culture

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un’s inspection of the Korea April 26 Animation Studio in 2014.

The studio has since made a fresh advance in the production of cartoon films.

The scope of cartoon film creation, which was confined to merely several themes for students and children, has been expanded to cover more themes for adults as well, and, in particular, remarkable progress has been made in enhancing the cognitive and educative significance of the films.

The production team of the studio has produced many cartoon films, including the 100-part cartoon The Boy General and the cartoon series The Clever Raccoon Dog, with highly artistic representation and distinctive techniques and skills of creation.

The new historical cartoon film Ko Jumong, whose hero is King Ko Jumong who made patriotic efforts for the great cause of building a powerful Koguryo, deeply impresses the audience as it vividly depicts the environment and persons at that time by means of rich scenes free from the existing patterns, distinctive framework of the story and Korean-style 3D image processing technology.

The studio has also produced many interesting cartoon films of great cognitive and educative value for children.

They include Laver-rice Rolls Cooked by Hyok I which tells about foods that should not be eaten together, Replanted Pine Nut Tree which explains how to plant trees and Let Us Observe Traffic Regulations Correctly which inspires children to observe traffic regulations voluntarily. They are popular with children as they suit their psychology and emotional feelings and are based on various techniques of creation invented by the creators.

The creators produced the historical cartoon film Prince Hodong and Princess of Rangnang with a higher level of production technology.

The film has drawn the great interest of the audience as it impressively depicts the might of once-powerful Koguryo and the story of true love between the prince and princess.

The production team, which is now conducting a drive for producing fresher and better cartoons in line with the global trend of development in animation, is now receiving continuous requests of the people for producing much more cartoon films.