Hammer Boy (2004) - 망치

2006 Korea Film Festival Opens in London

2006/09/20 | Source | Permalink |

The 2006 Korea Film Festival will open in London September 27.

Organized by the Korean Culture Center in the U.K. and the Korea Culture & Content Agency, this year's festival will mark the year of mutual visits to South Korea and the U.K. The festival will screen eight domestic hit movies and four anime films for families with the aim of raising British public interest in Korean films. The eight films include "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance", "Marathon", "Welcome to Dongmakgol", "April Snow" and "Crying Fist", among others. The anime films include "Pororo to the Cookie Castle", "Shark Bait" and "Hammer boy".

"Typhoon" directed by Kwak Gyeong-taek, who had previously been invited to the London Film Festival for his movies "Friend" and "Mutt Boy", has been selected as the opening film of the Korea Film Festival.

After the screening of "Typhoon" on the first day of the festival, the film's director will meet with audiences at a talk show that will be hosted by a film critic from the...| More

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'Hammer boy' seems to receive resilience for the Middle East inroads

2005/04/14 | Source | Permalink |

As home-made animation 'Hammer boy' receives the Grand Prix from children screening committee at the 15th Cairo International Children Film Festival held from Apri 3-10 in Cairo, Egypt, the animation's inroads into the Middle East market is likely to receive resilience with this time Film Festival's awarding as a momentum.

This time's Grand Prix was decided by a vote after children from 40 countries around the globe previewed participation films during its event period.

Character Plan, Hammer boy's production firm, said, "This time's award is forecast to become a great help for the Middle East inroads of animation Hammer boy", adding Hammer boy receives continuous interest about succeeding animation production.

Mangchi, the Hammer boy, an anime feature that bears strong resemblance to much of Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki's work, uses this influence to advantage in its dazzling, intricately rendered and designed visuals; its lovable and colorful characters, a little girl wi...| More

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Korea's First Animation Theater to Open Jan. 19

2005/01/17 | Source | Permalink |

Seoul AniCinema, Korea's first animation film theater, will open on Jan. 19. The Seoul metropolitan government and the Seoul Industry Promotion Foundation have decided to open Seoul AniCinema in the Seoul Animation Center in Yejang-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul. The theater will show domestically produced animation movies.

Establishing a theater that specializes exclusively in animation movies has been a long-cherished dream of Korean animation film producers. Marketing domestically produced animation movies has been a quite challenging task so far. Most animation productions had to be presented in tie-in deals or withdrawn from cinemas ahead of schedule due to the aggressive marketing of blockbuster movies.

As its opening film, Seoul AniCinema will show "Hammer Boy", based on the original comic book by Huh Young-man, from Jan. 19 through Feb. 9.
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`Hammerboy' Pucca Picked as Year's Top in Animations, Characters

2004/12/03 | Source | Permalink |

By Lee Yong-sung
Staff Reporter

Animation film "Mangchi (Hammer Boy)" and cute cheeky girl Pucca were selected by Korea Culture & Contents Agency (KOCCA) as the winners in the local animation and cartoon character field for 2004.

" Hammer Boy", the feature animation based on a popular comic book by Huh Young-man, was chosen as the winner of the Presidential Award for Best Animation. It beat out 47 other animations, including second-place winners "Wanghu Simchung (Empress Shimchung)", "In the Forest" and "Fortress".

Pucca, created in 2000 as part of a popular line of online greeting cards, will receive the Best Character Award for the second consecutive year.

Second place awards in cartoon characters went to Mashimaro, also known as "Yopgi Tokki (Bizarre Rabbit)", baby dinosaur Dooly, popular computer game character Fortress and Pororo the Little Penguin.

The cartoonist Huh, who is in his late 50s, will receive the Best Cartoon Award for "Sikgaek", a comic book abo...| More

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Hammer Boy Showings Extended, Success Anticipated

2004/08/17 | Source | Permalink |

Showings of Hammer Boy will be extended to more theatres since its first screening on August 5. Sold-out march of the animation at major theatres such as Mega Box and CGV last weekend has shed a bright light of success.

Seoul Theatre started the showing on August 9, and more theatres in Gwangju and Honam areas are joining the Hammer Boy group. Many theatres are volunteering to invite the animation for showing after observing the unprecedented success during the first week. It is a good news for Korea's animation industry that has been suffering with an unfavorable distribution environment.

Hammer Boy takes the perspective of children between 5 and 10 years old to target family-unit audiences. Children of the main target age group were invited as the monitoring members from the early stages of production; results were taken into consideration in animating and storyline works.

A new distribution strategy of official wide release reflective of the production team's confiden...| More

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