Seung Eun Kim
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Seung-Eun Kim is an Emmy award winning artist/director/animator, three-time Emmy nominee, and three-time Annie Award nominee. Seung Kim has been employed in the field of animation since 1996.
Highlights of his career include:
Seung has also directed/animated the main titles of:
Godzilla
cartoon, 1997
Jackie Chan Adventures
, 1998
Seung’s talents extend far beyond animation. He has done award winning work in sculpture and comic book art, most notably work on the Hellboy: Weird Tales
comic.
Most recently he worked on the television show The Boondocks
where his directing credits include the following episodes:
Kim's latest work includes a re-imagining of the Sun Wukong
Monkey King story, called Battle Earth: Return of the Monkey King!.
Highlights of his career include:
- "GodzillaGodzillais a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...
animation, story board/clean-up artist, 1997" - "Starship TroopersStarship TroopersStarship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and published hardcover in December, 1959.The first-person narrative is about a young soldier from the Philippines named Juan "Johnnie" Rico and his...
, story board artist, 1998" - "Jackie Chan AdventuresJackie Chan AdventuresJackie Chan Adventures is an animated television series chronicling the adventures of a fictionalized version of action film star Jackie Chan. Many of the episodes contain references to Chan's actual works. This series ran on Kids' WB! from September 9, 2000 to July 7, 2005 for a total of 95...
, story board artist and director, 1998" - "The Spider-ManSpider-ManSpider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
, director, 2000" - "The Batman TV Series, director, 2003-2005, nominated for two Annie Awards and Three-times Emmy for best animated television production"
- "The BoondocksThe Boondocks (TV series)The Boondocks is an American animated series created by Aaron McGruder on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim, based on McGruder's comic strip of the same name...
, supervising director, 2005-present."
Seung has also directed/animated the main titles of:
Godzilla
Godzilla
is a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...
cartoon, 1997
Jackie Chan Adventures
Jackie Chan Adventures
Jackie Chan Adventures is an animated television series chronicling the adventures of a fictionalized version of action film star Jackie Chan. Many of the episodes contain references to Chan's actual works. This series ran on Kids' WB! from September 9, 2000 to July 7, 2005 for a total of 95...
, 1998
Seung’s talents extend far beyond animation. He has done award winning work in sculpture and comic book art, most notably work on the Hellboy: Weird Tales
Hellboy: Weird Tales
Hellboy: Weird Tales is a Dark Horse Comics bimonthly eight-issue comic book limited series that offered a variety of guest writers and artists the chance to give their own take on the Hellboy characters created by Mike Mignola whilst he was in Prague working on the first Hellboy movie...
comic.
Most recently he worked on the television show The Boondocks
The Boondocks (TV series)
The Boondocks is an American animated series created by Aaron McGruder on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim, based on McGruder's comic strip of the same name...
where his directing credits include the following episodes:
- "The Story of GangstaliciousThe Story of Gangstalicious"The Story of Gangstalicious" is the sixth episode of the Adult Swim animated television series The Boondocks. It originally aired on December 11, 2005. The story was continued in Part 2, an episode in season 2.-Plot:The episode begins with a notice....
" - "A Huey Freeman ChristmasA Huey Freeman Christmas"A Huey Freeman Christmas" is the seventh episode of the Adult Swim animated television series The Boondocks. It originally aired on December 18, 2005.-Plot:After spending some time teaching the class about the traditional Kwanzaa Harambee salute, Mr...
" - "Let's Nab OprahLet's Nab Oprah"Let's Nab Oprah" is the eleventh episode of the Adult Swim animated television series, The Boondocks. It originally aired on February 12, 2006.-Plot:...
" - "WingmenWingmen (The Boondocks)"Wingmen" is the thirteenth episode of the Adult Swim animated series, The Boondocks. It originally aired on March 5, 2006.-Plot:The episode begins with Riley relaying a telephone call to Granddad:...
" - "...Or Die Trying"
- "Tom, Sarah and UsherTom, Sarah and Usher"Tom, Sarah and Usher" is the second episode of the second season of the Adult Swim animated television series The Boondocks and the seventeenth episode overall. It originally aired on October 15, 2007.-Plot:...
" - "Thank You for Not SnitchingThank You for Not Snitching"Thank You for Not Snitching" is the third episode of the second season of the Adult Swim animated television series The Boondocks and the eighteenth episode overall. It originally aired on October 22, 2007.-Plot:...
" - "Stinkmeaner Strikes BackStinkmeaner Strikes Back"Stinkmeaner Strikes Back" is the fourth episode of the second season of the Adult Swim animated television series The Boondocks and the nineteenth episode overall. It originally aired on October 29, 2007.-Plot:Colonel H...
" - "The Story of ThugnificentThe Story of Thugnificent"The Story of Thugnificent" is the fifth episode of the second season of the Adult Swim animated television series The Boondocks and the twentieth episode overall...
" - "Attack of the Killer Kung-Fu Wolf BitchAttack of the Killer Kung-Fu Wolf Bitch"Attack of the Killer Kung-Fu Wolf Bitch" is the sixth episode of the second season of the Adult Swim animated television series The Boondocks and the twenty-first episode overall...
" - "The Story of Gangstalicious 2"
- "The Uncle Ruckus Reality ShowThe Uncle Ruckus Reality Show"The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show" is a second season episode of the Adult Swim animated television series The Boondocks. It has not aired in the United States...
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Kim's latest work includes a re-imagining of the Sun Wukong
Sun Wukong
Sun Wukong , also known as the Monkey King is a main character in the classical Chinese epic novel Journey to the West . In the novel, he is a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices...
Monkey King story, called Battle Earth: Return of the Monkey King!.