• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.14
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• pp.129-150
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• 2008

The article concerns the relationship between the animation festival and the regional cultural industries. In particular, the article studies the WAF(Web Animation Festival) case, in which has hold since 2004 by the Gwangju Information & Culture industry Promotion Agency in the city of Gwangju. The WAF case will be examined in terms of the promotion of the selected web cartoons and animations in the festival competition. As a result, the competion festival has been managed in connection with the support programs for the promotion of the regional cultural industries. In the process, the Gwangju Information & Culture industry Promotion Agency has sought to connect the selected arts works with the CEOs in the field of content business and media business. The article concludes the WAF need to be reestablished in the context of the development of the Gwangu cultural industries cluster and the reinforcement of the international exchange and networking through the grand project of Asian Cultural Capital Gwangu.

• Review of Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.24-28
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• 2015

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.25
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• pp.177-201
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• 2011

This article intends to draw the Road map of Korean International Animation Festival through the research of background and its identity of 4 International Animation Film Festivals Such as Annecy, Zagreb, Ottawa and Hiroshima. I was given opportunity to visit Annecy since 2009, it brought me to the real attraction of animation for watching of pleasure and passion of the people those who love animations. For the combining more advanced system and structure for Animation Festival in Korea, I had to do research all the information from the documents from the Annecy Collections. though I have not get the chance to go others except Annecy, However, I could get their background and history whenever I met the other Festival Committee Members. These Festivals showed us successful Road Map for the Animation Festivals in Korea as a role model. For the getting advanced system of Animation Festivals in Korea. It requires the animation theater for animation, effort for the Audiences's Convenience and international network composition system. However, the last task of us is to make people to entertain and enjoy the animation Films, its world of attraction.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.22
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• pp.99-112
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• 2011

Korea cartoon animation industry is recognized as a cultural content that the spread of popular culture, value-added industries. Yet in spite of external growth and support policies tend it sluggish. This aspect of the cartoon animation market status and government policy that best reveals the cultural industry held the status of Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival also not irrelevant. This study retrospect Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival that started in 1995 and enhances the scale of the cultural industry and popular culture has grown around, and tried to find a solution for establish the identity and the development plan.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.49
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• pp.611-631
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• 2017

At first there was practice, then festivals and theory followed. Compared to the animation production, which is older then the medium film itself, festivals and theory in this area started with a delay. While animation programs where shown in film festivals like Cannes since the mid 1940s, the first animation festival in Annecy, France was founded in 1960, followed by several short-lived events in Romania, Italy and Tokyo and finally in 1972 by the second oldest festival up to date, Animafest Zagreb. Animation theory evolved in the late 1980s in the Anglo-American area with associations like the Society for Animation Studies, following its 'big sister' film studies. Expanding ever since as a research area, European animation studies in e.g. France, German speaking countries, Poland or Croatia have been catching up in recent years by organizing theoretical conferences and publications. A vivid synergy between practice, festivals and theory has always been a key factor for establishing a platform for the art form and culture of animation. However, in the past few years a trend could be observed towards a more intense interaction between animation festivals and theory. Animation festivals are hosting theoretical and scientific symposia or conferences, which are open for artist positions and insights into the industry. At the beginning of the lecture a short reflection of the concept of Animafest Scanner itself is followed by an introduction of the Symposium Expanded Animation at the media festival Ars Electronica Linz. The talk will subsequently focus on the multilayered academic symposia at the Festival of Animated Film ITFS and the International Conference on Animation, Effects, VR, Games and Transmedia in Stuttgart. These case studies will reveal the blurring boundaries between art, science, theory and industry as well as the specificities of the interplay between artists, practitioners, scholars, curators and festival visitors in different formats.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.6
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• pp.221-250
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• 2002

After MIPA of Annecy International Animation Festival in 1997, the North Korean animation has been spot-lighted in the world including the south Korean animation companies. And increasing the economic cooperation between South and North Korea, a few case of intra-Korean cooperation for animation is starting practice now. But in the internal situation there is little short of information and data about North Korean Animation. Therefore this study will be intended to examine the past and present of the North Korean animation, to present the possibility of inter-Korean cooperation project etc.

• Digital Contents
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• no.10 s.125
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• pp.68-71
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• 2003

‘Big Apple’은 뉴욕의 애칭이다. 뉴욕이 ‘Big Apple’로 불리게 된 유래에 관해서는 여러 가지 설이 있으나, 미국 동부의 시골 재즈 아티스트들이 작고 가난한 동네에서보다는 미국의 최대도시인 뉴욕에서의 성공을 꿈꾸며 ‘Big Apple을 깨물겠다’고 말한 데서 유래했다는 얘기가 가장 그럴 듯 하게 들린다. 뉴욕에서 매년 8월말 노동절 연휴에 뉴욕의 한 중심인 타임스퀘어 주변 호텔 및 극장에서 열리는 ‘BAAF(Big Apple Anime Festival)’는 그 명칭 그대로 애니메이션의 변방국가였던 일본이 Anime(일본 Animation을 지칭하는 말)를 통해 Big Apple을 깨물고 미국 애니메이션시장에서 성공했을 뿐만 아니라 세계 애니메이션 산업의 한 축을 담당하고 있음을 보여주는 Animation Festival이다.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.42
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• pp.263-291
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• 2016

Recently, by growing of Korean comics/animation markets and number of consumers, the more people have been reproducing culture contents into derived contents. However, user experience of active users who enjoy these cultures have not been accepted well like other local culture festivals in South Korea, though there are high potentials of vitalization comics/animation festivals using the active users. In this study, the experiences of participants of BICOF (Bucheon International Comics Festival) from 2013 to 2014 researched using the method of ethnography, especially using (group) interviews and participant observations. The result from the research indicates that cosplayers have limited range of participation inside of festival. And they have negative experiences during their participation into festivals. Therefore, this study suggests necessity of methodology of continuous reflecting of the user experiences of active users into festival, for the solution of the successful festival, who was objectified in the festival.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.11
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• pp.121-136
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• 2007

Recently, the cases that many works of the korean independent animation advance to the world by steps and some of them win the grand prix in famed global animation film festival are proving the growth potential and competitiveness. In this situation, to guarantee the continuous, and reliable as well, growth and international competitiveness of it, it is needed to ensure the government's systematic supports. Although it is a bit leaned toward the creative animation for a theater, however, or many kinds of supporting system are established and carried out, independent animation is still suffering from the financial pressure. As of now, it is must be considered of the international standing of korean independent animation and is needed to be discussed how the government's supporting systems are proceeding and what they are performing. From this point of view, this paper will study the present condition and international standing of the korean independent animation, and further, will examine and analyze the on-going supporting systems. This, consequently, intends to present the direction of government's system to promote the korean independent animation.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.36
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• pp.75-89
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• 2014

Since the first animated Chinese commercial titled directed by Wan Three Brothers in 1926, Chinese animation commercials are steadily increasing every year. The proportion of animation commercials in Advertisement industry increases gradually, animation becomes one of the direct means of rising commodity value. In this premise, this paper researches the history and characteristics of animated commercials, compare and analyze commercial samples from two world advertisement festivals and four Chinese advertisement festivals. Compared the world animation-advertisement market, Chinese animation-advertisement market is relatively limited under its particular status. Under the condition, this paper will analyze the current situation of Chinese animation advertisement through the samples from advertising festivals. Finally, the paper concludes finding out ways of development and effective marketing of animation commercial industry in China by checking out animation advertisement in industrial classification between Chinese and world's advertisement market.