works

• Wandering Magpie (With Dai Won and Shin Won)

Western Animation

• Bubsy (Pilot)
• Camp Candy (1992) (uncredited)
• Captain N: The Game Master (First season)
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers
• The Chipmunks (season 8)
• Defenders of the Earth
• Flash Gordon (1996) (with Akom)
• G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero* (at least 1 episode - "Haul Down the Heavens"; also provided Animation and Storyboards for season one of the DiC series)
• Guyver (Illustrations; Cinematography, OVA episodes 8, 11 & 12)
• Journey to the Heart of the World (aka Les Voyages de Corentin)
• The Legend of Prince Valiant
• The Moo Family Holiday Hoe-Down (TV special)
• The Odyssey: A Journey Back Home (ink and paint; animation by Bon Art)
• Phantom2040
• Prince of Atlantis, The
• ProStars (With Dong Woo Animation)
• The Real Ghostbusters (Season 6 only, with A.C. Productions; other studios that worked on the show include TMS Entertainment, Wang Film Productions, Toei, Hanho Heung-Up, Visual 80, Koko Enterprises, Dai Won, Shin Won, Saerom/Plus One Animation, Trans Arts & KK C&D Asia)
• Saban's Around the World in Eighty Dreams (aka Les Aventures de Carlos)
• Saban's Gulliver's Travels (1992 series)
• The Smurfs* (uncredited)
• Space Strikers
• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
  • The Legend of Zelda
  • The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
• Sylvanian Families (with KKC&D, Mook and TMS)
• The Transformers* ^List"A Plague of Insecticons" (Season 1, also storyboarded "Heavy Metal War" for Ashi Productions); "Attack of the Autobots" (with Kaname Productions), "The Immobilizer", "Day of the Machines", "Enter the Nightbird", "The Master Builders", "The God Gambit", "The Gambler", "Hoist Goes Hollywood", "The Search for Alpha Trion", "The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2", "Starscream's Brigade" (with Nakamura Productions), "Masquerade", "B.O.T." (Season 2; also storyboarded "City of Steel" for Mihahn, "Child's Play" and "Sea Change"); "The Ultimate Weapon" (with Studio Look), "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1" (Season 3); also animated the episode "Surprise Party", also for Season 3
• Twinkle: The Dream Being
• Where's Wally? (1991)
• Widget the World Watcher

Anime

• Albegas*
• Anime Sanjuushi (With Studio Gallop)
• Galaxy Express 999*
• Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick
• Laserion*
• Montana Jones (xerography)
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (animation co-producer with Studio Gainax & Group TAC; also had a hand in the film)
• Transformers: Beast Wars II (Key, Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Assistance. Outsourced by Ashi Productions)

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Tropes associated with Sei Young:

• Animated Adaptation: The Real Ghostbusters and the Mario & Zelda cartoons.
• Limited Animation: Seen in their DIC and Saban work, especially the Mario and Zelda cartoons.
• Merchandise-Driven: Again, the Mario and Zelda cartoons.
• Production Posse: DiC heavily used Sei Young during the late '80s/early '90s. Also used by Calico on two of their shows, and on the Bubsy pilot.

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