Since its beginning, television animation has been popular for both children and adults because of easy storylines and cute characters. Diverse countries have their own television animations, and everyone probably has their own favorite TV animation. Korea also has its own TV animations.
  The history of Korean animation started in 1967. The first long animation that was aired on TV was ‘Gold Bat’. Because it was a collaborated animation with Japan, ‘Gold Bat’ was not Korea’s own animation. Korea’s own TV animation began to gain its popularity because of ‘Dooly the Little Dinosaur’, which was first aired in 1987. The story was about a green little dinosaur who suddenly came to Seoul from a glacial period. Also, this animation showed a touching story about Dooly and his mother. After television animations gained popularity thanks to Dooly, Korea jumped into the animation business and produced many other animations. ‘Run, Hanie’ was the first domestic animation series. It made a big hit, and in a survey of preferences for TV programs, ‘Run, Hanie’ was chosen to be the best TV program among elementary students at that time. Lots of TV animations were produced, and among those, ‘Fly, Superboard’, which was aired in the 1990s, had the highest viewing ratings. Due to its popularity, it had multiple seasons until 1998. In 2003, ‘Porong Porong Pororo’, the TV animation for preschool children, was produced. It gained worldwide popularity because of the good scenarios and cute characters.
  Animations are made all over the world, and most people have their own memorable animations. Aren’t you curious about which TV animations other people prefer?

 By Seo Yeo-ryung

yr34@cbnu.ac.kr

What’s your favorite domestic TV animation?

Shi Lai (China): ‘Mole Manor’ was my favorite TV animation. There was an online game, which used the same characters and similar stories, so it felt more fun.
Rakesh Sharma(India): To me, India’s best TV animation is ‘Chhota Bheem’. It is a super hit series in India. It’s really fun and interesting.

What’s the plot of the animations?

Shi Lai(China): It’s really simple story about a hero who rescues the village, which a wicked wizard attacks.
Rakesh Sharma(India): Bheem, who is extremely strong, is a main character. The series revolves around Bheen. He is brave, strong and intelligent. He solves everyone’s problems and defeats enemies in and around Dholakpur.

Is there any other famous TV animations in your country?

Shi Lai(China): ‘Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf’ is really famous in China. In Korea, there is ‘Pororo’, but in China there is ‘Xi Yang Yang’, the main character of ‘Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf’. The animation has the best viewing rates record in China among Chinese TV animations. Also, there are many plays, music videos and advertisements which used ‘Xi Yang Yang’.
Rakesh Sharma(India): ‘Krishna Balram’ is also famous  in India. It’s the story following through the capers of Krishna, Balram, and Radha. It’s the story about the action adventures of the characters.