13 Facts About Daewon Media

That year, Daewon Media providing assistance on around 80 titles, including Galaxy Express 999 and Candy Candy.

Daewon Media moved into the area of domestic animation production, and in 1982 released ten theater animations.

Daewon Media produced an animated series Run, Hodori for the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation to promote the 1988 Summer Olympics and in 1987, the created the first-ever domestic television animation, Wandering Gatchi for the Korean Broadcasting System along with 13 other series.

In 1989, Daewon Media established its Character Business Division for licensing of foreign properties for domestic release.

Daewon Media produced South Korea's first television SFX animation, Vectormen, Warrior of the Earth, in 1997.

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In 2001, Daewon Media registered on the KOSDAQ stock market, and later that year, the Daewon Media Digital Broadcasting and Anione TV, an animation television channel, were launched, with funding from several Japanese investors.

Also that year, Daewon Media joined South Korean animation studio Character Plan and Japan's Oriental Light and Magic in production of a theatrical animated adaptation of the Korean comic, Blade of the Phantom Master.

Later in 2003, Daewon Media signed an agreement with Nintendo to distribute localized versions of its gaming system hardware and software, leading to the founding of Game Champ as a subsidiary company.

Daewon and CJ Media formed a joint venture, Champ Vision, Inc to launched another cable channel, Champ, on May 2,2005 while signing an agreement to host a Jetix block on the channel.

In 2006, Daewon Media won the top prize at the Ministry of Information and Communication's Digital Content Awards for its TV animation, Donggle Donggle Jjak Jjak.

In 2008, Daewon Media announced it has secured the worldwide rights to create and distribute an animated TV series of the Japanese comic, Gon.

In 2009, Daewon Media announced the launch of its new preschool animation Noonbory and the Super 7 through EBS channel in Korea, and CBS Kids block in the US.

Daewon Media Broadcasting currently operates three television stations, Anione TV, AniBox, and Champ TV.