Sin Hae-cheol (신해철)

2007/10/04 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Singer Sin Hae-cheol is a symbolic music icon demonstrating that the music circle also addresses and openly talks about social issues. We more often see him on stage under his famous moniker 'Mawang' (meaning devil or ghost) than as a musician. As the host of the radio show , he has one of the most influential voices in show business. His remarks on the Taliban hostage crisis or his calls for the revival of music chart programs immediately make it to newspapers. Viewers are more interested in his harsh remarks as a judge of contestants on the reality TV than his career as a singer. Talks on issues such as sex and gambling unfold in the he hosts on a comedy cable channel.


Revival of '90s Rock Band

Sin's career is in line with the post '90s Korean pop music history. His band Muhangwedo's 1988 win at the College Song Fest with the song 'To You' revived student rock bands. His hit solo album of songs that he personally wrote and put lyrics to and the formation of the band 'Nex...

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2007/06/07 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

The animation "Aachi and Ssipak" (director: Jo Beom-Jin; production: JTeam Studio) won the grand prix at the 2007 Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (SICAF 2007),which was concluded at the end of last month.

Of the more than 350 feature-length and short animation films invited from 41 countries and 169 official selections, "Aachi and Ssipak" competed against some of the best animated films such as "Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox" (Korea; director: Lee Seong-Gang), Lotte From Gadgetville (Estonia), and The Khan Kluay: Elephant King (Thailand), and won the grand prix for its storyline's uniqueness and creativity and exceptional quality.

Having received much attention as some of Korea's top actors, such as Ryoo Seung-Beom, Im Chang-Jeong, Hyeon Yeong, and Sin Hae-Cheol, lent their voices to the characters in "Aachi and Ssipak", the film had premiered in Korea in June last year and had been chosen as a star project by the Korea Culture and Content Agency (KOCCA, CEO: Suh,...

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2006/07/11 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Actors from the original sitcom lend their voices to Hello, Francesca

Hello, Francesca, MBC's hugely popular sitcom, has been re-released as an animated film and a comic book.

Hyoin Animation announced recently that it is screening the animated film version of Francesca, a collaboration between Whiteline and Orange Animation Studio, at the opening of the Pucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (PIFAN) on July 13.

Completed after 10 months of production, the comic animation, based on the characters of the first season of the TV sitcom Hello, Francesca, is about a family of vampires who came to live in the world of mortals and find themselves escaping one crisis after another.

What is particularly interesting is that actors in the original sitcom such as Park Seul-gi (Sophia), Sin Hae-cheol (Andre), Lee Doo-il (Doo-il), or "Lee Kyeon" (Kyeon) also lent their voices to their characters in the animation.

After its screening at the PIFAN on July 14, 16, and 18, Frances...

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2006/06/25 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

The x-rated animated movie "Aachi And Ssipak" finally has its domestic release on June 28. With a title combining a Korean world for "bum" and a term of abuse, it took some eight years for the movie to hit the screen after it was first conceived, director Jo Beom-jin says. The production team braved financial and other hardships in sticking to one principle: Forget about sending a message or educating the public. Fun is the only thing that matters in this movie. The posters duly warn, "This movie is unsuitable for teenagers, pregnant women and those with heart trouble", but even mature and physically fit viewers for whom etiquette and courtesy are important values need to think twice before out seeing the movie.

The fact that it took eight years to release "Aachi And Ssipak" reflects how the animated movie industry has been suffering. When a three-minute flash animated clip offered audiences a sneak preview in 2001, it attracted three million Netizens, with the movie originally sche...

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