Creator / DR Movie

Damnit Jim, that's an animation studio, not a doctor.

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DR Movie is a Seoul based South Korean animation studio (offices also exist in Los Angeles, California and Tokyo, Japan^note the latter has since been re-named MADBOX, their credits are included here for conveniance). First established in November of 1990 and the studio mainly specializes in 2D animation, Ink & Paint and other tasks for Anime and North American animation. With their clients having since included the likes of Studio Ghibli, GONZO, Studio Pierrot, Sunrise, TMS Entertainment^* who has a 14% stake in the company as of 2012, AIC, A-1 Pictures, P. A. Works, MAPPA, Sony, HBO, Hasbro, Marvel (and by extension, Disney) and Warner Bros.. They've been under the ownership of Japanese company and long-standing partner Madhouse since 2001.

See also MOI Animation, a sister company to DR and AKOM, JM Animation, Dong Woo Animation, Sunwoo Entertainment, Saerom and Hanho Heung-Up, other South Korean animation studios (JM and Dong Woo having also worked on Anime). A near-complete list of their Anime work can be found on Anime News Network.

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Non-Japanese projects DR Movie worked on include:

• The Amazing Screw-On Head (2006 pilot)
• The Animatrix (In-Between Animation and Ink & Paint for World Record and Program)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender (19 episodes)^List "The Southern Air Temple", "The King of Omashu", "Winter Solstice Parts 1 & 2", "The Great Divide", "The Blue Spirit", "Bato of the Water Tribe", "The Northern Air Temple", "The Siege of the North Part 1", "The Avatar State", "Return to Omashu", "Avatar Day", "The Chase", "Bitter Work", "The Desert", "The Drill", "The Tales of Ba Sing Se", "Lake Laogai", "The Guru" (replaced by Moi Animation for Book 3)
• The Batman (15 episodes) ^List  "Call of the Cobblepot", "The Big Chill" "Q&A", "Bird of Prey", "The Cat, The Bat, and the Very Ugly", "Swamped", "The Butler Did It", "Strange Minds", "Night and the City", "Batgirl Begins Part 2", "A Dark Knight To Remember", "Cash for Toys", "The Laughing Cats", "The Apprentice", "The Icy Depths"
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• The Batman vs. Dracula
• Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
• Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem
  • Batman Unlimited: Mechs Vs. Mutants
• Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (9 episodes)^note "Out of Whack","Birthday Bash", "Little Boy Robot Lost", "The Bicameral Mind", "Moon Madness", "Harddrive", "The Champ", "The Lower Depths", "Rumble in the Jungle" (plus the opening sequence)
• DC Super Hero Girls (uncredited)
• DC Universe Animated Original Movies
  • Batman: Gotham Knight (In-Between Animation)
  • Batman and Harley Quinn
  • Batman vs. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Batman vs. Two-Face
  • Justice League Dark
  • Justice League vs. The Fatal Five
  • Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
• Firehouse Tales
• Flowering Heart (with Bridge and Sunrise)
• G.I. Joe: Renegades (with Moi, Hanho and JM, two episodes) ^note "Union of the Snake", "Cutting Edge"
• Godzilla: The Series (11 episodes) (and the opening) ^note "New Family, Part 1", "D.O.A.", "Talkin' Trash", "Cat and Mouse", "What Dreams May Come", "Leviathan", "Hive", "Bird of Paradise", "Juggernaut", "Cash of the Titans", "Area 51"
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)
• High Guardian Spice (with Lotto Animation; 6 episodes) ^note "Journey to Lyngarth", "Transformations", "A Lost Cause", "The Cave of Vinca", "Rainy Day Memories", "The Scypith"
• Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.
• Hulk Vs.
• Justice League (6 episodes) ^note  "Only a Dream Parts 1 & 2, "The Terror Beyond Parts 1 & 2, "Secret Society Parts 1 & 2"
• Justice League Unlimited (20 episodes)^note  "Initiation", "Kid Stuff", "Hawk and Dove", "The Return", "Ultimatum", "Wake the Dead", "The Once and Future Thing Part 2", "The Cat and the Canary", "Task Force X", "Double Date", "Hunter's Moon", "Flashpoint", "Divided We Fall", "Shadow of the Hawk", "I Am Legion", "To Another Shore", "Dead Reckoning", "Ancient History", "Grudge Match", "Destroyer"
• Justice League Action (17+ episodes; With Sunmin Animation and Maven Image Platform)^note "Shazam Slam" (with Sunmin), "Plastic Man Saves The World", "Field Trip", "Double Cross", "Mxy's Mix Up", "Supernatural Adventures in Babysitting", "Superman's Pal, Sid Sharp", "Superman Red vs. Superman Blue", "The Ringer", "Forget Me Not", "The Brain Buster", "Harley Goes Ape", "Party Animal", "Barehanded", "Captain Bamboozle", "Keeping Up With The Kryptonians", "Unleashed"
• Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters (half of season 1, with Moi)
• Loonatics Unleashed (6 episodes, season 1)^note "Attack of the Fuzz Balls", "Weathering Heights", "The Comet Cometh", "Stop the World I Want to Get Off", "The Menace of Mastermind", "Time After Time" (including the Season 1 Main Title Sequence with Dong Woo)
• Marvel Rising
  • Marvel Rising: Chasing Ghosts
  • Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron
  • Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire
• Masters of the Universe: Revelation
• Men in Black: The Series
• Ōban Star-Racers (Backgrounds)
• Onyx Equinox (with Tiger Animation)
• Planet Hulk (film)
• Redakai (With Digital eMation)
• Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles
• Robotex (with Studio Roan)
• Seis Manos
• Todd McFarlane's Spawn (all of season 2 with Madhouse and 3 episodes of season 3 ^note "The Mindkiller", "Seed of the Hellspawn", "Chasing the Serpent", with New Millennium)
• Street Fighter (season 1, for Madhouse) (uncredited)
• Teen Titans (1 episode) "Switched"
• Wakfu (Orgest special, with Madhouse and Studio Ghibli)
• Wing Commander
• X-Men: Evolution (Madhouse episodes only)
• The Zeta Project (season 2)

Anime worked on by DR Movie include:

For Madhouse

• Ace of the Diamond (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Photography)
• ALL OUT!! (In-Between Animation; Paint; Production Cooperation)
• Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2nd Key & In-between animation; Ink & Paint)
• Bakuten Shoot Beyblade (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Beck (Background Art; In-Between Animation; Paint; Production Assistance)
• Birdy the Mighty (In-Between Animation and Paint for the OVA)
• Black Lagoon (In-Between Animation; Trace & Paint; Photography)
• Bomberman Bidaman Bakugaiden (In-Between Animation; Paint; Backgrounds)
• Boogiepop Phantom (Key & In-between animation; Ink & Paint)
• Btooom! (Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Photography)
• Casshern Sins (In-Between Animation; Paint; Photography)
• The Cockpit (Cel Painting)
• Cyber City Oedo 808 (Paint)
• Death Note (Background Art; Clean up & In-Between Animation)
• Devil Hunter Yohko (In-between Animation; Paint)
• Di Gi Charat (In-Between Animation)
• Elemental Gearbolt (Miscellaneous Company)
• Galaxy Angel (In-Between Animation; Paint; Photography Assistance)
• Gunslinger Girl (In-Between Animation)
• Gungrave (Background Art, Key & In-Between Animation)
• Hells (In-Between Animation)
• Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Backgrounds)
• Highschool of the Dead (2nd Key, & In-Between Animation; Paint; CGI)
• Hunter × Hunter (2011 series - Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint Production Assistance; Animation Production Cooperation)
• Iron Man (Production Assistance)
  • Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Kaiba (Key & In-Between Animation)
• Kaiji (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; CGI; Backgrounds; Scanning; Photography; Animation Assistance)
• Kamen no Maid Guy (Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Kemonozume (In-Between Animation; Background Art; Paint)
• Kurozuka (Key & In-Between Animation; Ink & Paint)
• Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Mary and The Witch's Flower (animation cooperation)
• Master Keaton (Key Animation)
• Metropolis (2001) (Animation; Paint; Production Support)
• Monster (Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Animation Assistance; Backgrounds)
• Nana (Background Art; Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Ninja Scroll (In-Between Animation)
  • Ninja Scroll: The Series (Backgrounds; Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• No Game No Life (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• No Guns Life (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Production Assistance)
• Oh! Edo Rocket (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; In-Between Supervision; Paint; Photography; Special effects)
• Paprika (In-Between Animation; Paint; Background Art)
• One-Punch Man (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Animation Direction; Production Assistance)
• Paradise Kiss (Background Art)
• Paranoia Agent (Background Art; In-between animation; Tracing; Paint)
• Pet Shop of Horrors (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Phantom Quest Corp. (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Photo Kano (CGI; Photography)
• Red Line (2nd Key & In-Between Animation Cooperation; Paint; Photography)
• Reign: The Conqueror (Animation)
• RideBack (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Strawberry 100% (Backgrounds; Production Assistance)
• Summer Wars (In-Between Animation; Paint; Photography)
• Supernatural: The Animation (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Tenjho Tenge (Animation Cooperation)
• Texhnolyze (Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Backgrounds)
• Tokyo Babylon (Animation Assistance)
• Tokyo Godfathers (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Trigun (Key & In-Between Animation and Paint for the series. 2nd Key & In-Between Animation and Paint for Badlands Rumble)
• Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (Animation Assistance; Cel Painting)
• X-Men (In-Between Animation)
• Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Backgrounds)

For other companies

• 22/7 (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• A3 (Key &, In-Between Animation; Paint; Line Test; Background Art Assistance; Production Assistance)
• A Channel (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Adachi and Shimamura (Backgrounds; Production Cooperation)
• Agent Aika (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Angel Sanctuary (In-Between Animation)
• Appare-Ranman! (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Animation Direction; Paint; Production Assistance)
• The Aquatope On White Sand (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Animation Direction; Production Cooperation)
• Argento Soma (Paint)
• ARIA (Key & 2nd Key Animation; Paint)
• Astro Boy (Backgrounds, 2003 series)
• Attack on Titan (2nd Key Animation; Paint; Paint Check Assistance; CGI)
• Banana Fish (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Color Check & Key; Animation Check & Direction; Production Assistance)
• Batman Ninja (In-Between Animation and Paint; 2D pastoral sequence)
• Beastars (Paint)
• BEM (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Production Assistance)
• Black Cat (Background Art; In-Between Animation)
• Black God (Production Cooperation)
• Bleach (Background Art, series and Hell Verse. Background Art; In-Between Animation and Paint in Memories of Nobody and The DiamondDust Rebellion)
• Blood+ (In-between Animation; Paint)
• Blue Gender (Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Backgrounds)
• Blue Submarine No. 6 (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Brave Beats (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Production Assistance)
• Busou Shinki (Editing)
• Case Closed (In-Between Animation; Paint; Backgrounds)
• Case File nº221: Kabukicho (Background Art)
• Cat Planet Cuties (Backgrounds)
• Chrono Crusade (Key Animation)
• Clockwork Planet (Backgrounds)
• Code Geass (Key, 2nd Key, Clean-Up & In-Between Animation)
  • Akito The Exiled (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Backgrounds)
  • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection (2nd Key Animation)
• Cowboy Bebop (Paint, series; In-Between Animation and Tracing in The Movie)
• Cross Ange (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Dagashi Kashi (Production Cooperation for season 2, uncredited)
• DARLING in the FRANXX (Key Animation)
• The Day I Became a God (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Animation Check & Direction)
• DAYS (2nd Key Animation)
• Detective School Q (Backgrounds)
• Diabolik Lovers (Paint Assistance)
• Dororo (2019) (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Eureka Seven (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Flame of Recca (Backgrounds)
• The Flowers of Evil (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Full Metal Panic! (Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Gad Guard (Background Art)
• Gankutsuou (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Gantz (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• GARO: The Animation (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Backgrounds; Production Assistance)
  • GARO: Crimson Moon (In-Between Animation; Paint; Backgrounds; Photography; Production Assistance)
  • GARO: Vanishing Line (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Color Check & Key; Animation Direction; Backgrounds; Production Assistance)
• Gate Keepers 21 (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Genesis of Aquarion (Digital paint; In-Between Animation)
  • Aquarion Evol (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Geobreeders (In-Between Animation; Paint for the original series and Breakthrough)
• Ghost Hound (In-Between Animation)
• Ghost in the Shell (In-Between Animation)
• Ghost In The Shell 2 Innoncence (In-Between Animation)
• Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (In-Between Animation)
• Ghost Talkers Daydream (Key Animation)
• Girlfriend, Girlfriend (Animation Production Cooperation)
• Goblin Slayer (Backgrounds)
• God Eater (Backgrounds)
• The God of High School (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Golgo 13: Queen Bee (In-Between Animation)
• Granblue Fantasy: The Animation (In-Between Animation and Paint for both seasons; Backgrounds for Season 1; Episode & Animation Direction, Key & 2nd Key Animation, Animation & Paint Check, Scan, and Production Assistance for Season 2)
• Guilty Crown (CGI)
• GUN×SWORD (Paint)
• Hanamaru Kindergarten (In-Between Animation & Paint Cooperation)
• Hellsing (Animation for the series; Background Art, In-Between Animation, Paint, Photography Assistance and scanning for Ultimate)
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Animation)
• High School Star Musical (Backgrounds)
• IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (Key Animation)
• Jormungand (2nd Key Animation; CGI)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Color Key; Animation & Paint Check; Production Assistance)
• Kaguya-sama: Love is War (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation, Paint)
• Kaleido Star (2nd Key & In-Between Animation and Paint for Legend of Phoenix - Layla Hamilton Story)
• Kamisama Kiss (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Kandagawa Jet Girls (Photography; CGI)
• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Photography Assistance; Production Cooperation)
• Key the Metal Idol (In-Between Animation; Paint; Backgrounds)
• Kekkaishi (In-Between Animation)
• Kids on the Slope (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Backgrounds)
• The King of Fighters: Another Day (In-Between Animation)
• K.O. Beast (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Kuromukuro (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Animation Check; Color Check and Key; Production Cooperation)
• LBX: Little Battlers eXperience (Key, & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Listeners (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Lupin III
  • Lupin III: Steal Napoleon's Dictionary. (In-Between Animation)
  • Lupin III: Travels of Marco Polo – Another Page (Key, 2nd Key & In-between Animation; Production Assistance)
  • Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Background Art; Production Cooperation)
• Luck & Logic (Backgrounds)
• Macross Plus (In-Between Animation; Paint)
  • Macross 7: The Galaxy's Calling Me! (Animation Assistance; Paint)
• The Magic Treehouse (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation (In-Between Animation; Paint; Animation Check; Color Check & Key; Production Cooperation)
• Major (In-Between Animation)
• Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (Key & 2nd Key Animation; Paint; Production Support)
• Megalobox (Backgrounds)
• Megami Paradise (In-Between Animation)
• Metal Fight Beyblade (Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Production Cooperation)
• Miracle Girls (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• My Monster Secret (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Animation Direction; Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Mysterious Girlfriend X (CGI)
• Najica Blitz Tactics (Animation; Paint)
• Naruto (Background Art)
• Noein (In-between Animation; Paint; Composite)
• Origin: Spirits of the Past (Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Otherside Picnic (2nd Key& In-Between Animation; Paint; Animation Check)
• The Perfect Insider (Backgrounds)
• The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (Composite)
• Platinum End (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Animation Check; Paint; Production Cooperation)
• Pokemon films:
  • Pokémon: The First Movie (In-Between Animation)
  • Pokémon 2000 (Clean-Up & In-Between Animation)
  • Pokémon 3 (In-Between Animation; Paint)
  • Pokémon 4Ever (In-Between Animation Assistance; Paint)
  • Pokémon Heroes (Animation Assistance)
  • Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (Animation Assistance)
  • Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (In-Between Animation Assistance)
• Punch Line (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Photography; Production Assistance)
• Qiang Niang - Gun Girls (Photography)
• Qualidea Code (Key Animation)
• The Quintessential Quintuplets (Key Animation)
• Re:Zero (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Real Drive (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Rin Ne (In-Between Animation for season 2, uncredited)
• Rozen Maiden (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Saber Marionette J (Animation Co-Production with Studio Junio and Hal Film Maker)
• Saiyuki (Backgrounds)
• Samurai 7 (In-Between Animation)
• Sakura Quest (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Scan 2 Go (Color Check; Composite)
• Schwarzesmarken (Photography)
• Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Shirobako (2nd Key & In-Between Animation, Paint and Animation Check for the movie)
• Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight (2nd Key & In-Between Animation and Paint for the movie)
• Show by Rock!!!! (2nd Key & In-Between Animation, Paint and Animation Check for Mashumairesh!!. Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Animation & Paint Check and Special Thanks for Stars!!)
• Sonic X (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Space Dandy (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Speed Grapher (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Spriggan (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Star Wars: Visions (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint) ^{3 Shorts} "The Village Bride", "T0-B1", "Akakiri"
• Strike Witches (Backgrounds, movie)
• Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Production Cooperation)
• Sword Art Online (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint for Ordinal Scale and Alicization)
• Symphogear G (Key Animation)
• Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• The Tatami Galaxy (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Tenchi Muyo! (Paint, Tenchi In Love; In-Between Animation and Paint for the Mihoshi Special)
• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (In-Between animation)
• Tokyo Ghoul (Backgrounds for √A)
• Tokyo Mew Mew (Backgrounds; Paint; In-Between Animation)
• Tokyo Underground (Backgrounds)
• Transformers Cybertron (Backgrounds)
• Tribe Cool Crew (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Production Assistance)
• Uma Musume (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation, Paint, and Production Cooperation for Season 2)
• Ultimate Otaku Teacher (Opening Animation)
• Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid (Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Vandread (Animation; Paint)
• Warlords of Sigrdrifa (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Winter Sonata (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• World's End Harem (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Color Check and Key; Animation Check)
• ×××HOLiC Kei (In-Between Animation)
• Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Your Name (Production Assistance)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! (In-Between Animation)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (Key & In-Between Animation)
• Yuri!!! on Ice (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Backgrounds)
• Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (Backgrounds)
• YuYu Hakusho (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Zetman (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Zoids Fuzors (In-between Animation; Paint)
• Zombieland Saga (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)

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Tropes associated with DR Movie:

• Animation Bump
• Animesque: Kaijudo, Flowering Heart, The Batman, Spawn, Redakai, High Guardian Spice, Marvel Rising, and several of their films for DC, among others. Helps that they've worked on plenty of anime. And are co-owned by Madhouse and TMS.
• Medium Blending
• Off-Model: Due to working on several Anime and Western projects, more often than not at the same time.

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