Best of South Korea: Anime
by d_smojver | created - 01 Dec 2013 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicKorean anime movies are not as good as Japanese, but they have MUCH LESS money, and we all know it's one of the most important criteria in this genre.
So, I guarantee that some of this movies worth MUCH MORE than their current rating shows.
My other lists:
Best of South Korea: Action/Adventure Movies
Best of South Korea: Comedies
Best of South Korea: Crime Movies/Thrillers
Best of South Korea: Drama Movies
Best of South Korea: Horror Movies
Best of South Korea: Romance Movies
Best of South Korea: War/Military Movies
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1. Wonderful Days (2003)
Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
2142: Pollution and climate change wiped out most of Earth's population. Ecoban city is built to withstand this. Suppression results in revolt. A childhood couple find each other as adults on opposing sides.
Director: Moon-saeng Kim | Stars: Andrew Ableson, Cathy Cavadini, Joon-ho Chung, Mark Lindsay
Votes: 9,445 | Gross: $0.03M
2. Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2019)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy. A parody with a twist.
Directors: Hong Sung-ho, Moo-Hyun Jang, Young Sik Uhm | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Claflin, Gina Gershon, Jim Rash
Votes: 5,433
3. Daisy, a Hen Into the Wild (2011)
Not Rated | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Leafie is a hen who manages to escape the horrible conditions of an egg production line. After surviving a harrowing encounter with a one-eyed weasel and being rejected by the barnyard ... See full summary »
Director: Seong-yun Oh | Stars: Moon So-ri, Yoo Seung-ho, Choi Min-sik, Park Chul-min
Votes: 1,051
4. Oseam (2003)
75 min | Animation, Family
Two orphans, Gamie, a young blind girl and her little brother Gil-sun, are taken in by a Buddhist monk. While the shy little girl finds her at ease at the temple, the enthusiastic and ... See full summary »
Director: Baek-yeob Seong
Votes: 744
5. Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox (2007)
86 min | Animation, Fantasy
Some years later, Yobi's soul is released. Yobi becomes human and Geum-ee is probably a grow-up already. It is shown that Geum-ee's soul is blue, meaning that he loves Yobi. she may not understand love and friendship.
Director: Seong-gang Lee | Stars: Son Ye-jin, Ryu Deok-hwan, Kong Hyeong-jin, Lee Jong-goo
Votes: 984
6. The Fake (2013)
101 min | Animation, Drama, Thriller
A convict returns to his home town to again torture his family, face his neighbors and try to destroy the local religious fanatics and their plans to keep money from the village people.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Kwon Hae-hyo, Park Hee-bon, Yang Ik-joon, Kim Jae-rok
Votes: 867
7. Aachi & Ssipak (2006)
R | 90 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
In a future where energy is made from fecal matter, the government rewards defecation with "juicybars". Small-time hustlers try to get rich while fending off the mutated Diaper Gang.
Directors: Jo Beom-jin, Zack Keller, Ed Skudder | Stars: Nick Ainsworth, Yang Jeong-hwa, Zack Keller, Gyu-hwa Lee
Votes: 1,846
8. The King of Pigs (2011)
97 min | Animation, Drama, Thriller
Jong-suk and Kyung-min meet up to talk about their high school past, it's been 15 years since they last talked. It brings up all kinds of memories.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Yang Ik-joon, Oh Jung-se, Hye-na Kim, Kim Kkobbi
Votes: 1,817
9. My Beautiful Girl, Mari (2002)
TV-G | 86 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Two boys find a beautiful world of magic and wonder when they find a magic marble in an old lighthouse. There they meet Mari and can escape from the growing hardships of their home lives
Director: Seong-gang Lee | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Kong Hyeong-jin, Bae Jong-ok, Ahn Sung-ki
Votes: 910
10. Seoul Station (2016)
92 min | Animation, Action, Horror
Several groups of people try to survive a zombie pandemic that unleashes itself in downtown Seoul.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Ryu Seung-ryong, Shim Eun-kyung, Lee Joon, Jang Hyuk-jin
Votes: 7,636
11. The Nut Job (I) (2014)
PG | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An incorrigibly self-serving exiled squirrel finds himself helping his former park brethren survive by raiding a nut store, a location that also happens to be a front for a human gang's bank robbery.
Director: Peter Lepeniotis | Stars: Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl
Votes: 30,248 | Gross: $64.25M
12. Speckles: The Tarbosaurus (2012)
Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A lonely Tarbosaurus named Spekles grows up into a world surrounded by dangers and must fight the One-eye'd monster that once orphaned him.
Director: Han Sang-Ho | Stars: Lee Hyung-suk, Goo Ja-Hyeong, Sin Yong-woo
Votes: 877
13. The Clockwork Girl (2014)
TV-PG | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A nameless robot girl has recently been given the gift of life from her creator, while exploring the wonders of an ordinary world she meets an amazing mutant boy and they share a friendship that must overcome their warring families.
Director: Kevin Konrad Hanna | Stars: Adrian Hough, Jeffrey Tambor, Brad Garrett, Carrie-Anne Moss
Votes: 806
14. Doraemon Nobita no Takarajima (2018)
108 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Upon hearing about the story of Treasure Island, Nobita dreams of discovering and exploring his own treasure island, despite the fact all of the Earth has been mapped already.
Director: Kazuaki Imai | Stars: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ôhara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura
Votes: 1,129
15. Doggy Poo (2003)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Short, Family
Once upon a time, a little doggy poo lived on the side of a road. He felt all alone in the world. He believed that nobody needed him for anything, and that he had no purpose in life. If ... See full summary »
Director: Oh-Sung Kwon | Stars: Fiona Stuart, Josh Smith, Anna Desmarais, Kate Yoon
Votes: 472
16. The Little Penguin Pororo's Racing Adventure (2013)
G | 78 min | Animation, Family, Sport
Curious little penguin Pororo and his friends accidentally cause an airplane to make an emergency landing in their home of Pororo Village. On the airplane are some turtles being shipped to ... See full summary »
Directors: Dong-hoon Choi, Kim Hyun-Ho, Yong-hwa Kim, Young Kyun Park, Shin Tae-ra | Stars: Zhang Qi, Ji Hyun Lee, Anqi Zhang, So-Young Hong
Votes: 250
17. The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (2014)
81 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
An adventure by Il-ho the Satellite Girl and a shy cow to save the world from a black monster.
Director: Hyeong-yoon Jang | Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Jung Yu-mi, Hwang Seok-jeong, Hyeong-yoon Jang
Votes: 468
18. A Dog's Courage (I) (2018)
TV-PG | 102 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Stray dogs who have been abandoned by humans find "a place without humans" and realize their identities and the meaning of freedom and self-identity.
Directors: Chun-Baek Lee, Seong-yun Oh, Jennifer Alyx | Stars: Do Kyung-soo, Park So-dam, Park Chul-min, Kimmie Britt
Votes: 241
19. Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019)
111 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Nobita saw a moon turned yellow last night and told his class about it but they think it's funny. Doraemon gives him the "History Explorers Club Badge" and discovers there's life on the moon. Until a new student changed him forever.
Directors: Lee Jeong-beom, Shinnosuke Yakuwa | Stars: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ôhara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura
Votes: 1,209
20. Dooly the Little Dinosaur: The Adventure of Ice Planet (1996)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An iceberg travels from Antartica to Han River, Korea. When it thaws, Doolie the baby dinosaur emerges. Having nowhere to go, he decides to stay with Gil-dong, a typical Korean middle-aged man.
Director: Kyung Won Lim
Votes: 110
21. The House (2011)
72 min | Animation
A woman living in a small house meets a cat and finds a special piece of jewelry allowing her to see the spirits of the house. Later, she finds it is up to her to prevent the city from ... See full summary »
Directors: Joo-Young Ban, Hyun-jin Lee, Jae-ho Lee, Eun-Young Park, Mi-sun Park | Stars: Jeong-ho Choi, Ha Jae-suk, Kim Kkobbi
Votes: 74
22. Green Days (2010)
98 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Not wanting to lose, Yi-rang orchestrates a collapse in the middle of a relay race even though she's on the verge of giving up her dream of becoming an athlete. At the same time, Soo-min ... See full summary »
Directors: Jae-hoon Ahn, Hye-jin Han | Stars: Song Chang-ui, Hye-yeong Jeon, Joo-Ae Seo, Park Shin-hye
Votes: 88
23. Life Is Cool (2008)
98 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Il-gon is back in Korea after studying in the U.S. to find a bride to return with him, and asks his best friends, Tae-young and Sung-hoon, for help. When Il-gon finds the right woman, the ... See full summary »
Director: Equan Choi | Stars: Kim Soo-ro, Kang Seong-jin, Jin-su Kim, Park Yejin
Votes: 65
24. Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis (2017)
53 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Shimajiro and friends tour the dig bug robot which breaks down in the middle of the desert. Shimajiro meets a girl named Coco who was separated from her mother in a sandstorm, and they look for her together.
Directors: Isamu Hirabayashi, Hiro Takashima | Stars: Omi Minami, Saori Sugimoto, Takumi Yamazaki, Miki Takahashi
Votes: 114
25. Mangchi (2003)
TV-Y7 | 80 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An orphan rescues a princess from a villainous general and flies her home on his solar-powered tricycle.
Director: Tae-geun Ahn | Stars: Seo-young Kim, Jeong-min Bae, Yong-jun Kim, Seok-pil Choi
Votes: 122
26. Robot Taekwon V (1976)
76 min | Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
Robot Taekwon is a Robot that was built by a super-heroic team so it could help them fight monsters that have been destroying the world. So it's up to Robot Taekwon and some heroes to become saviours of the world.
Director: Cheong-gi Kim | Stars: Young-dal Lee, Do-young Song, Moon-hee Woo, Kim Young-ok
Votes: 100
27. On the White Planet (2015)
73 min | Animation
In an unknown time when everything is colorless, the world pale and desolate, everybody is born with similarly pale white skin. There is absolutely no sign of color in this world at all. ... See full summary »
Director: Bum-wook Hur | Stars: Hong Bum-ki, Son Chong-Hwan, Cho Min-su, Seo Yoon-sun
Votes: 32
28. Empress Chung (2005)
93 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A young princess makes a drastic decision in order to save her father's eyesight.
Director: Nelson Shin
Votes: 30
29. Blade of the Phantom Master (2004)
TV-MA | 87 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
A nameless hero in command of a secret human weapon arises from the ashes of the fallen Jushin empire to defend the people from zombies, cannibals and beasts.
Directors: Jôji Shimura, Ha Yoo | Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Park So-dam, Kim Eui-sung, Lee Young-ah
Votes: 429
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