Dong Woo Animation (also known as Dong Woo A&E Co. Ltd. since 2013) is a Seoul based South Korean animation studio. It's has been the main outsourcing firm of owner Studio Gallop since 1994.
Since its inception in 1991, Dong Woo has made a name for itself in animating both western cartoons and Anime. Since 2002, Dong Woo Animation has been the main overseas animation production house for Warner Bros. Animation, along with Lotto Animation, Yeson Entertainment, Digital eMation and MOI Animation. It has also collaborated with Tatsunoko Production in recent years.
Shows worked on by Dong Woo:
Original work- Africa.a.F.r.I.c.A
- BASToF Syndrome
- Bristol Expedition
- Mateo, The Great Pig Pirate
- Olympus Guardian (with SBS)
- Sinarak
- Uniminipet
Anime, identified
- Akazukin Chacha
- Animal Yokocho
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (Key Animation)
- Demonic Armor Psybuster (Finish & In-Between Animation for episode 6)
- Dooly the Little Dinosaur (Movie and recent series)
- Initial D (Finish & In-Between Animation)
- Kikou Keisatsu Metal Jack (Key Animation)
- Kochikame (Finish & In-Between Animation for the series. In-Between Animation for UFO Shurai! Tornado Daisakusen)
- Legendz
- Piano (Key & In-Between Animation)
- Pretty Series
- Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future and Rainbow Live (With Tatsunoko Production, also provided Production Assistance to Aurora Dream)
- PriPara (the successor to Pretty Rhythm, also with Tatsunoko Production)
- Kiratto Pri☆Chan (also with Tatsunoko)
- Waccha PriMagi! (also with Tatsunoko)
- Rurouni Kenshin (In-Between Animation; Final Line; Color)
- Scan 2 Go (Backgrounds; Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
- Steamboy (In-Between Animation)
- Tank Knights Portriss (with Sunrise)
- Tetsujin 28-go Gao! (In-Between Animation)
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise (Animation Cooperation)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! (Animation Cooperation for all series, uncredited for 5Ds)
- Zoobles
Anime, Unspecified work
- Ah! My Goddess (First OVA series)
- Cyborg 009 (2001 series)
- Genji Tsuushin Agedama
- Himechan No Ribon
- La Corda D'Oro - primo passo
- Kodocha
- Moldiver
- Nurse Angel Ririka SOS
Korean Animation
- The Haunted House: The Secret of the Ghost Ball (support animation)
Western Animation
- Baby Looney Tunes (season 2 with Yearim)
- The Batman (30 episodes)List
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold (13 episodes)List
- Batman: Gotham Knight (Additional Animation for Deadshot, with Madhouse)
- Bee and Puppycat (with OLM Incorporated)
- Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (6 episodes) List
- Black Dynamite (9 episodes)List (replaced by Moi Animation in season 2)
- Blood of Zeus
- The Boondocks (Season 1 and Season 2, with Lotto Animation, Moi Animation and Madhouse, 19 episodes)List
- Bravest Warriors (Frederator Cartoon Hangover shorts)
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers (First project; DiC seasons)
- Chaotic (M'arillian Invasion)
- Dante's Inferno: The Animated Epic (The "Gluttony" and "Greed" segments. Movie animated alongside Moi, Digital eMation, Production I.G, Big Star, Manglobe, JM Animation and Film Roman)
- Dawn of the Croods (8 episodes) List
- Dead Space: Aftermath
- Dragon Tales
- Godzilla: The Series (6 episodes)List
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)
- Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (4 episodes)List
- Imaginext: Fortress of the Dragon
- Jackie Chan Adventures (50 episodes)List (including the title animation)
- Justice League
- Justice League Unlimited
- Khuda Yana
- Krypto the Superdog
- Legion of Super Heroes
- Loonatics Unleashed (13 episodes)List (plus the title sequences for both seasons)Note
- Magi-Nation
- Men in Black: The Series
- Mummies Alive!
- Oggy and the Cockroaches (season 4, with Armada TMT)
- Ozzy & Drix (with Wang Film Productions) (13 episodes) List
- ProStars (With Sei Young)
- The Spectacular Spider-Man (6 episodes) [[labelnote:List]]"Interactions", "Market Forces", "The Invisible Hand", "Persona", "Destructive Testing", "Opening Night"
- Static Shock (17 episodes) List (including the main title animation for seasons 3 & 4)
- Teen Titans (40 episodes)List (the rest of the episodes by Lotto Animation)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) (157 episodes; with uncredited assistance by SEK Studio and Triple A)
- Turbo F.A.S.T.
- Ultimate Avengers
- W.I.T.C.H. (Second season, replacing Wang Film Productions and Hong Ying)
- What's New, Scooby-Doo? (with Wang, Lotto Animation and Starburst Animation, 16 episodes) List
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (19 episodes, alongside Lotto Animation, Digital eMation, Saerom and Rough Draft) List
- All the 2004-2006 made-for-video Scooby-Doo animated movies.
- Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!
- The 2014-2015 13 Spooky Tales mini-movies
- What About Mimi? (season 3, replacing Hong Ying)
- Yvon of the Yukon (With Hong Ying and Studio B Production)
- The Zeta Project (2 episodes) List
- Zig & Sharko (with Armada TMT)
Tropes associated with Dong Woo:
- Animation Bump: Ninja Turtles and Dante's Inferno are the best examples.
- Animesque: Some of its western works, partially due to being owned by an anime company.
- International Co Production: Plenty, with TMNT 2003, the later Pretty Series entries and Yvon of the Yukon among the highlights.
- Latex Perfection: They're usually better at animating this than other Korean studios.
- Off-Model: Not often, but is obvious when it happens.