Company Name: Studio ANIMAL Co., ltd.

Address: 202-1006 Chun-ui Techno-park II, 420-859, Chun-ui-dong, Won-mi-gu, Buchon city, Kyunggi-do, Korea

Business Category: Animation Production/ Licensing Business

Business Subcategory: Animation Production/ Game Production

Contact Information

• Telephone: 82-32-623-0242
• Fax: 82-32-623-0245
• Email: vert1@studioanimal.co.kr / jango@studioanimal.co.kr
• Contact: Kim Ji-Hye
• Title: Marketing Manager
• Website: www.studioanimal.co.kr
• Twitter, Myspace, Facebook Address: N/A

Partners: Toei Animation , BRB International, Sony Pictures

Company Profile

StudioANIMAL is an animation production studio that delivers high quality entertainment that can be enjoyed by anyone. People at StudioANIMAL are working hard to provide better animation and game as well as become a leader in the digital entertainment industry. StudioAnimal aims to become a world-leading animation company.

Who We Are

• Describe your current business status in the local/global market.

In Korea, Ghost Messenger is ranked as number 1 animation as facing a launch date of Original Video Animation (OVA). The company is working on theatre animation for other production companies.

Outside of Korea, the company produced TV series last year and is currently in the discussion of investment on Ghost Messenger.

• What are your key products.

Ghost Messenger is an Asian fantasy animation set in a digital age. A compelling storyline describes endless fights against digitized demons downloaded into a mobile phone.

• What are your company’s main strengths?

StudioAnimal is a creator-centric company that shows its high quality and creative productions.

• What are the greatest challenges, both from a creative and business standpoint that companies like yours face in today’s economy?

To create the animation market for teenagers and build a production infrastructure that allows producing animations. Also, to create an animation that moves people all around the world.

• What are your plans for 2010

StudioAnimal will air the first installment of Ghost Messenger Original Video Animation series in March 2010 and produce all six installments by March 2011. Ghost Messenger TV series is also in the process of production. In 2010 StudioAnimal will aggressively branch out into the global market.